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Electoral district of Albury

State electoral district of New South Wales, Australia

Summary

State electoral district of New South Wales, Australia

FieldValue
nameAlbury
statensw
image
captionInteractive map of district boundaries since the 2023 state election
lifespan1880–1920
1927–present
mpJustin Clancy
mp-partyLiberal
namesakeAlbury, New South Wales
classProvincial and rural
electors59834
electors_year2023
area16286.87
near-nWagga Wagga
Cootamundra
near-neMonaro
near-nwMurray
near-eMonaro
near-wMurray
near-sVictoria
near-seMonaro
near-swVictoria

1927–present |mp-party = Liberal |near-n = Wagga Wagga Cootamundra |near-ne = Monaro |near-nw = Murray |near-e = Monaro |near-w = Murray |near-s = Victoria |near-se = Monaro |near-sw = Victoria 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 Snowy Valleys Council that includes the town of Cabramurra. Its significant population centres include Albury, Culcairn, Jindera, Corowa, Howlong, Holbrook and Tumbarumba.{{cite web | access-date=23 November 2019 | archive-date=25 March 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220325163118/https://www.elections.nsw.gov.au/District-profiles/Albury | url-status=live

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 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, with the seat becoming a safe Liberal seat again.

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. In 1999, Glachan suffered a 16-point swing and bested independent Claire Douglas by only 687 votes. At that election, Labor was pushed into third place. However, Glachan would have easily retained the seat with a 15 percent majority in a "traditional" two-party contest with Labor. 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 was succeeded by fellow Liberal Justin Clancy.

Members

First incarnation (1880–1920)MemberPartyTermSecond incarnation (1927—present)MemberPartyTerm
George DayNone1880–1887
18871889
John Wilkinson1889–1895
Richard Ball1895–1898
Thomas Griffith1898–1901
1901–1904
Gordon McLaurin1904–1907
1907–1913
John Cusack1913–1917
1917–1917
title=Mr Arthur Gibson Manning (1872-1947)id=1236former=Yesaccess-date=11 May 2019}}1917–1920
John Ross1927–1930
1930–1930
Joseph Fitzgerald1930–1932
Alexander Mair1932–1943
1943–1945
1945–1946
John Hurley1946–1947
title= Mr Dudley Gordon Padman (1885-1970)id=1419former=Yesaccess-date=13 May 2019}}1947–1965
Gordon Mackie1965–1978
id=1782former=Yesaccess-date=8 May 2019name=Mr Harold David Mair (1919– )df =dmy-all}}1978–1988
id=1923name=Mr Ian Doric Glachan (1934–2005)former=Yesaccess-date=8 June 2019}}1988–2003
id=17name=Mr Gregory John Aplin BA(Hons) (1952–)former=Yessaccess-date=27 April 2019}}2003–2019
name=Mr Justin Clancyid=2238access-date=27 April 2019}}2019–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Albury

References

References

  1. (March 2011). "2011 NSW Election Preview – Analysis of Past Voting Patterns by Electorate: Background Paper No 1/2011". New South Wales Parliamentary Library.
  2. "Mr George Day (1826-1906)".
  3. "Mr John Wilkinson (1853- )".
  4. "The Hon. Richard Thomas Ball (1857–1937)".
  5. "Mr Thomas Hunter Griffith (1842–1913)".
  6. "Mr Gordon Ranald McLaurin (1862–1917)".
  7. {{cite NSW Parliament
  8. "Mr Arthur Gibson Manning (1872-1947)".
  9. "Mr John Ross (1891-1973)".
  10. "Mr Joseph John Fitzgerald (1883–1973)".
  11. "The Hon. Alexander Mair (1889-1969)".
  12. {{Cite NSW Parliament
  13. "Mr Dudley Gordon Padman (1885-1970)".
  14. "Mr Gordon Charlton Mackie (1912-1990)".
  15. {{Cite NSW Parliament
  16. {{Cite NSW Parliament
  17. {{Cite NSW Parliament
  18. {{Cite NSW Parliament
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