The Electoral district of Frankston is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly

Victorian Legislative Assembly

The Victorian Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the Parliament of Victoria in Australia. Together with the Victorian Legislative Council, the upper house, it sits in Parliament House in the state capital, Melbourne.-History:...

. It is currently based around the suburbs of Frankston

Frankston, Victoria

Frankston is a suburb within the Greater Melbourne metropolitan area in Victoria, Australia. It is located 40 km southeast of the state capital Melbourne at the southernmost edge of Greater Melbourne, near the beginnings of the Mornington Peninsula...

 and Frankston South

Frankston South, Victoria

Frankston South is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 43 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Frankston...

 south east of Melbourne.

The electorate was first created prior to the 1967 election and the Liberal Party

Liberal Party of Australia

The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office...

 held the seat until the Cain landslide of 1982. Population increases, however, meant the seat was abolished in 1985 and replaced by Frankston South

Electoral district of Frankston South

The Electoral district of Frankston South was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria. It was formed in 1985 when population increases in the Frankston area saw the Electoral district of Frankston divided into Frankston North and Frankston South, but...

 and Frankston North

Electoral district of Frankston North

The Electoral district of Frankston North was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria. It was formed in 1985 when population increases in the Frankston area saw the Electoral district of Frankston divided into Frankston North and Frankston South, but...

.

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

Electoral district of Frankston East

Electoral district of Frankston East was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria.-Members for 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

Australian Labor Party

The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...

 Alistair Harkness

Alistair Harkness

Dr Alistair Harkness is an Australian politician, and was a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for the Australian Labor Party.- Early life :...

 went on to easily win the seat on the back of the Labor landslide at the 2002 election. He was returned 2006 election

Victorian state election, 2006

An election for the 56th Parliament of Victoria took place on Saturday, 25 November 2006. Just over 3 million Victorians registered to vote elected 88 members to the Legislative Assembly and, for the first time, 40 members to the Legislative Council under a proportional representation system...

 with a reduced majority, but was defeated in 2010 by Geoff Shaw

Geoff Shaw (politician)

Geoffrey Page "Geoff" Shaw is an Australian politician representing the electoral district of Frankston for the Liberal Party of Australia since the 2010 Victorian State election....

.

Members for Frankston

First incarnation (1967–1985)
Member		Party	Term
	Edward Meagher	Liberal Liberal Party of Australia The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office...	1967–1976
	Graeme Weideman Graeme Weideman George "Graeme" Weideman was a Victorian politician representing Frankston for the Liberal Party of Australia from 1976 to 1982 and 1992 to 1996. He served as Minister for Tourism and Assistant Minister for Health from 1981 until the fall of the Liberal Government in 1982.-References:...	Liberal Liberal Party of Australia The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office...	1976–1982
	Jane Hill Jane Hill (politician) Jane Margaret Hill is an Australian politician. She was an Australian Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1982 to 1992, representing the electorates of Frankston and Frankston East....	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	1982–1985
Second incarnation (1992–present)
Member		Party	Term
	Graeme Weideman Graeme Weideman George "Graeme" Weideman was a Victorian politician representing Frankston for the Liberal Party of Australia from 1976 to 1982 and 1992 to 1996. He served as Minister for Tourism and Assistant Minister for Health from 1981 until the fall of the Liberal Government in 1982.-References:...	Liberal Liberal Party of Australia The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office...	1992–1996
	Andrea McCall Andrea McCall Andrea Lea McCall is a former Australian politician. She was the Liberal member for Frankston in the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1996 to 2002....	Liberal Liberal Party of Australia The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office...	1996–2002
	Alistair Harkness Alistair Harkness Dr Alistair Harkness is an Australian politician, and was a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for the Australian Labor Party.- Early life :...	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	2002–2010
	Geoff Shaw	Liberal Liberal Party of Australia The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office...	2010–present

Election results

See also

• Parliaments of the Australian states and territories
  Parliaments of the Australian states and territories
  The Parliaments of the Australian states and territories are legislative bodies within the federal framework of the Commonwealth of Australia. Before the formation of the Commonwealth in 1901, the six Australian colonies were self-governing, with parliaments which had come into existence at various...
  
  
• List of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly

External links

• Electorate profile: Frankston District, Victorian Electoral Commission