Frome is an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia. It is named after Edward Charles Frome, the third surveyor-general of South Australia. The electorate is based around the industrial city of Port Pirie and the agriculture areas of Clare and Gilbert Valleys. It covers a total of 6,889.7 km² and takes in the towns of Auburn, Clare, Crystal Brook, Gladstone, Laura, Mintaro, Penwortham, Port Broughton, Port Pirie, Snowtown, Tarlee and Riverton.

Frome has existed in three incarnations throughout the history of the House of Assembly: as a multi-member marginal electorate from 1884 to 1902, as a single member electorate in a multi member electoral system from 1938 to 1977, and as a marginal to moderately safe seat for the Liberal Party of Australia since 1993.

The first incarnation was, like the rest of the state, independent-held until the development of the party system until 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 Playmander. The electorate was dominated by the Labor-voting town of Port Pirie as a single member seat. The seat was won by Mick O'Halloran, who served as Opposition Leader from 1949 until his death in 1960. After the end of the Playmander which saw all electorates hold approximately the same number of voters, Frome took in more rural areas around Port Pirie, and was lost by Labor to the Liberal and Country League, until the abolition of the seat in 1977.

The third incarnation saw the seat revived at the 1991 redistribution as a marginal seat, which took in Port Pirie and surrounding rural areas. It was first contested at the 1993 election and was won by Liberal candidate Rob Kerin.

Kerin chose to retire in November 2008, which triggered a by-election held on 17 January 2009. The seat was won by independent Geoff Brock.

Contents 1 Members for Frome 2 Election results 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Members for Frome

First incarnation (1884–1902)
Member		Party	Term
	Ebenezer Ward	none	1884–1890
	William Copley	none	1884–1887
	Clement Giles	none	1887–1890
	Laurence O'Loughan	Liberal	1890–1902
	Clement Giles	Conservative	1890–late 1890s
		National Defence League	Late 1890s–1902
Second incarnation (1938–1977)
Member		Party	Term
	Mick O'Halloran	Australian Labor Party	1938–1960
	Tom Casey	Australian Labor Party	1960–1970
	Ernest Allen	Liberal Party of Australia	1970–1977
Third incarnation (1993–present)
Member		Party	Term
	Rob Kerin	Liberal Party of Australia	1993–2008
	Geoff Brock	Independent	2009–present

[edit] Election results

Frome state by-election, 2009[1][2][3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Terry Boylan	7,576	39.24	–8.86
	Labor	John Rohde	5,041	26.11	–14.93
	Independent	Geoff Brock	4,557	23.60	+23.60
	Nationals SA	Neville Wilson	1,267	6.56	+6.56
	SA Greens	Joy O'Brien	734	3.80	+0.06
	One Nation	Peter Fitzpatrick	134	0.69	+0.69
Total formal votes			19,309	97.12	+0.21
Informal votes			573	2.88	–0.21
Turnout			19,882	89.79	–4.44
Two Party Preferred Result
	Liberal	Terry Boylan	9,976	51.67	–1.74
	Labor	John Rohde	9,333	48.33	+1.74
Two Candidate Preferred Result
	Independent	Geoff Brock	9,987	51.72	+51.72
	Liberal	Terry Boylan	9,322	48.28	–5.13
	Independent gain from Liberal		Swing	N/A

South Australian state election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rob Kerin	9,655	48.10	–9.48
	Labor	John Rohde	8,237	41.04	+5.88
	Family First	John McComb	1,038	5.17	+5.17
	Greens	Rosalie Garland	750	3.74	+3.74
	Democrats	Marcus Reseigh	393	1.96	–2.22
Total formal votes			20,073	96.91	–1.35
Informal votes			640	3.09	+1.35
Turnout			20,713	94.23	–1.08
Two Candidate Preferred Result
	Liberal	Rob Kerin	10,721	53.41	–8.05
	Labor	John Rohde	9,352	46.59	+8.05
	Liberal hold		Swing	–8.05%

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• ABC profile for Frome
• Poll Bludger profile for Frome
• State Electoral Office map for Frome

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