Cranbourne is an electoral district of the

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. It is located south-east of

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and includes the suburbs of Botanic Ridge, Cranbourne,

Cranbourne East Cranbourne East is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 45 km south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Casey local government area. Cranbourne East recorded a population of 24,679 at the . ...

, Cranbourne North,

Cranbourne West Cranbourne West is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 40 km south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Casey local government area. Cranbourne West recorded a population of 19,969 at the 20 ...

, Junction Village, as well as parts of

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, Clyde North, Cranbourne South, Devon Meadows, Lynbrook and Lyndhurst. It was created prior to the 1992 state election. Cranbourne was held by

Jude Perera Jude Perera (born 27 May 1953) is a former Australian politician who served as a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 2002 to 2018, representing the seat of Cranbourne for the Labor Party. Perera was born in Sri Lanka, and receiv ...

of the Labor Party from 2002 to 2018, with a

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margin of 2.3% at the 2014 state election. However, from 1992 to the 2002 election the seat was held by the

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, 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, and defeated Luke Martin of the Liberal Party. Perera held the seat again in 2010, holding off a challenge from ex- VFL player and brother of Gary Ablett Sr.,

Geoff Ablett Geoff Ablett (born 13 March 1955) is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1970s and 1980s. Ablett spent the majority of his career with Hawthorn, playing 202 games on the wing. Ablet ...

. In September 2017, Perera announced he will not be running at the November 2018 state election. He was succeeded by

Pauline Richards Pauline Louise Richards is an Australian politician. She has been a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since November 2018, representing the seat of Cranbourne. Richards, a former Whitehorse City councillor, ran as the ...

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 {{VictoriaAU-gov-stub