Electoral district of Port Melbourne

Former state electoral district of Victoria, Australia

Australian electorate

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.

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.

It was initially won by then-Sandridge MLA Frederick Derham.

It was abolished in 1958 and merged into the electorate of Albert Park. The last MLA for Port Melbourne, Archie Todd went on to contest and win the Victorian Legislative Council seat of Melbourne West Province.

Members for Port Melbourne

	Party	Term
Frederick Derham	Unaligned	1889–1892
Philip Salmon	Labor	1892-1893
Philip Salmon	Unaligned	1893-1894
George Sangster	Labor	1894–1902
	Independent Labor	1902–1906
	Labor	1906–1915
Owen Sinclair	Labor	1915–1917
Owen Sinclair	Independent	1917
James Murphy	Labor	1917–1942
Tom Corrigan	Labor	1942–1952
Stan Corrigan	Labor	1952–1955
Stan Corrigan	Labor (Anti-Communist)	1955
Archie Todd	Labor	1955–1958

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Port Melbourne

Notes

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.

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.

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