ALP 11.0%
Incumbent MP
Rebecca Stephens, since 2021.
- Geography
- Redistribution
- History
- Candidate summary
- Assessment
- 2021 results
- Booth breakdown
- Results maps
Geography
The seat of Albany covers the City of Albany and the neighbouring Plantagenet council area. Most of the population is in the Albany urban area.
Redistribution
The seat expanded to the north-east, taking in the Plantagenet council area and small parts of the Cranbrook and Gnowangerup council areas from Warren-Blackwood. These changes reduced the Labor margin from 13.7% to 11.0%.
History
Albany has existed as an electoral district continuously since 1890.
The seat was held by the ALP from 1924 until 1936, then by the Country Party from 1936 until 1956. The ALP’s Jack Hall and Wyndham Cook held the seat from 1956 until 1974 in succession.
Leo Watt won the seat for the Liberal Party in 1974. He held the seat for two decades, retiring in 1993.
The Liberal Party’s Kevin Prince saw off a fierce challenge from the National Party in 1993, and was re-elected in 1996.
In 2001, Prince was defeated by the ALP’s Peter Watson. Watson was re-elected four times, and retired in 2021.
Labor candidate Rebecca Stephens won Albany in 2021.
- Gerrit Ballast (Australian Christians)
- Tom Brough (Liberal)
- Scott Leary (Nationals)
- Rebecca Stephens (Labor)
Assessment
While Labor has held Albany for the last quarter-century, the former member often held the seat by slim margins. Stephens was elected by a substantial margin, but the swing in Albany was a lot less than in the rest of the state. If there is a swing back to a much closer statewide result, Labor would struggle to hold onto Albany, and they probably don’t need the seat – Albany is Labor’s 45th safest seat in the state.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Redist |
| Rebecca Stephens | Labor | 11,804 | 50.8 | +6.2 | 48.9 |
| Scott Leary | Liberal | 4,236 | 18.2 | +0.9 | 17.1 |
| Delma Baesjou | Nationals | 2,480 | 10.7 | -9.0 | 14.5 |
| Nelson Gilmour | Greens | 1,310 | 5.6 | -1.0 | 5.3 |
| Ian ‘t Hart | Australian Christians | 1,246 | 5.4 | +0.3 | 4.7 |
| Michelle Kinsella | One Nation | 602 | 2.6 | -4.2 | 2.5 |
| Karrie Louden | Shooters, Fishers & Farmers | 459 | 2.0 | +2.0 | 2.3 |
| Caroline Cull | Legalise Cannabis | 417 | 1.8 | +1.8 | 1.8 |
| Sandra Madeo | No Mandatory Vaccination | 325 | 1.4 | +1.4 | 1.3 |
| Malcolm Dodson | Liberal Democrats | 170 | 0.7 | +0.7 | 0.6 |
| Barry Purcell | Sustainable Australia | 143 | 0.6 | +0.6 | 0.6 |
| Emil Bacanaru | WAxit | 47 | 0.2 | +0.2 | 0.2 |
| Informal | 799 | 3.3 |
2021 two-party-preferred result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Redist |
| Rebecca Stephens | Labor | 14,780 | 63.7 | 61.0 |
| Scott Leary | Liberal | 8,432 | 36.3 | 39.0 |
Polling places have been split into five parts. Polling places in the City of Albany have been split into four areas. The Albany urban area itself makes up almost half of the population, along with neighbouring King River. The Plantagenet council area makes up another part of the seat. The remainder of the Albany council area is split into “east” and “west”.
Labor won Albany itself quite comfortably, with 63.1% of the two-party-preferred vote. Labor’s majority was smaller in King River and the west of the Albany council area.
The Nationals won almost 60% of the 2PP in Plantagenet, even though they still lost what had traditionally been a safe seat of Warren-Blackwood.
| Voter group | NAT prim | ALP 2PP | Total votes | % of votes |
| Albany | 8.9 | 63.1 | 4,707 | 17.9 |
| Plantagenet | 44.6 | 40.6 | 1,846 | 7.0 |
| King River | 12.9 | 58.9 | 1,755 | 6.7 |
| West | 15.6 | 57.9 | 1,252 | 4.8 |
| East | 26.4 | 38.0 | 163 | 0.6 |
| Pre-poll | 11.6 | 64.1 | 12,335 | 47.0 |
| Other votes | 16.0 | 61.5 | 4,183 | 15.9 |
Election results in Albany at the 2021 WA state election
Toggle between two-party-preferred votes and primary votes for Labor, the Liberal Party, the Nationals and the Greens.
its well with the expeced swing but the controversy surrounding the liberal candidate may help labor and/or the nationals
Probably agree John, a weak preference flow between the two conservative parties could allow Labor to narrowly hold on (similar to 2008 or 2013 where Labor won with the seat with narrow margins).
11% is a lot to turn round in one election.
Also everyone knows the alp will retain govt.
Albany would I guess like to have a voice in govt not opposition.
This along with any personal votes of sitting mps will be an issue in other country seats currently held by Labor