Electoral district of Cranbourne

Cranbourne Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Location of Cranbourne (dark green) in Greater Melbourne
State	Victoria
Created	1992
MP	Jude Perera
Party	Australian Labor Party
Electors	45,863 (2014)
Area	80 km^2 (30.9 sq mi)
Demographic	Outer Metropolitan

The Electoral District of Cranbourne is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly.^[1] It is located south-east of Melbourne and includes the suburbs of Cranbourne, Carrum Downs, Langwarrin, Seaford, Skye, and Frankston North. It was created prior to the 1992 Election.

Cranbourne is currently held by Jude Perera of the Australian Labor Party with a margin of 1.84%. However, before 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 uncle of Gary Ablett, Geoff Ablett.

Members for Cranbourne

Member		Party	Term
	Gary Rowe	Liberal	1992–2002
	Jude Perera	Labor	2002–present

Election results

Victorian state election, 2014: Cranbourne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jude Perera	17,365	43.4	+1.4
	Liberal	Geoff Ablett	16,536	41.3	+0.9
	Greens	Nagaraj Nayak	1,668	4.2	−2.7
	Sex Party	Laith Graham	1,110	2.8	+2.6
	Rise Up Australia	Jonathan Eli	995	2.5	+2.5
	Family First	Pamela Keenan	979	2.4	−1.6
	Independent	Rosemary Blake	824	2.1	+2.1
	Christians	Rania Michael	560	1.4	+1.4
Total formal votes			40,037	93.4	−0.0
Informal votes			2,810	6.6	+0.0
Turnout			42,847	93.4	+10.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jude Perera	20,954	52.3	+1.3
	Liberal	Geoff Ablett	19,083	47.7	−1.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.3

External links

• Electorate profile: Cranbourne District, Victorian Electoral Commission

References

1. "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 29 May 2014.