Electoral district of Frome
| Frome Liberal | |||||||||||||||
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| Namesake | Edward Charles Frome | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 23,319 (2018) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 12,921.4 km2 (4,989.0 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Rural | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°44′16″S 138°20′18″E / 33.73778°S 138.33833°E | ||||||||||||||
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| Electoral District map[1] | |||||||||||||||
Frome is a single-member
Frome has existed in three incarnations throughout the history of the House of Assembly: as a two-seat multi-member marginal electorate from 1884 to 1902, as a single-member electorate from 1938 to 1977, and as a marginal to moderately safe single-member electorate for the
The electoral districts of Pirie and Port Pirie have also historically existed.
The first incarnation of Frome was, like the rest of the state, independent-held until the development of the party system in the 1890s. The two seats were split evenly with a conservative and a liberal member from 1890 until the seat's abolition in 1902.
The second incarnation began in 1938 after the introduction of the
The third and current incarnation was created at the 1991 redistribution as a marginal Liberal seat based on Port Pirie. The seat was first contested at the 1993 election. Despite the presence of Port Pirie, a Labor stronghold for more than a century, Labor has never won this incarnation due to the heavy Liberal tilt of the surrounding rural area. Labor did however win 50.1 percent of the two-party vote at the 2010 election, but the seat was retained by incumbent independent Geoff Brock.
With the 2012 redistribution, the Labor/Liberal two-party-preferred margin in Frome went from 0.1 percent Labor to 1.7 percent Liberal.[4] Brock retained the electorate at the 2014 election with a slight increase to his margin, while the Liberals won 60.8 percent of the "traditional" two-party preferred vote. His decision to back the Labor minority government allowed Labor to win a record fourth consecutive four-year term in government.
Brock retained the electorate at the 2018 election. A redistribution in 2020 transferred the regional city of Port Pirie, where Brock was based in, from Frome to the electorate of Stuart.[5][6] Brock transferred to Stuart at the 2022 state election and Frome was regained by the Liberal Party in the election.
Members for Frome
| First incarnation (1884–1902, two members) | |||||||
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| Member1 | Party | Term | Member2 | Party | Term | ||
| Ebenezer Ward | 1884–1890 | William Copley | 1884–1887 | ||||
| Laurence O'Loughlin | 1890–1891 | Clement Giles | 1887–1891 | ||||
| Defence League | 1891–1896 | Defence League | 1891–1896 | ||||
| 1896–1902 | National League
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1896–1902 | |||||
| Second incarnation (1938–1977) | |||
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| Member | Party | Term | |
| Mick O'Halloran | Labor
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1938–1960 | |
| Tom Casey | Labor
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1960–1970 | |
| Ernest Allen | Liberal and Country
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1970–1974 | |
Liberal
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1974–1977 | ||
| Third incarnation (1993–present) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | |
| Rob Kerin | Liberal
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1993–2008 | |
| Geoff Brock | Independent
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2009–2022 | |
| Penny Pratt | Liberal
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2022–present | |
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Penny Pratt | 10,573 | 45.0 | −10.1 | |
| Labor | Ashton Charvetto | 6,002 | 25.6 | +5.5 | |
| Independent | Cate Hunter | 3,908 | 16.6 | +16.6 | |
| One Nation | Caterina Johnston | 2,588 | 11.0 | +11.0 | |
| National | Loma Silsbury | 410 | 1.7 | +1.7 | |
| Total formal votes | 23,481 | 96.3 | |||
| Informal votes | 900 | 3.7 | |||
| Turnout | 24,381 | 90.6 | |||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Liberal | Penny Pratt | 13,645 | 58.1 | −10.0 | |
| Labor | Ashton Charvetto | 9,836 | 41.9 | +10.0 | |
| Liberal notional hold | Swing | −10.0 | |||
Notes
- ^ Electoral District of Frome (Map). Electoral Commission of South Australia. 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
- ^ "Statistical Record of the Legislature 1836 to 2009" (PDF). Parliament of South Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 March 2019. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
- ^ "Frome: 2022-2026 electoral district map". Electoral Commission of South Australia. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
- ^ "Final redistribution report". Electoral Commission of South Australia. Archived from the original on 9 April 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
- ^ "New State Electoral Boundaries for South Australia Finalised". Antony Green's Election Blog. 18 November 2020. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
- ^ "Electoral redistribution in regional South Australia means popular MPs will go head-to-head in 2022". ABC News. 20 November 2020. Retrieved 25 March 2022.