Electoral district of Cranbourne

Cranbourne Victoria—Legislative Assembly
State or territory:	Victoria
Created:	1992
MP:	Jude Perera
Party:	Australian Labor Party
Electors:	48,076 (2010)
Area:	101 km² (39 sq mi)
Demographic:	Outer Metropolitan

The Electoral District of Cranbourne is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It is located south-east of Melbourne and is based around 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 1.85%. 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 reconsted 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

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Cranbourne

Victorian state election, 2010: Cranbourne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jude Perera	17,803	42.49	-12.61
	Liberal	Geoff Ablett	16,565	39.53	+6.50
	Greens	Hilary Bray	3,475	8.29	+2.58
	Family First	Steve Funke	1,410	3.36	-2.80
	Democratic Labor	Luke O'Connor	1,358	3.24	+3.24
	Independent	Amanda Stapledon	921	2.20	+2.20
	Independent	Bob Halsall	372	0.89	+0.89
Total formal votes			41,904	93.83	-0.52
Informal votes			2,754	6.17	+0.52
Turnout			44,658	92.89	-0.67
Two-candidate preferred result
	Labor	Jude Perera	21,774	51.84	-9.45
	Liberal	Geoff Ablett	20,229	48.16	+9.45
	Labor hold		Swing	-9.45

External links

• Electorate profile: Cranbourne District, Victorian Electoral Commission