Prahran is an

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of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of

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. It was created by the Electoral Act Amendment Act 1888, taking effect at the 1889 elections. The electorate is the state’s smallest by area, covering a little under 11 km² in the inner south-east of

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. It includes the suburbs of

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Prahran Prahran (), also pronounced colloquially as Pran, is an inner suburb in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, 5 km south-east of Melbourne's Melbourne central business district, Central Business District, located within the City ...

and

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, as well as parts of Balaclava, St Kilda, St Kilda East and Toorak (west of Orrong Rd). Prahran has tended to be a marginal seat throughout its existence, repeatedly changing between the Labor Party and its successive conservative rivals. It has not, however, been a bellwether seat, as the changes of party control have often not coincided with changes of government. Since the 1980s, the electorate has become gradually more conservative as a result of increasing

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in the inner suburbs, resulting in seventeen years of Liberal control from 1985 until 2002. This trend was broken in the 2002 election, which saw popular local member and shadow minister

Leonie Burke Leonie Therese Burke, née Hemingway (born 27 January 1949) is a former Australian politician. She was the Liberal member for Prahran in the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1996 to 2002. Burke was born in Melbourne to Douglas and Marie Hemi ...

defeated by Labor rising star Tony Lupton on an unexpectedly large swing. The seat was strongly targeted by the

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during the 2006 election, with high-profile barrister Clem Newton-Brown narrowly preselected as their candidate after a tight contest. Though Newton-Brown ran a thorough campaign, he was not successful. Following his success in the 2006 election, Tony Lupton was promoted to the position of Parliamentary Secretary for Industry and Innovation. Newton-Brown stood again at the 2010 election and was this time successful. He contested the 2014 election but lost to

Sam Hibbins Samuel Peter Hibbins (born 18 February 1982) is an Australian politician. He has been a Australian Greens Victoria, Greens member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since November 2014, representing the electoral district of Prahran. Along wi ...

of the Greens. Along with the seat of

it was the first win for the Greens in the

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. At the 2022 election, a large swing to the Greens saw them take first place on primary votes before comfortably defeating the Liberal Party on a 2-candidate-preferred basis, retaining the seat for a third term.

List of members for Prahran

Election results

External links

District profile from the Victorian Electoral Commission

References

* Electoral districts of Victoria (Australia) 1889 establishments in Australia City of Melbourne City of Stonnington City of Port Phillip St Kilda East, Victoria St Kilda, Victoria Electoral districts and divisions of Greater Melbourne {{VictoriaAU-gov-stub