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
NamesakeEast Bendigo
Electors53,134 (2022)
Area2,711 km2 (1,046.7 sq mi)
DemographicProvincial and rural
Electorates around Bendigo East:
Murray Plains Murray Plains Murray Plains
Ripon Bendigo East Euroa
Bendigo West Macedon Euroa

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)
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
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Bendigo East.[edit]
2022 Victorian state election: Bendigo East[6][7][8][9]
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
Two-party-preferred vote results in Bendigo East (second incarnation)

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. Green, Antony (11 January 2023). "VIC22 – 2-Party Preferred Results and Swings by District". Antony Green's Election Blog. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  7. VIC 2021 Final Redistribution, ABC News. [Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  8. Bendigo East District results, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  9. Full preference distributions – 2022 State election, Victorian Electoral Commission. [Retrieved 17 June 2023.

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