Electoral district of Bendigo East

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]

For the suburb, see East Bendigo.

Bendigo East
Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Location of Bendigo East (dark green) in Victoria
StateVictoria
Dates current1904–1927, 1985–present
MPJacinta Allan
PartyLabor Party
Electors48,899 (2018)
Area2,711 km2 (1,046.7 sq mi)
DemographicUrbanised Rural

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 and 2018 elections.

Members for Bendigo East
First incarnation (1904–1927)
MemberPartyTerm
  Alfred Shrapnell Bailes[2][3][4][5] Unaligned 1904–1907
  Thomas Glass Labour 1907–1911
  Alfred Hampson Labor 1911–1915
  Luke Clough Labor 1915–1927
Second incarnation (1985–present)
MemberPartyTerm
  Michael John Liberal 1985–1999
  Jacinta Allan Labor 1999–present

Election results
Main article: Electoral results for the district of Bendigo East
2018 Victorian state election: Bendigo East[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jacinta Allan 21,693 50.35 +4.07
Liberal Ian Ellis 8,987 20.86 −20.06
National Gaelle Broad 6,864 15.93 +15.93
Greens Nakita Thomson 3,465 8.04 +0.76
Democratic Labour Helen Leach 1,080 2.51 +2.51
Independent Michael Belardinelli 999 2.32 +2.32
Total formal votes 43,088 95.62 −0.90
Informal votes 1,976 4.38 +0.90
Turnout 45,064 92.16 −2.79
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Jacinta Allan 26,776 62.11 +7.12
Liberal Ian Ellis 16,332 37.89 −7.12
Labor hold Swing+7.12

References
  1. "Bendigo East District profile". Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  2. Alfred Shrapnell Bailes c.1880s (State Library Victoria).
  3. Alfred Shrapnell Bailes c.1878; Lerk, L., "Both Mayor and Minstrel", Bendigo Weekly, 7 August 2015.
  4. Parliament of Victoria: Remember Database: Alfred Shrapnell Bailes.
  5. Deaths: Bailes, The Age, (Monday, 16 January 1928), p.1; Personal, The Argus, (Monday, 16 January 1928), p.16.
  6. State Election 2018: Bendigo East, VEC.

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