Frankston
Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Location of Frankston (dark green) in Greater Melbourne
StateVictoria
Dates current1967–1985
1992–present
MPPaul Edbrooke
PartyLabor
NamesakeFrankston
Electors44,458 (2018)
Area43 km2 (16.6 sq mi)
DemographicOuter metropolitan
Coordinates38°10′S 145°08′E / 38.167°S 145.133°E / -38.167; 145.133
Electorates around Frankston:
Port Phillip Carrum Carrum
Port Phillip Frankston Hastings
Mornington Hastings

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.

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)
MemberPartyTerm
  Edward Meagher Liberal 1967–1976
  Graeme Weideman Liberal 1976–1982
  Jane Hill Labor 1982–1985
Second incarnation (1992–present)
MemberPartyTerm
  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

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
Ind. (Australia One) 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.


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