Electoral district of Frankston

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	39 km2 (15.1 sq mi)
Demographic	Outer Metropolitan
Coordinates	38°10′S 145°08′E

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)
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

2018 Victorian state election: Frankston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Paul Edbrooke	16,844	45.85	+10.87
	Liberal	Michael Lamb	12,005	32.68	−3.16
	Greens	Colin Lane	2,781	7.57	−0.40
	Justice	Lachlan O'Connell	1,564	4.26	+4.26
	Democratic Labour	Michael Long	1,366	3.72	+3.72
	Animal Justice	James Persson	1,142	3.11	+3.11
	Independent	Henry Kelsall	790	2.15	+2.15
	Transport Matters	Jyothi Rudra	242	0.66	+0.66
Total formal votes			36,734	93.86	+2.74
Informal votes			2,403	6.14	−2.74
Turnout			39,137	88.03	−3.96
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Paul Edbrooke	21,972	59.74	+9.26
	Liberal	Michael Lamb	14,805	40.26	−9.26
	Labor hold		Swing	+9.26

External links

• Electorate profile: Frankston District, Victorian Electoral Commission