The electoral district of Albert Park is one of the

electoral districts of Victoria Electoral districts of Victoria are the electoral districts, commonly referred to as "seats" or "electorates", into which the Australian State of Victoria is divided for the purpose of electing members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, on ...

, Australia, for the

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. It covers an area of in inner suburban

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, and includes the suburbs of Albert Park, Middle Park,

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, Southbank,

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, and parts of St Kilda. It lies within the

Southern Metropolitan Region Southern Metropolitan Region is one of the eight electoral regions of Victoria, Australia, which elects five members to the Victorian Legislative Council (also referred to as the upper house) by proportional representation. The region was creat ...

of the upper house, the Legislative Council. 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

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from 1999 to 2007. He and Premier Steve Bracks, the member for neighbouring Williamstown, both resigned on 30 July 2007. A

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was held on 15 September 2007, which resulted in

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retaining the seat for Labor.

Members for Albert Park

Election results

External links

Electorate profile: Albert Park District, Victorian Electoral Commission

References

Electoral districts of Victoria (Australia) 1889 establishments in Australia City of Port Phillip St Kilda, Victoria Electoral districts and divisions of Greater Melbourne {{VictoriaAU-gov-stub