Electoral district of Bendigo East
| Bendigo East Victoria—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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Interactive map of electoral district boundaries from the 2022 state election | |||||||||||||||
| State | Victoria | ||||||||||||||
| Dates current | 1904–1927 1985–present | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Jacinta Allan | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Labor Party | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | East Bendigo | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 53,134 (2022) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 2,711 km2 (1,046.7 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Provincial and rural | ||||||||||||||
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Bendigo East is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria. It covers an area of 2,711 square kilometres (1,047 sq mi) covering the part of the city of Bendigo east of the Yungera railway line and surrounding rural areas to the north, east and south. It includes the Bendigo suburbs of East Bendigo, Epsom, Flora Hill, Junortoun, Kennington, Quarry Hill, Spring Gully, Strathdale, Strathfieldsaye and White Hills, and the surrounding towns of Axedale, Goornong, Huntly, Mandurang, Raywood and Sedgwick. It also includes parts of the localities of Eaglehawk, Elmore, Golden Square and Ravenswood, and the Bendigo campus of La Trobe University. It lies within the Northern Victoria Region of the upper house, the Legislative Council.[1]
The electorate was first created in 1904 in what was then a relatively strong Labor area. It continuously returned Labor candidates from 1907 until its abolition in 1927, when it was merged with Bendigo West to create a single Bendigo electorate. It was recreated in 1985 as a marginal seat and was won by Liberal candidate Michael John, who went on to serve as a minister in the Kennett government. He was narrowly defeated by Labor candidate Jacinta Allan at the 1999 general election. Allan was re-elected at the 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018 and 2022 elections, and has served as Premier from 2023.
Members for Bendigo East
| First incarnation (1904–1927) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | |
| Alfred Shrapnell Bailes[2][3][4][5] | Unaligned | 1904–1907 | |
| Thomas Glass | Labor | 1907–1911 | |
| Alfred Hampson | Labor | 1911–1915 | |
| Luke Clough | Labor | 1915–1927 | |
| Second incarnation (1985–present) | |||
| Member | Party | Term | |
| Michael John | Liberal | 1985–1999 | |
| Jacinta Allan | Labor | 1999–present | |
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Jacinta Allan | 22,010 | 48.3 | −2.0 | |
| Liberal | Darin Schade | 12,478 | 27.4 | +6.5 | |
| Greens | Michael Tolhurst | 3,944 | 8.7 | +0.7 | |
| One Nation | Ben Mihail | 2,597 | 5.7 | +5.7 | |
| Ind. (Australia One) | James Laurie | 1,603 | 3.5 | +3.5 | |
| Animal Justice | Vyonne McLelland-Howe | 1,574 | 3.5 | +3.5 | |
| Family First | Evelyn Keetelaar | 1,362 | 3.0 | +3.0 | |
| Total formal votes | 45,568 | 95.4 | −0.2 | ||
| Informal votes | 2,184 | 4.6 | +0.2 | ||
| Turnout | 47,752 | 89.9 | −2.3 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Jacinta Allan | 27,727 | 60.8 | −1.3 | |
| Liberal | Darin Schade | 17,841 | 39.2 | +1.3 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | −1.3 | |||
View source data.
Two-party-preferred vote results in Bendigo East (second incarnation)
References
- ^ "Bendigo East District profile". Victorian Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 14 December 2014. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
- ^ Alfred Shrapnell Bailes c.1880s (State Library Victoria).
- ^ Alfred Shrapnell Bailes c.1878 Archived 21 November 2023 at the Wayback Machine; Lerk, L., "Both Mayor and Minstrel", Bendigo Weekly, 7 August 2015. Archived 26 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Alfred Shrapnell Bailes". State Government of Victoria. Archived from the original on 5 September 2024. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
- ^ Deaths: Bailes, The Age, (Monday, 16 January 1928), p.1 Archived 26 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine; Personal, The Argus, (Monday, 16 January 1928), p.16.
- ^ Green, Antony (11 January 2023). "VIC22 – 2-Party Preferred Results and Swings by District". Antony Green's Election Blog. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
- ^ VIC 2021 Final Redistribution, ABC News. [Retrieved 1 January 2023.
- ^ Bendigo East District results, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
- ^ Full preference distributions – 2022 State election, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
External links
- Electorate profile: Bendigo East District, Victorian Electoral Commission Archived 26 January 2021 at the Wayback Machine
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