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

2010 Victorian state election: Ballarat East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

2006 Victorian state election: Ballarat East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

2002 Victorian state election: Ballarat East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Geoff Howard	16,268	48.62	-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
	CEC	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

1999 Victorian state election: Ballarat East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

1996 Victorian state election: Ballarat East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

1992 Victorian state election: Ballarat East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

1924 Victorian state election: Ballarat East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

"Ballarat East District results". Victorian Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 27 November 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2011.

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