Electoral results for the district of Albert Park

This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Albert Park in Victorian state elections from 1889 to the present.

Members for Albert Park

Member		Party	Term
	John Nimmo	Liberal	1889–1892
	John White	Conservative	1892–1902
	George Elmslie	Labor	1902–1918
	Joseph Hannan	Labor	1918–1919
	Arthur Wallace	Labor	1919–1927
	Robert Cuthertson	Nationalist	1927–1929
	Arthur Wallace	Labor	1929–1932
	Harry Drew	United Australia	1932–1937
		Independent
	William Haworth	United Australia	1937–1944
		Liberal	1944–1945
	Frank Crean	Labor	1945–1947
	Roy Schilling	Liberal	1947–1950
	Keith Sutton	Labor	1950–1970
	Val Doube	Labor	1970–1979
	Bunna Walsh	Labor	1979–1992
	John Thwaites	Labor	1992–2007
	Martin Foley	Labor	2007–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

Victorian state election, 2014: Albert Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Shannon Eeles	15,177	41.5	+1.7
	Labor	Martin Foley	11,826	32.3	+1.3
	Greens	David Collis	6,134	16.8	-0.1
	Independent	Tex Perkins	1,614	4.4	+4.4
	Sex Party	James Hurley	1,263	3.5	-0.1
	Independent	Steven Armstrong	289	0.8	+0.8
	Family First	Deborah Geyer	273	0.7	0.0
Total formal votes			36,576	95.9	-0.3
Informal votes			1,575	4.1	+0.3
Turnout			38,151	88.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Martin Foley	19,370	53.0	+2.1
	Liberal	Shannon Eeles	17,206	47.0	-2.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.1

Victorian state election, 2010: Albert Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Mark Lopez	15,234	38.29	+3.65
	Labor	Martin Foley	12,012	30.19	-10.86
	Greens	Ann Birrell	7,218	18.14	-0.93
	Independent	Serge Thomann	3,619	9.10	+9.10
	Sex Party	Katie Blakey	1,404	3.53	+3.53
	Family First	Josie Young	303	0.76	-0.32
Total formal votes			39,790	96.21	+0.54
Informal votes			1,568	3.79	-0.54
Turnout			41,358	87.72	+2.00
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Martin Foley	20,713	52.06	-7.63
	Liberal	Mark Lopez	19,077	47.94	+7.63
	Labor hold		Swing	-7.63

Elections in the 2000s

Albert Park state by-election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Martin Foley	13,687	46.83	+5.78
	Greens	John Middleton	8,448	28.53	+9.46
	Independent	Nigel Strauss	1,702	5.75	+5.75
	Democrats	Paul Kavanagh	1,702	5.75	+5.75
	Independent	Prodos Marinakis	1,422	4.80	+4.80
	Family First	Cameron Eastman	1,306	4.41	+3.33
	Democratic Labor	Shane McCarthy	512	1.73	+1.73
	Independent	Adrian Jackson	354	1.20	−0.07
	Independent	John Dobinson	297	1.00	+1.00
Total formal votes			29,637	92.53	−3.14
Informal votes			2,392	7.47	+3.14
Turnout			32,029	70.67	−15.05
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Martin Foley	17,000	57.07	N/A
	Greens	John Middleton	12,788	42.93	N/A
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Victorian state election, 2006: Albert Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Thwaites	14,787	41.05	−7.11
	Liberal	Clive Smith	12,479	34.64	+1.83
	Greens	John Middleton	6,871	19.07	+1.75
	People Power	Stratos Pavlis	771	2.14	+2.14
	Independent	Adrian Jackson	458	1.27	+1.27
	Family First	Sam Robertson	390	1.08	+1.08
	CEC	David Reece	269	0.75	+0.75
Total formal votes			36,025	95.67	−1.62
Informal votes			1,630	4.33	+1.62
Turnout			37,655	85.72	−2.75
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Thwaites	21,145	59.22	-3.28
	Liberal	Clive Smith	14,560	40.78	+3.28
	Labor hold		Swing	-3.28

Victorian state election, 2002: Albert Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Thwaites	16,053	48.16	-8.26
	Liberal	Virginia Browne	10,936	32.81	-10.77
	Greens	John Middleton	5,774	17.32	+17.32
	Independent	Melanie Oke	571	1.71	+1.71
Total formal votes			33,334	97.29	+0.14
Informal votes			928	2.71	-0.14
Turnout			34,262	88.47	+0.43
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Thwaites	20,835	62.50	+6.08
	Liberal	Virginia Browne	12,499	37.50	-6.08
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.08

Elections in the 1990s

Victorian state election, 1999: Albert Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Thwaites	18,997	56.4	-2.4
	Liberal	Rob Rushford	14,671	43.6	+2.4
Total formal votes			33,668	97.1	-0.7
Informal votes			989	2.9	+0.7
Turnout			34,657	88.0
	Labor hold		Swing	-2.4

Victorian state election, 1996: Albert Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Thwaites	18,789	57.1	+10.7
	Liberal	Eacham Curry	12,999	39.5	+0.1
	Natural Law	Heath Allison	1,135	3.4	+1.4
Total formal votes			32,923	97.8	+2.0
Informal votes			741	2.2	-2.0
Turnout			33,664	89.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Thwaites	19,328	58.8	+3.0
	Liberal	Eacham Curry	13,554	41.2	-3.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.0

Victorian state election, 1992: Albert Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Thwaites	13,764	46.3	-6.5
	Liberal	Wendy Smith	11,702	39.4	+6.9
	Independent	Shane Tonks	1,505	5.1	+5.1
	Independent	Anne Fahey	1,358	4.6	-4.4
	Independent	Jill Rothwell	772	2.6	+2.6
	Natural Law	Caroline Hockley	602	2.0	+2.0
Total formal votes			29,703	95.8	+0.4
Informal votes			1,293	4.2	-0.4
Turnout			30,996	91.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Thwaites	16,539	55.8	-4.6
	Liberal	Wendy Smith	13,098	44.2	+4.6
	Labor hold		Swing	-4.6

Elections in the 1980s

Victorian state election, 1988: Albert Park[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bunna Walsh	11,939	51.15	-11.04
	Liberal	Andrew Lindsay	7,542	32.31	-5.50
	Independent	Anne Fahey	2,785	11.93	+11.93
	Independent	Kathleen Brown	1,076	4.61	+4.61
Total formal votes			23,342	95.66	-1.07
Informal votes			1,060	4.34	+1.07
Turnout			24,402	85.47	-2.69
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bunna Walsh	13,733	58.88	-3.31
	Liberal	Andrew Lindsay	9,589	41.12	+3.31
	Labor hold		Swing	-3.31

Victorian state election, 1985: Albert Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bunna Walsh	15,186	62.2	+0.6
	Liberal	Barry Semmens	9,616	37.8	+5.8
Total formal votes			25,432	96.7
Informal votes			860	3.3
Turnout			26,292	88.2
	Labor hold		Swing	-3.5

Victorian state election, 1982: Albert Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bunna Walsh	15,104	62.6	+2.9
	Liberal	Reginald Macey	7,476	31.0	+0.3
	Democrats	Ian Dawes	1,546	6.4	-3.2
Total formal votes			24,126	96.8	+0.4
Informal votes			786	3.2	-0.4
Turnout			24,912	89.9	+1.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bunna Walsh	15,993	66.3	+2.3
	Liberal	Reginald Macey	8,133	33.7	-2.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.3

Elections in the 1970s

Victorian state election, 1979: Albert Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bunna Walsh	14,212	59.7	-3.4
	Liberal	Donald Gillies	7,302	30.7	-6.2
	Democrats	Marilyn Blair	2,278	9.6	+9.6
Total formal votes			23,792	96.4	+0.3
Informal votes			879	3.6	-0.3
Turnout			24,671	88.4	+2.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bunna Walsh	15,237	64.0	+0.9
	Liberal	Donald Gillies	8,555	36.0	-0.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.9

Victorian state election, 1976: Albert Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Val Doube	16,518	63.1	+3.4
	Liberal	Timothy Hinchcliffe	9,644	36.9	+4.1
Total formal votes			26,162	96.1
Informal votes			970	3.9
Turnout			27,132	85.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.5

Victorian state election, 1973: Albert Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Val Doube	12,920	65.2	+7.4
	Liberal	Norman Walker	5,290	26.7	-2.1
	Democratic Labor	Monica McGeoch	1,620	8.2	-5.2
Total formal votes			19,830	96.0	+0.6
Informal votes			827	4.0	-0.6
Turnout			20,657	91.2	-1.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Val Doube	13,163	66.4	+6.6
	Liberal	Norman Walker	6,667	33.6	-6.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.6

Victorian state election, 1970: Albert Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Val Doube	11,583	57.8	-2.1
	Liberal	Wallace Cameron	5,768	28.8	+5.9
	Democratic Labor	Monica McGeoch	2,692	13.4	-3.8
Total formal votes			20,043	95.4	+0.1
Informal votes			960	4.6	-0.1
Turnout			21,003	92.4	+0.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Val Doube	11,987	59.8	-2.7
	Liberal	Wallace Cameron	8,056	40.2	+2.7
	Labor hold		Swing	-2.7

Elections in the 1960s

Victorian state election, 1967: Albert Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Keith Sutton	12,662	59.9	-1.4
	Liberal	Constantine Kondos	4,849	22.9	+1.0
	Democratic Labor	Victor Coppens	3,631	17.2	-0.4
Total formal votes			21,142	95.3
Informal votes			1,053	4.7
Turnout			22,195	92.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Keith Sutton	13,206	62.5	-1.3
	Liberal	Constantine Kondos	7,936	37.5	+1.3
	Labor hold		Swing	-1.3

Victorian state election, 1964: Albert Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Keith Sutton	8,184	56.8	+0.7
	Liberal and Country	Geoffrey Ryan	3,256	22.6	+0.8
	Democratic Labor	Albert Jones	2,963	20.6	-1.5
Total formal votes			14,403	96.6
Informal votes			506	3.4
Turnout			14,909	91.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Keith Sutton	8,678	59.9	+0.5
	Liberal and Country	Geoffrey Ryan	5,725	40.1	-0.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.5

Victorian state election, 1961: Albert Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Keith Sutton	8,736	56.1	+7.2
	Democratic Labor	Albert Jones	3,437	22.1	-1.7
	Liberal and Country	Thomas Merrett	3,404	21.8	-2.9
Total formal votes			15,577	96.6	-0.8
Informal votes			554	3.4	+0.8
Turnout			16,131	92.6	+0.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Keith Sutton	9,252	59.4	+5.0
	Liberal and Country	Thomas Merrett	6,325	40.6	-5.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.0

• The two candidate preferred vote was not counted between the Labor and DLP candidates for Albert Park.

Elections in the 1950s

Victorian state election, 1958: Albert Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Keith Sutton	8,727	48.9
	Liberal and Country	Reginald Schilling	4,411	24.7
	Democratic Labor	Stan Corrigan	4,250	23.8
	Communist	Vida Little	442	2.5
Total formal votes			17,830	97.4
Informal votes			480	2.6
Turnout			18,310	92.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Keith Sutton	9,703	54.4
	Liberal and Country	Reginald Schilling	8,127	45.6
	Labor hold		Swing

Victorian state election, 1955: Albert Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Keith Sutton	7,379	47.6
	Liberal and Country	Thomas Merrett	4,542	29.3
	Labor (A-C)	Albert Jones	3,569	23.1
Total formal votes			15,490	97.7
Informal votes			363	2.3
Turnout			15,853	91.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Keith Sutton	7,867	50.8
	Liberal and Country	Thomas Merrett	7,623	49.2
	Labor hold		Swing

Victorian state election, 1952: Albert Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Keith Sutton	12,985	65.7	+14.4
	Liberal and Country	Desmond Byrne	6,770	34.3	-14.4
Total formal votes			19,755	97.9	-2.0
Informal votes			417	2.1	+2.0
Turnout			20,172	90.5	-0.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+14.4

Victorian state election, 1950: Albert Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Keith Sutton	11,807	51.3	+2.5
	Liberal and Country	Roy Schilling	11,230	48.7	-2.5
Total formal votes			23,037	99.1	-0.1
Informal votes			199	0.9	+0.1
Turnout			23,244	90.7	+1.1
	Labor gain from Liberal and Country		Swing	+2.5

References

• "Albert Park District results". Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 July 2011.

1. Statistics for the General Election Held on Saturday, 1 October 1988. Victoria: Government Printer. 1988.