Editing Albury (section)

==Governance==
{{See also|City of Albury|List of mayors of Albury}}

{{Infobox official post
| post = Mayor
| body = Albury
| incumbent = Kevin Mack
| incumbentsince = 14 October 2024
| member_of = Albury City Council
| style = Councillor
| formation = 1859
| first = James T Fallon
}}
[[File:MAMA (Murray Art Gallery Albury) facade, Albury NSW.jpg|left|thumb|The former Albury Town Hall]]
Albury is the largest city in the Federal electorate of [[Division of Farrer|Farrer]], whose current representative is [[Sussan Ley]] of the [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal Party]]. The previous Federal MP was [[Tim Fischer]], who was leader of the [[National Party of Australia|National Party]] and [[Deputy Prime Minister of Australia]]. In State politics, the [[Electoral district of Albury]] is currently represented by [[Justin Clancy]], also of the Liberal Party. The member for Albury between 1932 and 1946, [[Alexander Mair]], was the [[Premier of New South Wales]] from 1939 to 1941.<ref name="nsw">{{cite NSW Parliament|title=The Hon. Alexander Mair (1889–1969)|id=1487|former=Yes|access-date=13 May 2019}}</ref>

Local government is the responsibility of the [[Albury City Council]], whose area of responsibility has gradually been enlarged to cover new housing estates on the city's fringes. Amanda Duncan-Strelec became Albury's first female [[Mayor#Australia|Mayor]] in 1995, serving for one year. The current mayor of Albury is Kevin Mack.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bunn |first=Anthony |date=October 14, 2024 |title=Mack in the hot seat: third time's a charm as councillors vote on mayor |url=https://www.bordermail.com.au/story/8791262/albury-elects-kevin-mack-as-mayor-after-three-year-break/ |access-date=5 November 2024 |newspaper=The Border Mail}}</ref>

Albury has a longstanding connection to conservative politics. Following the first convention in [[Canberra]] to form the [[Liberal Party of Australia]], delegates, including [[Sir Robert Menzies]], met for a second conference in Albury at Mate's Department Store between 14 and 16 December 1944. The delegates agreed on the structure of the party organisation, adopted a provisional constitution and appointed a federal executive until one could be formally elected.<ref>{{cite web |title=Formation of the Liberal Party of Australia |url=http://www.qld.liberal.org.au/history/formation.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070426002837/http://www.qld.liberal.org.au/history/formation.aspx |archive-date=26 April 2007 |access-date=11 April 2007 |work=Party History |publisher=Liberal Party of Australia – Queensland Division}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Ian Hancock |title=The Origins of the Modern Liberal Party |url=http://www.nla.gov.au/grants/haroldwhite/papers/ihancock.html |access-date=11 April 2007 |work=Harold White Fellowships |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>