The electoral district of Frankston is an electoral district of the

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. It currently includes the suburbs of Frankston and Frankston South south east of

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. The electorate was first created prior to the 1967 election and the

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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 Frankston North (originally the Pines Forest Estate, also known as "The Pines") is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 38 km south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Frankston local govern ...

. 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

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-held seat of

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—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 Alistair Ross Harkness (born 7 August 1974, Melbourne) is a former Australian politician and member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for the Labor Party. Early life Dr Harkness grew up in Frankston, Victoria, where he attended Frankston ...

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

Election results

Graphical summary

References

External links

Electorate profile: Frankston District, Victorian Electoral Commission
Electoral districts of Victoria (Australia) 1967 establishments in Australia 1985 disestablishments in Australia 1992 establishments in Australia Frankston, Victoria City of Frankston Electoral districts and divisions of Greater Melbourne {{VictoriaAU-gov-stub