Electoral district of Frankston South
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The Electoral district of Frankston South was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly
in the Australia
n state of Victoria
. It was formed in 1985 when population increases in the Frankston
area saw the Electoral district of Frankston
divided into Frankston North
and Frankston South, but absorbed back into Frankston in 1992.
Victorian Legislative Assembly
The Victorian Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the Parliament of Victoria in Australia. Together with the Victorian Legislative Council, the upper house, it sits in Parliament House in the state capital, Melbourne.-History:...
in the Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n state of Victoria
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
. It was formed in 1985 when population increases in the Frankston
Frankston, Victoria
Frankston is a suburb within the Greater Melbourne metropolitan area in Victoria, Australia. It is located 40 km southeast of the state capital Melbourne at the southernmost edge of Greater Melbourne, near the beginnings of the Mornington Peninsula...
area saw the Electoral district of Frankston
Electoral district of Frankston
The Electoral district of Frankston is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It is currently based around the suburbs of Frankston and Frankston South south east of Melbourne....
divided into Frankston North
Electoral district of Frankston North
The Electoral district of Frankston North was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria. It was formed in 1985 when population increases in the Frankston area saw the Electoral district of Frankston divided into Frankston North and Frankston South, but...
and Frankston South, but absorbed back into Frankston in 1992.
Members for Frankston South
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Graeme Weideman Graeme Weideman George "Graeme" Weideman was a Victorian politician representing Frankston for the Liberal Party of Australia from 1976 to 1982 and 1992 to 1996. He served as Minister for Tourism and Assistant Minister for Health from 1981 until the fall of the Liberal Government in 1982.-References:... |
Liberal Party of Australia Liberal Party of Australia The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office... |
1985–1992 | |