Electoral district of Frankston

Frankston Victoria—Legislative Assembly
State	Victoria
Created	1967, 1992
Abolished	1985
MP	Geoff Shaw
Party	Independent Liberal
Electors	36,328 (2010)
Area	34 km2 (13.1 sq mi)
Demographic	Outer Metropolitan

The Electoral district of Frankston is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It is currently based around 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 Frankston South and Frankston North.

The seat was re-established in 1992 and it became very safe for the Liberal Party with the seat being won with margins of well over 10%.

However the adjoining Labor held seat of Frankston East was abolished prior to the 2002 election and much of its territory was incorporated into the seat, making the seat quite marginal. Labor's Alistair Harkness went on to easily win the seat on the back of the Labor landslide at the 2002 election. He was returned 2006 election with a reduced majority, but was defeated in 2010 by Geoff Shaw.

Members for Frankston

First incarnation (1967–1985)
Member		Party	Term
Template:Australian politics/party colours/Liberal|	Edward Meagher	Liberal	1967–1976
Template:Australian politics/party colours/Liberal|	Graeme Weideman	Liberal	1976–1982
Template:Australian politics/party colours/Labor|	Jane Hill	Labor	1982–1985
Second incarnation (1992–present)
Member		Party	Term
Template:Australian politics/party colours/Liberal|	Graeme Weideman	Liberal	1992–1996
Template:Australian politics/party colours/Liberal|	Andrea McCall	Liberal	1996–2002
Template:Australian politics/party colours/Labor|	Alistair Harkness	Labor	2002–2010
Template:Australian politics/party colours/Liberal|	Geoff Shaw	Liberal	2010–2013
Template:Australian politics/party colours/Independent|		Independent	2013–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Frankston

Victorian state election, 2010: Frankston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Geoff Shaw	14,899	46.79	+6.03
	Labor	Alistair Harkness	11,603	36.44	−7.03
	Greens	Simon Tiller	2,673	8.39	−1.59
	Sex Party	Shem Bennett	797	2.50	+2.50
	Democratic Labor	Denise De Graaff	753	2.36	+2.36
	Independent	Quinn McCormack	652	2.05	+2.05
	Family First	Michael Pleiter	467	1.47	−2.49
Total formal votes			31,844	95.24	−0.53
Informal votes			1,591	4.76	+0.53
Turnout			33,435	92.04	−0.77
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Geoff Shaw	16,523	51.71	+4.42
	Labor	Alistair Harkness	15,433	48.29	−4.42
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+4.42

See also

• Parliaments of the Australian states and territories
• List of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly

External links

• Electorate profile: Frankston District, Victorian Electoral Commission