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