Electoral district of Port Melbourne

Port Melbourne
Victoria—Legislative Assembly
StateVictoria
Created1889
Abolished1958
NamesakePort 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]

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]

  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.