History
Port Melbourne was first incorporated as the Sandridge Borough on 13 July 1860. It was renamed Port Melbourne on 25 January 1884, and became a town on 20 January 1893. It was proclaimed a city on 14 May 1919.
The Australian Labor Party normally dominated the Council. In 1992 Lyn Allison was elected to the Council as an Independent, a position she held until 1994. Allison was later elected as a member of the Australian Senate and she also served as Leader of the Australian Democrats.
On 22 June 1994, the City of Port Melbourne was abolished and merged into the newly-created City of Port Phillip along with the Cities of South Melbourne and St Kilda.
The council met at the Port Melbourne Town Hall at Bay Street and Spring Street, Port Melbourne. The facility is now used as a municipal library by the City of Port Phillip.
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