Electoral district of Port Melbourne

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Port Melbourne
VictoriaLegislative Assembly
State Victoria
Created1889
Abolished1958
Namesake Port Melbourne, Victoria
DemographicMetropolitan

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]

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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

MemberPartyTerm
  Frederick Derham Unaligned1889–1892
  Philip 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

Election results

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]

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References

  1. "The General Elections", The Argus, 15 March 1889, retrieved 26 December 2012
  2. "The Electoral Act Amendment Act 1888" (PDF). Retrieved 15 June 2013.
  3. U'Ren, Nancy; Turnbull, Noel (1983). A History of Port Melbourne. Oxford University Press.
  4. "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
  5. Strangio, Paul (2012). Neither Power Nor Glory: 100 Years of Political Labor in Victoria, 1856-1956. Melbourne University Press. pp. 30–31.

Coordinates: 37°49′50″S144°55′30″E / 37.83056°S 144.92500°E / -37.83056; 144.92500