Electoral district of Albury

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Albury
New South WalesLegislative Assembly
NSW Electoral District 2023 - Albury.svg
Electoral district of Albury
Interactive map of district boundaries since the 2023 state election
State New South Wales
Dates current1880–1920
1927–present
MP Justin Clancy
Party Liberal
Namesake Albury, New South Wales
Electors 59,834 (2023)
Area16,286.87 km2 (6,288.4 sq mi)
DemographicProvincial and rural
Electorates around Albury:
Murray Wagga Wagga
Cootamundra
Monaro
Murray Albury Monaro
Victoria Victoria Monaro

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.

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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. [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 has occasionally managed to break the conservative hold on the seat, these have typically occurred only at the peak of a popular government. [2] 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. 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)
MemberPartyTerm
  George Day [3] None 1880–1887
  Protectionist 18871889
  John Wilkinson [4] Protectionist 1889–1895
  Richard Ball [5] Free Trade 1895–1898
  Thomas Griffith [6] Protectionist 1898–1901
  Independent 1901–1904
  Gordon McLaurin [7] Progressive 1904–1907
  Independent 1907–1913
  John Cusack [8] Labor 1913–1917
  Independent Labor 1917–1917
  Arthur Manning [9] Nationalist 1917–1920
 
Second incarnation (1927—present)
MemberPartyTerm
  John Ross [10] Nationalist 1927–1930
  Independent 1930–1930
  Joseph Fitzgerald [11] Labor 1930–1932
  Alexander Mair [12] United Australia 1932–1943
  Democratic 1943–1945
  Liberal 1945–1946
  John Hurley [13] Labor 1946–1947
  Doug Padman [14] Liberal 1947–1965
  Gordon Mackie [15] Liberal 1965–1978
  Harold Mair [16] Labor 1978–1988
  Ian Glachan [17] Liberal 1988–2003
  Greg Aplin [18] Liberal 2003–2019
  Justin Clancy [19] Liberal 2019–present

Election results

2023 New South Wales state election: Albury [20] [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Justin Clancy 26,36853.0−3.7
Labor Marcus Rowland11,08122.3−2.6
Greens Eli Davern4,6729.4+0.0
Shooters, Fishers, Farmers Peter Sinclair4,0098.1+8.1
Animal Justice Asanki Fernando1,2632.5+2.5
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey Robertson1,2242.5+2.5
Sustainable Australia Ross Hamilton1,1712.4−4.6
Total formal votes49,78896.5+1.3
Informal votes1,7953.5−1.3
Turnout 51,58386.2−0.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Justin Clancy 28,81166.3+0.5
Labor Marcus Rowland14,62633.7−0.5
Liberal hold Swing +0.5

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