Electoral district of Cranbourne

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
Location of Cranbourne (dark green) in Greater Melbourne
StateVictoria
Created1992 (1992)
MPPauline Richards
PartyLabor Party
Electors61,814 (2018)
Area80.19 km2 (31.0 sq mi)
DemographicOuter Metropolitan

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
MemberParty[2]Term
  Gary Rowe Liberal 1992–2002
  Jude Perera Labor 2002–2018
  Pauline Richards Labor 2018–present

Election results
Main article: Electoral results for the district of Cranbourne
2018 Victorian state election: Cranbourne[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Pauline Richards 25,725 50.29 +6.91
Liberal Ann-Marie Hermans 16,483 32.22 −9.08
Justice Jason Soultanidis 2,288 4.47 +4.47
Greens Jake Tilton 2,008 3.93 −0.24
Transport Matters Tarlochan Singh 1,827 3.57 +3.57
Independent Susan Jakobi 1,265 2.47 +2.47
Democratic Labour Edward Sok 933 1.82 +1.82
Independent Norman Fosberry 465 0.91 +0.91
Independent Ravi Ragupathy 164 0.32 +0.32
Total formal votes 51,158 92.37 −1.07
Informal votes 4,227 7.63 +1.07
Turnout 55,385 89.60 −3.82
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Pauline Richards 31,291 60.98 +8.65
Liberal Ann-Marie Hermans 20,021 39.02 −8.65
Labor hold Swing+8.65

References
  1. "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  2. "Cranbourne District profile - Victorian Electoral Commission". www.vec.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  3. "Two more Vic MPs to bow out of politics". SBS News. 15 September 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
  4. State Election 2018: Cranbourne District, VEC.


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