Electoral district of Albert Park

Albert Park
Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Albert Park; Victoria—Legislative Assembly
	Location of Albert Park (dark green) in Greater Melbourne
State	Victoria
Created	1889
MP	Nina Taylor
Party	Labor
Namesake	Suburb of Albert Park
Electors	48,949 (2018)
Area	21 km2 (8.1 sq mi)
Demographic	Inner metropolitan
Coordinates	37°50′S 144°57′E / 37.833°S 144.950°E

The electoral district of Albert Park is one of the electoral districts of Victoria, Australia, for the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It covers an area of 21 square kilometres (8.1 sq mi) in inner suburban Melbourne, and includes the suburbs of Albert Park, Middle Park, Port Melbourne, St Kilda West, Southbank, South Melbourne, South Wharf, and parts of St Kilda. It lies within the Southern Metropolitan Region of the upper house, the Legislative Council.^[1]

It was first proclaimed in 1889, and has been held by the Labor Party without interruption since the 1950 election.

John Thwaites was the member from 1992 to 2007, serving as deputy leader of Victorian Labor from 1996 to 2007 and as Deputy Premier of Victoria from 1999 to 2007. He and Premier Steve Bracks, the member for neighbouring Williamstown, both resigned on 30 July 2007. A by-election was held on 15 September 2007, which resulted in Martin Foley retaining the seat for Labor.

Members for Albert Park

2022 Victorian state election: Albert Park^[2]^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Nina Taylor	14,254	36.4	−7.0
	Liberal	Lauren Sherson	11,659	29.8	−1.6
	Greens	Kim Samiotis	8,178	20.9	+4.5
	Independent	Georgie Dragwidge	2,294	5.9	+5.9
	Animal Justice	Cassandra Westwood	1,207	3.1	−0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Lance Smart	534	1.4	+1.4
	Freedom	Elizabeth Antunovic	518	1.3	+1.3
	Family First	Viorel Bradea	466	1.2	+1.2
Total formal votes			39,110	96.6	+1.4
Informal votes			1,396	3.4	−1.4
Turnout			40,506	83.0	−0.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Nina Taylor	23,916	61.2	−1.9
	Liberal	Lauren Sherson	15,194	38.8	+1.9
	Labor hold		Swing	−1.9

Two-candidate-preferred vote results in Albert Park since 1940

^ "Albert Park district profile". Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
^ Green, Antony (11 January 2023). "VIC22 – 2-Party Preferred Results and Swings by District". Antony Green's Election Blog. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
^ VIC 2021 Final Redistribution, ABC News. [Retrieved 1 January 2023.
^ Albert Park District results, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 12 December 2022.