Electoral district of Albany
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Albany is a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Western Australia. Albany is named for the port and regional city of Western Australia which falls within its borders. It is one of the oldest electorates in Western Australia, with its first member having been elected in the inaugural 1890 elections of the Legislative Assembly. It is regarded as a swinging seat, and has been held by the Western Australian National Party since the 2025 election.
Geography
The electoral district of Albany, as of 2023, contains the entirely of the City of Albany, the Shire of Plantagenet (including the town of Mount Barker) and the Shire of Jerramungup. It also contains the areas of the Shires of Cranbook and Gnowangerup within the Stirling Range National Park.[1]
History
At the 2007 redistribution, the electoral district of Albany had the same boundaries as the City of Albany, including Albany and its suburbs, the nearby towns of Elleker, Kalgan, Lower King, Torbay.[2] This represented a significant expansion of its boundaries, in part due to the "one-vote one-value" electoral legislation which largely abolished malapportionment between country and metropolitan electorates in the Legislative Assembly. Prior to 2007, the electorate was largely limited to Albany and its suburbs—the additional sections were within the now abolished electorate of Stirling.[3]
By the 2015 redistribution, the electoral district of Albany contains the entirety of two local government areas: the City of Albany, and the Shire of Jerramungup.[4] The distribution in 2023 resulted in Albany expanding further to absorb the relatively populous but conservative-leaning Shire of Plantagenet.
Albany was held by the Labor Party since the 2001 election, at which Peter Watson was first elected. Watson announced his retirement prior to the 2021 election and was succeeded in the seat by Labor Party colleague, Rebecca Stephens.[5] Stephens held the seat for one term before losing the seat in the 2025 election to the Nationals WA challenger Scott Leary in a three-person competition.
Members for Albany
Election results
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References
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External links
- Electorate profile (Antony Green, ABC)
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