Map of Prahran District showing the suburbs of South Yarra, and Prahran. The district boundaries include the Yarra River in the north, Orrong Road in the east, Carlisle Street for part of the south, and St Kilda Road for part of the west.

Click here for a more detailed electorate map (96kB, PDF).

Features of the District

Location:	Prahran District is an inner metropolitan electorate approximately two kilometres south-east of Melbourne.
Area:	12 square kilometres.
Region:	Southern Metropolitan Region
Suburbs:	Prahran, South Yarra and Windsor.Parts of Melbourne, St Kilda, St Kilda East and Toorak.
Features:	Prahran District is the smallest District in Victoria. It includes residential and well developed commercial areas, the Royal Botanic Gardens and Government House, Como Park and the Prahran campus of Swinburne University of Technology.
Member:	Anthony Lupton

A statistical profile (external link) based on 2006 Census data is available from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

Election results

2006 State election results for Prahran District.
2002 State election results for Prahran District.


Seat position within the swing.

Historical pattern

1889-93	Liberal
1893-94	Conservative
1894-97	ALP
1897-1907	Liberal
1907-08	Fusion
1908-09	Liberal
1909-20	Fusion Liberal/Liberal/NP
1920-21	ALP
1921-24	NP
1924-32	ALP
1932	Premiers Plan Labor
1932-45	UAP/Liberal
1945-55	ALP
1955-79	LCP/Liberal
1979-85	ALP
1985-2002	Liberal
2002-present	ALP