Electoral results for the district of Albany

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

2017 Western Australian state election: Albany^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Peter Watson	10,349	43.9	+5.5
	National	Robert Sutton	4,750	20.1	−2.0
	Liberal	Greg Stocks	4,149	17.6	−10.9
	One Nation	Anthony Griffiths	1,624	6.9	+6.9
	Greens	David Rastrick	1,547	6.6	+1.2
	Christians	Ian 't Hart	1,167	4.9	+1.1
Total formal votes			23,586	96.6	+0.4
Informal votes			838	3.4	−0.4
Turnout			24,424	90.0	−0.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Peter Watson	12,988	55.1	+4.1
	National	Robert Sutton	10,585	44.9	+44.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.1

2013 Western Australian state election: Albany^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Peter Watson	8,284	39.3	+0.2
	Liberal	Trevor Cosh	6,061	28.8	–4.1
	National	Robert Sutton	4,357	20.7	+7.4
	Greens	Diane Evers	1,137	5.4	–2.2
	Christians	Hans Vermeulen	831	3.9	–0.9
	Family First	Barry Critchison	386	1.8	–0.4
Total formal votes			21,056	96.2	–0.9
Informal votes			828	3.8	+0.9
Turnout			21,884	92.8	+2.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Peter Watson	10,957	52.0	+1.8
	Liberal	Trevor Cosh	10,094	48.0	–1.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.8

2008 Western Australian state election: Albany^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Peter Watson	7,709	39.14	+2.5
	Liberal	Andrew Partington	6,486	32.93	−2.7
	National	Sam Harma	2,628	13.34	+5.2
	Greens	Diane Evers	1,492	7.58	+1.7
	Christian Democrats	Justin Moseley	950	4.82	+0.8
	Family First	Colin Pyle	431	2.19	−0.7
Total formal votes			19,696	97.09	+1.30
Informal votes			590	2.91	−1.30
Turnout			20,286	90.13
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Peter Watson	9,884	50.23	+2.5
	Liberal	Andrew Partington	9,795	49.77	–2.5
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+2.5

2005 Western Australian state election: Albany

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Peter Watson	5,569	43.6	+12.0
	Liberal	Andrew Partington	4,773	37.3	+4.3
	National	Beverley Ford	651	5.1	+5.1
	Greens	Tony Evers	629	4.9	−3.5
	Christian Democrats	Greg Basden	453	3.5	+3.5
	Family First	Colin Pyle	371	2.9	+2.9
	One Nation	Brian Burns	340	2.7	−13.6
Total formal votes			12,786	95.8	+0.1
Informal votes			561	4.2	−0.1
Turnout			13,347	91.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Peter Watson	6,564	51.4	−2.3
	Liberal	Andrew Partington	6,206	48.6	+2.3
	Labor hold		Swing	−2.3

2001 Western Australian state election: Albany

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Kevin Prince	4,141	33.0	−24.9
	Labor	Peter Watson	3,960	31.6	−2.2
	One Nation	Darrall Simpson	2,035	16.2	+16.2
	Greens	Sandy Davis	1,060	8.5	+8.5
	Liberals for Forests	Diane Evers	1,001	8.0	+8.0
	Curtin Labor Alliance	John Watson	334	2.7	+2.7
Total formal votes			12,531	95.7	+0.3
Informal votes			561	4.3	−0.3
Turnout			13,092	91.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Peter Watson	6,660	53.7	+15.6
	Liberal	Kevin Prince	5,748	46.3	−15.6
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+15.6

1996 Western Australian state election: Albany

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Kevin Prince	6,649	57.9	+25.7
	Labor	Matt Benson-Lidholm	3,873	33.8	+3.7
	CALM Resistance Movement	Rob Moir	952	8.3	+6.6
Total formal votes			11,474	95.4	+0.0
Informal votes			550	4.6	−0.0
Turnout			12,024	92.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Kevin Prince	7,096	61.9	+1.1
	Labor	Matt Benson-Lidholm	4,368	38.1	−1.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.1

1993 Western Australian state election: Albany

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Kevin Prince	3,334	32.7	−14.9
	Labor	Ursula Richards	3,101	30.4	−6.5
	National	Malcolm Cameron	2,789	27.4	+11.9
	Democrats	Roland Paver	297	2.9	+2.9
	Independent	Drew Posthuma	247	2.4	+2.4
	Independent	Robert Howard	235	2.3	+2.3
	CALM Resistance Movement	Alf Sharp	184	1.8	+1.8
Total formal votes			10,187	95.4	+1.8
Informal votes			492	4.6	−1.8
Turnout			10,679	94.6	+1.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Kevin Prince	6,108	60.0	−0.1
	Labor	Ursula Richards	4,079	40.0	+0.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	−0.1

1989 Western Australian state election: Albany

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Leon Watt	4,566	47.6	−5.7
	Labor	Brian Bradley	3,540	36.9	−9.8
	National	Michael Jardine	1,487	15.5	+15.5
Total formal votes			9,593	93.6
Informal votes			657	6.4
Turnout			10,250	92.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Leon Watt	5,769	60.1	+6.8
	Labor	Brian Bradley	3,824	39.9	−6.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	+6.8

1986 Western Australian state election: Albany

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Leon Watt	4,510	53.3	+10.8
	Labor	Josephine Lynch	3,947	46.7	+2.1
Total formal votes			8,457	98.1	+0.7
Informal votes			165	1.9	−0.7
Turnout			8,622	93.6	+2.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.0

1983 Western Australian state election: Albany

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Josephine Lynch	3,370	44.6
	Liberal	Leon Watt	3,210	42.5
	National Country	Darrall Simpson	691	9.1
	Democrats	John Chamberlain	286	3.8
Total formal votes			7,557	97.4
Informal votes			203	2.6
Turnout			7,760	90.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Leon Watt	3,949	52.3
	Labor	Josephine Lynch	3,608	47.7
	Liberal hold		Swing

1980 Western Australian state election: Albany

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Leon Watt	4,236	57.7	−5.2
	Labor	Ronald Bowe	2,606	35.5	−1.6
	Progress	Douglas Joyce	500	6.8	+6.8
Total formal votes			7,342	96.5	−1.0
Informal votes			265	3.5	+1.0
Turnout			7,607	91.2	−2.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Leon Watt	4,586	62.5	−0.4
	Labor	Ronald Bowe	2,756	37.5	+0.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	−0.4

1977 Western Australian state election: Albany

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Leon Watt	4,592	62.9
	Labor	Ray Wood	2,704	37.1
Total formal votes			7,296	97.5
Informal votes			185	2.5
Turnout			7,481	93.2
	Liberal hold		Swing

1974 Western Australian state election: Albany

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Wyndham Cook	3,075	44.5
	Liberal	Leon Watt	2,726	39.4
	National Alliance	Leslie Dean	1,111	16.1
Total formal votes			6,912	96.6
Informal votes			244	3.4
Turnout			7,156	91.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Leon Watt	3,667	53.0
	Labor	Wyndham Cook	3,245	47.0
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing

1971 Western Australian state election: Albany

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Wyndham Cook	3,305	54.0	−1.4
	Liberal	George Formby	2,368	38.7	−5.9
	Democratic Labor	Peter Cameron	449	7.3	+7.3
Total formal votes			6,122	97.6	−1.2
Informal votes			151	2.4	+1.2
Turnout			6,273	95.1	+1.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Wyndham Cook	3,372	55.1	−0.3
	Liberal	George Formby	2,750	44.9	+0.3
	Labor hold		Swing	−0.3

1970 Albany state by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Wyndham Cook	2,538	47.7	−7.7
	Liberal	George Formby	2,080	39.0	−5.6
	Independent Liberal	Henry Ayers	529	9.9	+9.9
	Independent	Brian Burns	179	3.4	+3.4
Total formal votes			5,326	98.6	−0.2
Informal votes			77	1.4	+0.2
Turnout			5,403	88.5	−4.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Wyndham Cook	2,782	52.2	−3.2
	Liberal	George Formby	2,544	47.8	+3.2
	Labor hold		Swing	−3.2

1968 Western Australian state election: Albany

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Hall	2,958	55.4
	Liberal and Country	Henry Ayers	2,386	44.6
Total formal votes			5,344	98.8
Informal votes			65	1.2
Turnout			5,409	93.4
	Labor hold		Swing

1965 Western Australian state election: Albany

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Hall	3,586	58.2	−6.1
	Liberal and Country	Norman Swarbrick	1,685	27.3	−8.4
	Country	Charles Johnson	890	14.5	+14.5
Total formal votes			6,161	98.0	−1.2
Informal votes			126	2.0	+1.2
Turnout			6,287	94.7	−0.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jack Hall	3,675	59.6	−4.7
	Liberal and Country	Norman Swarbrick	2,486	40.4	+4.7
	Labor hold		Swing	−4.7

1962 Western Australian state election: Albany

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Hall	3,765	64.3
	Liberal and Country	John Hutchinson	2,095	35.7
Total formal votes			5,860	99.2
Informal votes			49	0.8
Turnout			5,909	95.1
	Labor hold		Swing

1959 Western Australian state election: Albany

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Hall	3,041	53.8	+8.2
	Liberal and Country	Roy Wellington	1,199	21.2	+21.2
	Country	Vincent Liddelow	1,007	17.8	−16.9
	Independent	Charles Johnson	345	6.1	+6.1
	Independent	Ernest Rogers	63	1.1	+1.1
Total formal votes			5,655	98.3	−0.3
Informal votes			98	1.7	+0.3
Turnout			5,753	95.1	+1.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jack Hall		59.2	+9.0
	Liberal and Country	Roy Wellington		40.8	+40.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+9.0

• Two party preferred vote was estimated.

1956 Western Australian state election: Albany

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Hall	2,302	45.6
	Country	Leonard Hill	1,748	34.7
	Country	Alfred Gulvin	994	19.7
Total formal votes			5,044	98.6
Informal votes			73	1.4
Turnout			5,117	93.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jack Hall	2,531	50.2
	Country	Leonard Hill	2,513	49.8
	Labor gain from Country		Swing

1953 Western Australian state election: Albany

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Leonard Hill	3,307	55.9	+12.0
	Labor	Karl Schulze	2,604	44.1	+3.3
Total formal votes			5,911	98.7	−0.2
Informal votes			77	1.3	+0.2
Turnout			5,988	95.3	+1.0
	Country hold		Swing	−1.1

1950 Western Australian state election: Albany

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Leonard Hill	2,112	44.0
	Labor	William Martin	1,962	40.8
	Liberal and Country	Alistair MacDonald	687	14.3
	Independent	James Bolitho	45	0.9
Total formal votes			4,806	98.9
Informal votes			52	1.1
Turnout			4,858	94.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Leonard Hill	2,742	57.0
	Labor	William Martin	2,064	43.0
	Country hold		Swing

1947 Western Australian state election: Albany

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Leonard Hill	2,141	49.6	−5.0
	Labor	William Martin	2,090	48.4	+3.0
	Progressive (WA)	Egbert Shenton	89	2.1	+2.1
Total formal votes			4,320	99.2	+1.0
Informal votes			33	0.8	−1.0
Turnout			4,353	91.3	+7.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Leonard Hill	2,195	50.8	−3.8
	Labor	William Martin	2,125	49.2	+3.8
	Country hold		Swing	−3.8

1943 Western Australian state election: Albany

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Leonard Hill	2,074	54.6	+8.5
	Labor	Adrian Stacey	1,727	45.4	+2.9
Total formal votes			3,801	98.2	+0.3
Informal votes			69	1.8	−0.3
Turnout			3,870	83.6	−6.6
	Country hold		Swing	−0.2

1939 Western Australian state election: Albany

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Leonard Hill	1,854	46.1	+8.2
	Labor	Arthur Wansbrough	1,711	42.5	+3.8
	Ind. Nationalist	Charles Hammond	374	9.3	+9.3
	Independent	James Bolitho	84	2.1	+2.1
Total formal votes			4,023	97.9	−1.3
Informal votes			85	2.1	+1.3
Turnout			4,108	90.2	+14.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Leonard Hill	2,203	54.8	−2.8
	Labor	Arthur Wansbrough	1,820	45.2	+2.8
	Country hold		Swing	−2.8

1936 Western Australian state election: Albany

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Arthur Wansbrough	1,285	38.7	−12.8
	Country	Leonard Hill	1,260	37.9	+13.3
	Independent	Charles Bolt	780	23.5	+23.5
Total formal votes			3,325	99.2	+0.4
Informal votes			26	0.8	−0.4
Turnout			3,351	75.9	−16.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Leonard Hill	1,917	57.6
	Labor	Arthur Wansbrough	1,408	42.4
	Country gain from Labor		Swing	N/A

1933 Western Australian state election: Albany

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Arthur Wansbrough	2,031	51.5	+4.8
	Country	William Day	969	24.6	−0.2
	Independent Country	George Cooper	804	20.4	+20.4
	Country	Alfred Lawrence	142	3.6	+3.6
Total formal votes			3,946	98.8	+0.6
Informal votes			46	1.2	−0.6
Turnout			3,992	92.6	+17.6
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

1930 Western Australian state election: Albany

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Arthur Wansbrough	1,394	46.7
	Country	Leonard Hill	742	24.9
	Independent Country	Alfred Burvill	615	20.6
	Labor	Charles Watkins	235	7.9
Total formal votes			2,986	98.2
Informal votes			56	1.8
Turnout			3,042	75.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Arthur Wansbrough	1,539	51.5
	Country	Leonard Hill	1,447	48.5
	Labor hold		Swing

1927 Western Australian state election: Albany

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Arthur Wansbrough	2,321	56.9	+34.8
	Country	Archibald Booth	1,758	43.1	+43.1
Total formal votes			4,079	99.0	+1.1
Informal votes			40	1.0	−1.1
Turnout			4,119	77.0	+12.4
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1924 Western Australian state election: Albany

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Robert Robinson	1,035	35.4	+35.4
	Labor	Washington Mather	648	22.2	−20.8
	Labor	Arthur Wansbrough	644	22.1	+22.1
	Independent	William Redman	211	7.2	+7.2
	Country	Percy Lambert	201	6.9	−50.2
	Country	Cuthbert McKenzie	182	6.2	+6.2
Total formal votes			2,921	97.9	−1.2
Informal votes			63	2.1	+1.2
Turnout			2,984	64.6	−1.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Arthur Wansbrough	1,501	51.4	+8.5
	Nationalist	Robert Robinson	1,420	48.6	+48.6
	Labor gain from Country		Swing	+8.5

1921 Western Australian state election: Albany

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	John Scaddan	1,529	57.1	+57.1
	Labor	Arthur Wansbrough	1,149	42.9	+4.6
Total formal votes			2,678	99.2	−0.1
Informal votes			21	0.8	+0.1
Turnout			2,699	66.2	−5.2
	Country gain from Nationalist		Swing	N/A

1919 Albany state by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	John Scaddan	1,680	61.7	+34.8
	Labor	William Johnson	1,041	38.3	+12.5
Total formal votes			2,721	99.3	+0.5
Informal votes			19	0.7	−0.5
Turnout			2,740	71.4	−2.3
	Nationalist hold		Swing	N/A

• Nationalist candidate John Scaddan contested Albany in the 1917 election as a member of the National Labor Party, and the primary swing displayed is against that.

1917 Western Australian state election: Albany

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Labor	John Scaddan	793	26.9	+26.9
	Labor	Francis Knowles	760	25.8	–25.2
	Nationalist	Herbert Robinson	722	24.5	+24.5
	National Country	Ernest McKenzie	376	12.8	+12.8
	National Country	Stephen Johnson	298	10.1	+10.1
Total formal votes			2,949	98.8	–0.5
Informal votes			35	1.2	+0.5
Turnout			2,984	73.7	+7.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Nationalist	Herbert Robinson	1,645	55.8	+55.8
	National Labor	John Scaddan	1,304	44.2	+44.2
	Nationalist gain from Labor		Swing	+55.8

1914 Western Australian state election: Albany

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Price	1,560	51.0	−4.1
	Liberal	Ernest McKenzie	1,497	49.0	+25.6
Total formal votes			2,705	99.3	+0.7
Informal votes			21	0.7	−0.7
Turnout			3,078	66.2	−17.7
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1911 Western Australian state election: Albany

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Price	1,490	55.1
	Ministerialist	Ernest McKenzie	633	23.4
	Ministerialist	William Mawson	376	13.9
	Ministerialist	Alexander Thomson	119	4.4
	Independent	John Parks	87	3.2
Total formal votes			2,705	98.6
Informal votes			37	1.4
Turnout			2,742	83.9
	Labor hold		Swing

• Preferences were not distributed.

1909 Albany state by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Price	703	44.3	+1.2
	Ministerialist	Phillip Meeks	466	29.4	−27.5
	Ministerialist	Wesley Maley	418	26.3	+26.3
Total formal votes			1,587	99.1	−0.4
Informal votes			14	0.9	+0.4
Turnout			1,601	62.7	−6.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	William Price	745	52.0	+8.9
	Ministerialist	Phillip Meeks	689	48.0	−8.9
	Labor gain from Ministerialist		Swing	+8.9

1908 Western Australian state election: Albany

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerialist	Edward Barnett	938	56.9	+1.8
	Labour	Edward Morgans	710	43.1	+43.1
Total formal votes			1,648	99.5	+0.4
Informal votes			9	0.5	−0.4
Turnout			1,657	69.4	+23.6
	Ministerialist hold		Swing	N/A

1905 Western Australian state election: Albany

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ministerialist	Edward Barnett	674	55.1	+55.1
	Ministerialist	Charles Keyser	550	44.9	–6.5
Total formal votes			1,224	99.1	+2.2
Informal votes			11	0.9	–2.2
Turnout			1,241	45.8	+1.7
	Ministerialist hold		Swing	N/A

1904 Western Australian state election: Albany

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles Keyser	852	51.4	+51.4
	Ministerialist	Albert Hassell	806	48.6	+48.6
Total formal votes			1,658	96.9	–2.4
Informal votes			53	3.1	+2.4
Turnout			1,711	43.1	–8.4
	Labour gain from Opposition		Swing	+51.4

1901 Western Australian state election: Albany

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Opposition	James Gardiner	590	69.2	+21.1
	Opposition	William Nutting	263	30.8	+30.8
Total formal votes			853	99.3	+0.4
Informal votes			6	0.7	–0.4
Turnout			859	51.5	+0.8
	Opposition hold		Swing	N/A

1900 Albany colonial by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Opposition	John Hassell	240	52.0
	Opposition	James Gardiner	222	48.0
Total formal votes			462	98.9
Informal votes			5	1.1
Turnout			467	50.7
	Opposition hold		Swing	N/A

1897 Western Australian colonial election: Albany

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Opposition	George Leake	unopposed
	Opposition hold		Swing

1894 Western Australian colonial election: Albany

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	None	George Leake	187	50.1	+50.1
	None	Francis Dymes	186	49.9	+49.9

1890 Western Australian colonial election: Albany

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	None	Lancel de Hamel	194	78.2	n/a
	None	Francis Bird	54	21.8	n/a