Electoral district of Frankston

The electoral district of Frankston is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It currently includes the suburbs of Frankston and Frankston South south east of Melbourne.

Frankston Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Location of Frankston (dark green) in Greater Melbourne
State	Victoria
Dates current	1967–1985 1992–present
MP	Paul Edbrooke
Party	Labor
Electors	44,458 (2018)
Area	43 km^2 (16.6 sq mi)
Demographic	Outer metropolitan
Coordinates	38°10′S 145°08′E / 38.167°S 145.133°E / -38.167; 145.133Coordinates: 38°10′S 145°08′E / 38.167°S 145.133°E / -38.167; 145.133

The electorate was first created prior to the 1967 election and the Liberal Party held the seat until the Cain landslide of 1982. Population increases, however, meant the seat was abolished in 1985 and replaced by two electorates—Frankston South and Frankston North.

In 1992, Frankston South was replaced mostly by a recreated Frankston. It became very safe for the Liberal Party, who won it with margins well over 10%.

However the adjoining Labor-held seat of Frankston East—which had been created mostly out of the old Frankston North—was abolished prior to the 2002 election and much of its territory was incorporated into the seat. The old Frankston had a comfortably safe Liberal majority of 10.7 percent, but the redistribution reduced it to a quite marginal 3.2 percent. Labor's Alistair Harkness won the seat on a large swing, part of the Labor landslide at the 2002 election. He was returned at the 2006 election with a reduced majority, but was defeated in 2010 by Geoff Shaw.

Members for Frankston

First incarnation (1967–1985)
Member		Party	Term
	Edward Meagher	Liberal	1967–1976
	Graeme Weideman	Liberal	1976–1982
	Jane Hill	Labor	1982–1985
Second incarnation (1992–present)
Member		Party	Term
	Graeme Weideman	Liberal	1992–1996
	Andrea McCall	Liberal	1996–2002
	Alistair Harkness	Labor	2002–2010
	Geoff Shaw	Liberal	2010–2013
		Independent	2013–2014
	Paul Edbrooke	Labor	2014–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Frankston

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Frankston.[edit]

2022 Victorian state election: Frankston^[1][2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Paul Edbrooke	16,595	41.6	−4.8
	Liberal	Michael O'Reilly	11,762	29.4	−2.9
	Greens	Emily Green	5,060	12.7	+5.0
	Freedom	Dragan Suric	1,443	3.6	+3.6
	Liberal Democrats	Chrysten Abraham	1,420	3.6	+3.6
	Animal Justice	Elizabeth Johnston	1,365	3.4	+0.6
	Family First	Richard Brown	1,083	2.7	+2.7
	Independent	Darren Paul Bergwerf	844	2.1	+2.1
	Independent	Henry Kelsall	369	0.9	–1.0
Total formal votes			39,941	95.3	+0.6
Informal votes			2,323	5.5	−0.6
Turnout			42,264	86.0	−1.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Paul Edbrooke	23,429	58.7	−1.5
	Liberal	Michael O'Reilly	16,512	41.3	+1.5
	Labor hold		Swing	−1.5

Graphical summary

Two-party preferred results in Frankston.

References

1. Green, Antony (11 January 2023). "VIC22 – 2-Party Preferred Results and Swings by District". Antony Green's Election Blog. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
2. VIC 2021 Final Redistribution, ABC News. [Retrieved 1 January 2023.
3. Frankston District results, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 December 2022.

External links

• Electorate profile: Frankston District, Victorian Electoral Commission