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THE POLL BLUDGER MELBOURNE PORTS
Bayside inner Melbourne from the mouth of the Yarra to St Kilda, jutting inland in the south to take in Elsternwick. Labor has held the seat since 1906, but the increasing affluence of the area has considerably narrowed their margins over time. It has nonetheless been remarkably stable in recent years, bucking the trends of the 1996 and 1998 elections to record negligible swings to Labor and Liberal respectively. It recorded no change at the 2001 election and was unaffected by the 2004 redistribution, before recording a 2.0 per cent swing to the Liberals in 2004. Michael Danby became member in 1998 upon the retirement of Clyde Holding, who became member in 1977 after a long and unproductive spell as state Opposition Leader. The previous member was Frank Crean, Whitlam government Treasurer and father of Simon. | |