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Victorian state election, 28 November 2026
Albert Park District
Location: Albert Park, Port Melbourne, St Kilda
Legislative Council:
Southern Metropolitan Region
Enrolment 2022 election: 48,788
Enrolment June 2026: 50,126 (up 2.7%)
Relevant demographics (2021 census)
High income: 31.0% (Aust average 22.6%)
Renting: 54.5% (Aust average 30.6%)
Paying a mortgage: 23.0% (Aust average 35.0%)
Couples with children: 42.0% (Aust average 43.7%)
Born overseas: 40.5% (Aust average 27.7%)
No religion: 48.5% (Aust average 38.9%)
University graduate: 51.0% (Aust average 26.3%)
Professional / managerial: 58.0% (Aust average 37.7%)
Sitting member: Nina Taylor (Labor): Elected 2024
Cabinet Secretary
2018 Labor majority over Liberal: 13.1%
2022 Labor majority over Liberal: 11.2%
Status: Fairly safe Labor
Albert Park has existed since 1889, and has gradually expanded as the neighbouring seats, first Port Melbourne and then St Kilda, have been abolished. It now runs from the mouth of the Yarra to Dickens St, Elwood. Once a largely working-class area (particularly Port Melbourne), it is now one one of the most affluent parts of Melbourne, with very high levels of professionals and managers. It also has a high proportion of renters, flat-dwellers and unmarried young adults. This partly reflects the area's strong gay and lesbian presence. It has a high proportion of residents born overseas, but no large ethnic minority population. Based on its demographic profile, this should be a Greens seat, but Labor has so far held the Greens at bay.
Albert Park has usually been held by Labor members, except for the period 1932-45. It was last won by the Liberals in 1947. It was held from 1902 to 1918 by George Elmslie, who was (very briefly) the first Labor premier of Victoria. Keith Sutton held it from 1950 to 1970, and was Speaker during the Cain government of 1952-55. Bunna Walsh (member 1979-92) was a minister in the Cain government of 1982-92. He was succeeded by John Thwaites, who was Deputy Premier in the Bracks government from 1999 to 2007. In 2007 he resigned, and the subsequent by-election was won by Martin Foley, who was a minister in the Andrews government until his retirement in 2022. The high profiles of Thwaites and Foley help explain why the Greens have not been able to win this seat. Foley was succeeded by Nina Taylor, who had a comfortable win in 2022.
2022 results
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Boundaries following
2021 redistricting |
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Candidates:
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Colleen Bolger
Victorian Socialists |
Sonya Semmens
Australian Greens |
Nina Taylor
Australian Labor Party |
Candidate websites
Colleen Bolger (Vic Socialists)
Sonya Semmens (Greens)
Nina Taylor (Labor)
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