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
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References
External links Electorate profile: Frankston District, Victorian Electoral Commission