Electoral results for the district of Ballarat East
This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Ballarat East in Victorian state elections.
Members for Ballarat East
[edit]First incarnation (1859–1889) | |||
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Member | Party | Term | |
John Humffray | Unaligned | 1859–1864 | |
John Cathie | Unaligned | 1859–1864 | |
Charles Jones | Unaligned | 1864–1867 | |
Charles Dyte | Unaligned | 1864–1871 | |
John Humffray | Unaligned | 1868–1871 | |
John James | Unaligned | 1871–1886 | |
Robert Walsh | Unaligned | 1871–1874 | |
Townsend McDermott | Unaligned | 1874–1877 | |
Daniel Brophy | Unaligned | 1877–1880 | |
James Russell | Unaligned | 1880 | |
Daniel Brophy | Unaligned | 1880–1883 | |
James Russell | Unaligned | 1883–1889 | |
Edward Murphy | Unaligned | 1886–1889 | |
Second incarnation (1889–1927) | |||
Member | Party | Term | |
John Dunn | Comm Liberal | 1889–1894 | |
Robert McGregor | Comm Liberal | 1894–1924 | |
Nationalist | |||
William McAdam | Labor | 1924–1927 | |
Third incarnation (1992–present) | |||
Member | Party | Term | |
Barry Traynor | Liberal | 1992–1999 | |
Geoff Howard | Labor | 1999–2014 |
Election results
[edit]Elections in the 2010s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Ben Taylor | 15,758 | 43.40 | +9.80 | |
Labor | Geoff Howard | 14,076 | 38.77 | −4.18 | |
Greens | Linda Zibell | 5,363 | 14.77 | +3.01 | |
Family First | Gary Greville | 1,109 | 3.05 | −2.03 | |
Total formal votes | 36,306 | 95.69 | −0.47 | ||
Informal votes | 1,636 | 4.31 | +0.47 | ||
Turnout | 37,942 | 93.50 | +1.58 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Geoff Howard | 18,702 | 51.51 | −5.13 | |
Liberal | Ben Taylor | 17,604 | 48.49 | +5.13 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −5.13 |
Elections in the 2000s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Geoff Howard | 14,292 | 42.95 | −5.87 | |
Liberal | Geoff Hayes | 11,183 | 33.60 | −2.44 | |
Greens | Michele Harvie | 3,915 | 11.76 | −1.36 | |
Independent | Dianne Hadden | 2,199 | 6.61 | +6.61 | |
Family First | Grace Bailey | 1,690 | 5.08 | +5.08 | |
Total formal votes | 33,279 | 96.16 | −0.82 | ||
Informal votes | 1,328 | 3.84 | +0.82 | ||
Turnout | 34,607 | 91.92 | −2.27 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Geoff Howard | 18,850 | 56.64 | −0.97 | |
Liberal | Geoff Hayes | 14,429 | 43.36 | +0.97 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −0.97 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Geoff Howard | 16,268 | 48.82 | −5.07 | |
Liberal | Gerard FitzGerald | 12,010 | 36.04 | −10.27 | |
Greens | Scott Kinnear | 4,373 | 13.12 | +13.12 | |
Independent | Suresh Pathy | 402 | 1.21 | +1.21 | |
Citizens Electoral Council | Valiant Halborg | 271 | 0.81 | +0.81 | |
Total formal votes | 33,324 | 96.98 | −0.72 | ||
Informal votes | 1,037 | 3.02 | +0.72 | ||
Turnout | 34,361 | 94.19 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Geoff Howard | 19,300 | 57.80 | +4.11 | |
Liberal | Gerard FitzGerald | 14,092 | 42.20 | −4.11 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +4.11 |
Elections in the 1990s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Geoff Howard | 16,100 | 53.7 | +3.7 | |
Liberal | Barry Traynor | 13,886 | 46.3 | −3.7 | |
Total formal votes | 29,986 | 97.7 | −0.7 | ||
Informal votes | 706 | 2.3 | +0.7 | ||
Turnout | 30,692 | 94.4 | |||
Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +3.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Barry Traynor | 14,232 | 48.3 | −1.9 | |
Labor | Frank Sheehan | 14,110 | 47.9 | +2.4 | |
Independent | Ralph Manno | 481 | 1.6 | +1.6 | |
Call to Australia | Ray Suttie | 415 | 1.4 | +1.4 | |
Natural Law | Alan McDonald | 241 | 0.8 | +0.8 | |
Total formal votes | 29,479 | 98.4 | +0.9 | ||
Informal votes | 473 | 1.6 | −0.9 | ||
Turnout | 29,952 | 94.8 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Barry Traynor | 14,736 | 50.1 | −1.6 | |
Labor | Frank Sheehan | 14,709 | 49.9 | +1.6 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | −1.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Barry Traynor | 14,133 | 50.1 | +5.9 | |
Labor | Frank Sheehan | 12,818 | 45.5 | −0.5 | |
Independent | Petra Krjutschkow | 1,242 | 4.4 | +4.4 | |
Total formal votes | 28,193 | 97.5 | +0.0 | ||
Informal votes | 716 | 2.5 | −0.0 | ||
Turnout | 28,909 | 95.8 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Barry Traynor | 14,529 | 51.6 | +1.1 | |
Labor | Frank Sheehan | 13,654 | 48.4 | −1.1 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +1.1 |
Elections in the 1920s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Nationalist | Robert McGregor | 3,533 | 48.9 | −10.3 | |
Labor | William McAdam | 3,403 | 47.1 | +6.3 | |
Independent Labor | Alfred Elliott | 290 | 4.0 | +4.0 | |
Total formal votes | 7,226 | 98.7 | −0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 97 | 1.3 | +0.5 | ||
Turnout | 7,323 | 75.1 | +3.9 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | William McAdam | 3,613 | 50.0 | +9.2 | |
Nationalist | Robert McGregor | 3,609 | 50.0 | −9.2 | |
Labor gain from Nationalist | Swing | +9.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Nationalist | Robert McGregor | 4,055 | 59.2 | +5.1 | |
Labor | John Kean | 2,797 | 40.8 | -5.1 | |
Total formal votes | 6,852 | 99.2 | +1.7 | ||
Informal votes | 53 | 0.8 | −1.7 | ||
Turnout | 6,905 | 71.2 | −3.5 | ||
Nationalist hold | Swing | +5.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Nationalist | Robert McGregor | 3,952 | 54.1 | -1.2 | |
Labor | Walter Dalton | 3,357 | 45.9 | +1.2 | |
Total formal votes | 7,309 | 97.5 | +0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 189 | 2.5 | −0.5 | ||
Turnout | 7,498 | 74.7 | +4.1 | ||
Nationalist hold | Swing | -1.2 |
Elections in the 1910s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Nationalist | Robert McGregor | 3,788 | 55.3 | +1.7 | |
Labor | Andrew McKissock | 3,064 | 44.7 | -1.7 | |
Total formal votes | 6,852 | 97.0 | −1.5 | ||
Informal votes | 211 | 3.0 | +1.5 | ||
Turnout | 7,063 | 70.6 | +0.4 | ||
Nationalist hold | Swing | +1.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Robert McGregor | 4,079 | 53.6 | -6.5 | |
Labor | James Harrison | 3,524 | 46.4 | +10.0 | |
Total formal votes | 7,603 | 98.5 | +0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 113 | 1.5 | −0.3 | ||
Turnout | 7,716 | 70.2 | −1.6 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | -8.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Robert McGregor | 4,377 | 60.1 | +7.6 | |
Labor | David Russell | 2,651 | 36.4 | -11.1 | |
Independent | James McNeil | 259 | 3.6 | +3.6 | |
Total formal votes | 7,287 | 98.2 | −1.3 | ||
Informal votes | 133 | 1.8 | +1.3 | ||
Turnout | 7,420 | 71.8 | +12.3 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Robert McGregor | 61.9 | +9.4 | ||
Labor | David Russell | 38.1 | -9.4 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +9.4 |
- Two party preferred vote was estimated.
References
[edit]- "Ballarat East District results". Victorian Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 27 November 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2011.