Electorate profile: Frankston District

Map of Frankston District showing the suburbs of Frankston and Frankston South. The district boundaries include Frankston-Dandenong Road in part of the north, proposed Mornington Peninsula Freeway in the east, and Humphries Road in the south.
Click here for a more detailed electorate map (70kB, PDF).
Features of the District
| Location: | Frankston District is an outer metropolitan electorate approximately 36 kilometres south-east of Melbourne. |
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| Area: | 34 square kilometres. |
| Region: | South Eastern Metropolitan Region |
| Suburbs: | Frankston and Frankston South. |
| Features: | Frankston District comprises residential areas, a business and shopping precinct and beaches. Other features include the Frankston Reservoir, the George Pentland Botanical Gardens, the Frankston College of TAFE and the Frankston campus of Monash University. |
| Member: | Alistair Harkness |
Statistical profile from the 2001 Census.
Election results
2006 State election results for Frankston District.2002 State election results for Frankston District.
Seat position within the swing.
Historical pattern
| 1967-82 | Liberal |
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| 1982-85* | ALP |
| 1992-2002 | Liberal |
| 2002-present | ALP |
| *Abolished in 1985, and re-established in 1992 |


