Cranbourne is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly.[1] It is located south-east of Melbourne and includes the suburbs of Botanic Ridge, Cranbourne, Cranbourne East, Cranbourne North, 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.[2]
| Cranbourne Victoria—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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_2022.svg) Location of Cranbourne (dark green) in Greater Melbourne | |||||||||||||||
| State | Victoria | ||||||||||||||
| Created | 1992 | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Pauline Richards | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Labor Party | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | Cranbourne, Victoria | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 61,814 (2018) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 63 km2 (24.3 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Outer metropolitan | ||||||||||||||
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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 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, 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.
In September 2017, Perera announced he will not be running at the November 2018 state election.[3] He was succeeded by Pauline Richards.
Members for Cranbourne edit
| Member | Party[2] | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Rowe | Liberal | 1992–2002 | |
| Jude Perera | Labor | 2002–2018 | |
| Pauline Richards | Labor | 2018–present | |
Election results edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Pauline Richards | 18,853 | 46.2 | −2.5 | |
| Liberal | Jagdeep Singh | 11,230 | 27.5 | −6.9 | |
| Greens | Kiran Vempati | 2,282 | 5.6 | +1.6 | |
| Family First | Bradley Harvey | 2,249 | 5.5 | +5.5 | |
| Democratic Labour | Chris Norton | 2,044 | 5.0 | +3.4 | |
| Freedom | Gerardine Frances Hansen | 1,790 | 4.4 | +4.4 | |
| Justice | Peter Bernard Philpott | 1,126 | 2.7 | −1.9 | |
| Animal Justice | Gwynne Brennan | 1,006 | 2.5 | +2.5 | |
| Independent | Ravi Ragupathy | 242 | 0.6 | +0.6 | |
| Total formal votes | 40,822 | 92.7 | +0.4 | ||
| Informal votes | 3,234 | 7.3 | −0.4 | ||
| Turnout | 44,056 | 86.1 | +6.2 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Pauline Richards | 24,073 | 59.0 | −0.3 | |
| Liberal | Jagdeep Singh | 16,749 | 41.0 | +0.3 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | −0.3 | |||
Graphical summary edit
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References edit
- ^ "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
- ^ a b "Cranbourne District profile - Victorian Electoral Commission". www.vec.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
- ^ "Two more Vic MPs to bow out of politics". SBS News. 15 September 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
- ^ Green, Antony (11 January 2023). "VIC22 – 2-Party Preferred Results and Swings by District". Antony Green's Election Blog. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
- ^ VIC 2021 Final Redistribution, ABC News. [Retrieved 1 January 2023.
- ^ Cranbourne District results, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
- ^ Full preference distributions – 2022 State election, Victorian Electoral Commission. [Retrieved 17 June 2023.
External links edit
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