| Albany Western Australia—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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  Interactive map of electoral district boundaries from the2025 state election | |||||||||||||||
| State | Western Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Dates current | 1890–present | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Scott Leary | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Nationals | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | Albany | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 33,868 (2025) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 9,814 km2 (3,789.2 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Provincial | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°40′S117°47′E / 34.67°S 117.79°E /-34.67; 117.79 | ||||||||||||||
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Albany is aLegislative Assemblyelectorate in thestate ofWestern Australia. Albany is named for the port and regional city of Western Australia which falls within its borders. It is one of the oldest electorates in Western Australia, with its first member having been elected in the inaugural1890 elections of the Legislative Assembly. It is regarded as a swinging seat, and has been held by theWestern Australian National Party since the2025 election.
The electoral district of Albany, as of 2023, contains the entirely of theCity of Albany, theShire of Plantagenet (including the town ofMount Barker) and theShire of Jerramungup. It also contains the areas of the Shires ofCranbook andGnowangerup within theStirling Range National Park.[1]
At the 2007 redistribution, the electoral district of Albany had the same boundaries as theCity of Albany, includingAlbany and its suburbs, the nearby towns ofElleker,Kalgan,Lower King,Torbay.[2] This represented a significant expansion of its boundaries, in part due to the "one-vote one-value" electoral legislation which largely abolishedmalapportionment between country and metropolitan electorates in the Legislative Assembly. Prior to 2007, the electorate was largely limited to Albany and its suburbs—the additional sections were within the now abolished electorate ofStirling.[3]
By the 2015 redistribution, the electoral district of Albany contains the entirety of two local government areas: theCity of Albany, and theShire of Jerramungup.[4] The distribution in 2023 resulted in Albany expanding further to absorb the relatively populous but conservative-leaningShire of Plantagenet.
Albany was held by theLabor Party since the2001 election, at whichPeter Watson was first elected. Watson announced his retirement prior to the2021 election and was succeeded in the seat by Labor Party colleague,Rebecca Stephens.[5] Stephens held the seat for one term before losing the seat in the2025 election to theNationals WA challengerScott Leary in a three-person competition.
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lancel de Hamel | Oppositionist | 1890–1894 | |
| George Leake | Oppositionist | 1894–1900 | |
| John Hassell | Oppositionist | 1900–1901 | |
| James Gardiner | Oppositionist | 1901–1904 | |
| Charles Keyser | Labor | 1904–1905 | |
| Ministerialist | 1905 | ||
| Edward Barnett | Ministerialist | 1905–1909 | |
| William Price | Labor | 1909–1917 | |
| Herbert Robinson | Nationalist | 1917–1919 | |
| John Scaddan | Nationalist | 1919–1920 | |
| Country | 1920–1923 | ||
| Country (MCP) | 1923–1924 | ||
| Arthur Wansbrough | Labor | 1924–1936 | |
| Leonard Hill | Country | 1936–1956 | |
| Jack Hall | Labor | 1956–1970 | |
| Wyndham Cook | Labor | 1970–1974 | |
| Leon Watt | Liberal | 1974–1993 | |
| Kevin Prince | Liberal | 1993–2001 | |
| Peter Watson | Labor | 2001–2021 | |
| Rebecca Stephens | Labor | 2021–2025 | |
| Scott Leary | National | 2025–present | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Rebecca Stephens | 8,825 | 29.9 | −18.8 | |
| National | Scott Leary | 6,496 | 22.0 | +7.4 | |
| Liberal | Tom Brough | 6,451 | 21.8 | +4.8 | |
| Greens | Lynn MacLaren | 2,348 | 7.9 | +2.4 | |
| Independent | Mario Lionetti | 2,121 | 7.2 | +7.2 | |
| Christians | Gerrit Ballast | 1,504 | 5.1 | +0.4 | |
| One Nation | Quintin Bisschoff | 813 | 2.8 | +0.2 | |
| Legalise Cannabis | Philip Arnatt | 693 | 2.3 | +0.5 | |
| Shooters, Fishers, Farmers | Synjon Anstee-Brook | 311 | 1.1 | −1.3 | |
| Total formal votes | 29,562 | 96.6 | −0.0 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,050 | 3.4 | +0.0 | ||
| Turnout | 30,612 | 90.4 | +5.2 | ||
| Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
| National | Scott Leary | 16,615 | 56.3 | +56.3 | |
| Labor | Rebecca Stephens | 12,914 | 43.7 | −17.3 | |
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