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.
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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 | |
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% | |||
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