Electoral district of Albury

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 New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
Interactive map of district boundaries since the 2023 state election
State	New South Wales
Dates current	1880–1920 1927–present
MP	Justin Clancy
Party	Liberal
Namesake	Albury, New South Wales
Electors	59,834 (2023)
Area	16,286.87 km2 (6,288.4 sq mi)
Demographic	Provincial and rural
Electorates around Albury: Murray Wagga Wagga Cootamundra Monaro Murray Albury Monaro Victoria Victoria Monaro

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, 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)
Member		Party	Term
	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)
Member		Party	Term
	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

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Albury

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2023 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Albury.[edit]

2023 New South Wales state election: Albury^[20][21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Justin Clancy	26,368	53.0	−3.7
	Labor	Marcus Rowland	11,081	22.3	−2.6
	Greens	Eli Davern	4,672	9.4	+0.0
	Shooters, Fishers, Farmers	Peter Sinclair	4,009	8.1	+8.1
	Animal Justice	Asanki Fernando	1,263	2.5	+2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Robertson	1,224	2.5	+2.5
	Sustainable Australia	Ross Hamilton	1,171	2.4	−4.6
Total formal votes			49,788	96.5	+1.3
Informal votes			1,795	3.5	−1.3
Turnout			51,583	86.2	−0.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Justin Clancy	28,811	66.3	+0.5
	Labor	Marcus Rowland	14,626	33.7	−0.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.5