Electoral district of Port Melbourne
| Port Melbourne Victoria—Legislative Assembly | |
|---|---|
| State | Victoria |
| Created | 1889 |
| Abolished | 1958 |
| Namesake | Port Melbourne, Victoria |
| Demographic | Metropolitan |
Port Melbourne was an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It was created in 1889, replacing the previous electorate of Sandridge, which was the former name for Port Melbourne.[1]
Port Melbourne was defined by the Electoral Act Amendment Act 1888 (taking effect at 1889 elections) as:
Commencing on the shore of Hobson's Bay opposite the end of Pickles-street; thence northerly by that street to Boundary-road ; north-westerly by that road and a line in continuation thereof to the Yarra River; down the Yarra River through the new channel to the shore of Hobson's Bay, and easterly by that shore to the commencing point.[2]
It was initially won by then-Sandridge MLA Frederick Derham.
It was abolished in 1958 and merged into the electorate of Albert Park.[3] The last MLA for Port Melbourne, Archie Todd went on to contest and win the Victorian Legislative Council seat of Melbourne West Province.[4]
Members for Port Melbourne
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frederick Derham | Unaligned | 1889–1892 | |
| Phillip Salmon | Unaligned [1] | 1892–1894 | |
| George Sangster | Labor | 1894–1902 | |
| Independent Labor | 1902–1906 | ||
| Labor | 1906–1915 | ||
| Owen Sinclair | Labor | 1915–1917 | |
| Independent | 1917 | ||
| James Murphy | Labor | 1917–1942 | |
| Tom Corrigan | Labor | 1942–1952 | |
| Stan Corrigan | Labor | 1952–1955 | |
| Labor (Anti-Communist) | 1955 | ||
| Archie Todd | Labor | 1955–1958 | |
Notes
- 1 There are conflicting sources as to whether Phillip Salmon, member from 1892 to 1894, was endorsed by Labor, as this was not always clear in the then-nascent party system of the 1890s.[5]
References
- ^ "The General Elections", The Argus, 15 March 1889, retrieved 26 December 2012
- ^ "The Electoral Act Amendment Act 1888" (PDF). Retrieved 15 June 2013.
- ^ U'Ren, Nancy; Turnbull, Noel (1983). A History of Port Melbourne. Oxford University Press.
- ^ "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
- ^ Strangio, Paul (2012). Neither Power Nor Glory: 100 Years of Political Labor in Victoria, 1856-1956. Melbourne University Press. pp. 30–31.