Electoral district of Albury
| Albury New South Wales—Legislative Assembly | |
|---|---|
 Location in New South Wales | |
| State | New South Wales |
| Dates current | 1880–1920 1927–present |
| MP | Justin Clancy |
| Party | Liberal Party |
| Electors | 57,605 (2019) |
| Area | 19,686.86 km2 (7,601.1 sq mi) |
Albury is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is currently held by Justin Clancy of the Liberal Party.
Albury is a regional electorate in the state's south. It encompasses the local government areas of the City of Albury, Greater Hume Shire, Federation Council, part of Murrumbidgee Council, part of Snowy Valleys Council that includes the town of Cabramurra. Its significant population centres include Albury, Culcairn, Jindera, Corowa, Howlong, Holbrook, Jerilderie and Tumbarumba.[1]
History
Albury was first created in 1880 from part of Hume and is named after the city of Albury. In 1920, Albury, Wagga Wagga, and Corowa were absorbed into Murray, and four members were elected under proportional representation. At the end of proportional representation in 1927, Albury was recreated.
Albury has generally been considered as a heartland seat for the Liberal Party and its predecessors. While Labor Party has occasionally managed to break the conservative hold on the seat, these have typically occurred only at the peak of a popular government. For instance, former Albury mayor Harold Mair won the seat for Labor in 1978 and held it for a decade–only the second Labor member ever to win it in its present incarnation, and the only one to hold it for more than one term. However, Mair's name recognition in the area was not enough to keep him from being swept out in the landslide Labor defeat of 1988. Liberal Ian Glachan, who had been Mair's opponent in 1984, actually turned Albury into a safe seat in one stroke.
Since then, Labor has never come close to retaking the seat. Labor candidates are usually fortunate to get much more than 30 percent of the primary vote. The Liberal hold on the seat has only been seriously threatened once since then, when Glachan suffered a 16-point swing and bested independent Claire Douglas by only 687 votes. At that election, Labor was pushed into third place. The seat reverted to form in 2003 upon Glachan's retirement. His successor, Greg Aplin, won 61.5 percent of the two-party vote, and Labor was pushed to fourth place on the primary vote behind Aplin and two independents. Aplin held the seat without serious difficulty until 2019, when he handed it to fellow Liberal Justin Clancy.
Members
| First incarnation (1880–1920) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | |
| George Day [2] | None | 1880–1887 | |
| Protectionist | 18871889 | ||
| John Wilkinson [3] | Protectionist | 1889–1895 | |
| Richard Ball [4] | Free Trade | 1895–1898 | |
| Thomas Griffith [5] | Protectionist | 1898–1901 | |
| Independent | 1901–1904 | ||
| Gordon McLaurin [6] | Progressive | 1904–1907 | |
| Independent | 1907–1913 | ||
| John Cusack [7] | Labor | 1913–1917 | |
| Independent Labor | 1917–1917 | ||
| Arthur Manning [8] | Nationalist | 1917–1920 | |
| Second incarnation (1927—present) | |||
| Member | Party | Term | |
| John Ross [9] | Nationalist | 1927–1930 | |
| Independent | 1930–1930 | ||
| Joseph Fitzgerald [10] | Labor | 1930–1932 | |
| Alexander Mair [11] | United Australia | 1932–1943 | |
| Democratic | 1943–1945 | ||
| Liberal | 1945–1946 | ||
| John Hurley [12] | Labor | 1946–1947 | |
| Doug Padman [13] | Liberal | 1947–1965 | |
| Gordon Mackie [14] | Liberal | 1965–1978 | |
| Harold Mair [15] | Labor | 1978–1988 | |
| Ian Glachan [16] | Liberal | 1988–2003 | |
| Greg Aplin [17] | Liberal | 2003–2019 | |
| Justin Clancy [18] | Liberal | 2019–present | |
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Justin Clancy | 27,039 | 56.77 | −1.06 | |
| Labor | Lauriston Muirhead | 11,840 | 24.86 | −6.83 | |
| Greens | Dean Moss | 4,411 | 9.26 | +3.64 | |
| Sustainable Australia | Ross Hamilton | 3,335 | 7.00 | +7.00 | |
| Keep Sydney Open | Reuben McNair | 1,007 | 2.11 | +2.11 | |
| Total formal votes | 47,632 | 95.22 | −1.28 | ||
| Informal votes | 2,393 | 4.78 | +1.28 | ||
| Turnout | 50,025 | 86.84 | −1.06 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Liberal | Justin Clancy | 28,258 | 65.98 | +2.75 | |
| Labor | Lauriston Muirhead | 14,572 | 34.02 | −2.75 | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | +2.75 | |||
References
- ^ "Albury". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ^ "Mr George Day (1826-1906)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
- ^ "Mr John Wilkinson (1853- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
- ^ "The Hon. Richard Thomas Ball (1857–1937)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
- ^ "Mr Thomas Hunter Griffith (1842–1913)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
- ^ "Mr Gordon Ranald McLaurin (1862–1917)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
- ^ "Mr John Joseph Cusack (1868–1956)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
- ^ "Mr Arthur Gibson Manning (1872-1947)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
- ^ "Mr John Ross (1891-1973)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
- ^ "Mr Joseph John Fitzgerald (1883–1973)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
- ^ "The Hon. Alexander Mair (1889-1969)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
- ^ "Mr Cornelius John Hurley". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
- ^ "Mr Dudley Gordon Padman (1885-1970)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
- ^ "Mr Gordon Charlton Mackie (1912-1990)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
- ^ "Mr Harold David Mair (1919– )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
- ^ "Mr Ian Doric Glachan (1934-2005)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
- ^ "Mr Gregory John Aplin BA(Hons) (1952 - )". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
- ^ "Mr Justin Clancy". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
- ^ "Albury: First Preference Votes". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
- ^ "Albury: Distribution of Preferences". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
