Cranbourne is an electoral district of the
Victorian Legislative Assembly.
[
] It is located south-east of
Melbourne and includes the suburbs of
Botanic Ridge,
Cranbourne,
Cranbourne East,
Cranbourne North
Cranbourne North is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 39 km south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Casey local government area. Cranbourne North recorded a population of 24,683 at the . ...
,
Cranbourne West,
Junction Village, as well as parts of
Clyde,
Clyde North,
Cranbourne South,
Devon Meadows,
Lynbrook and
Lyndhurst. It was created prior to the
1992 state election.
Cranbourne was held by
Jude Perera of the
Labor Party from 2002 to 2018, with a
two-party preferred margin of 2.3% at the
2014 state election. However, from 1992 to the
2002 election
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* 2002 Comorian presidential election
* 2002 East Timorese presidential election
* 2002 Fijian municipal election
* 2002 Hong Kong Chief Executive election
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the seat was held by the
Liberal Party, albeit with different boundaries that were more favourable to the Liberals. Additionally, the Victorian State Liberals suffered a statewide swing against them that saw them lose two-thirds of their seats at the 2002 state election.
Perera re-contested the seat at the
2006 election
The following elections occurred in the year 2006.
* Elections in 2006
* Electoral calendar 2006
* 2006 Acehnese regional election
* 2006 American Samoan legislative election
* 2006 Bahraini parliamentary election
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, and defeated Luke Martin of the Liberal Party. Perera held the seat again in
2010
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, holding off a challenge from ex-
VFL
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player and brother of
Gary Ablett Sr.
Gary Ablett Sr. (born 1 October 1961), is a former professional Australian rules footballer who represented and in the Australian Football League (AFL). Nicknamed "God", Ablett is widely regarded as one of Australian football's greatest pla ...
,
Geoff Ablett.
In September 2017, Perera announced he will not be running at the
November 2018 state election.
He was succeeded by
Pauline Richards.
Members for Cranbourne
Election results
Graphical summary
References
External links
Electorate profile: Cranbourne District, Victorian Electoral Commission
1992 establishments in Australia
Electoral districts of Victoria (Australia)
City of Casey
Electoral districts and divisions of Greater Melbourne
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