Electoral district of Buninyong

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Buninyong
Victoria—Legislative Assembly
VIC Buninyong District 2014.png
Location of Buninyong (dark green) in Victoria
State Victoria
Created2014
Abolished2022
MP Michaela Settle
Party Australian Labor Party
Electors 45,559 (2018)
Area3,107 km2 (1,199.6 sq mi)
DemographicRegional city

The electoral district of Buninyong was an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly in Australia. It was created in the redistribution of electoral boundaries in 2013, and came into effect at the 2014 state election. [1]

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It largely covered the area of the abolished district of Ballarat East, covering south and southeast suburbs of Ballarat as well as the rural areas to the south and east of the city. It included the suburbs of Eureka, Canadian, Sebastopol, Mount Clear, Buninyong and Golden Point. It also included the rural towns between Linton, Corindhap, Lethbridge, Ballan and Bungaree. [2]

Buninyong was first contested at the 2014 election, and was won by the incumbent Labor MP for abolished Ballarat East, Geoff Howard. [3]

The seat was abolished by the Electoral Boundaries Commission ahead of the 2022 election and largely replaced by the electoral district of Eureka. [4]

Members

MemberPartyTerm
  Geoff Howard Labor 2014–2018
  Michaela Settle Labor 2018–2022

Election results

2018 Victorian state election: Buninyong [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Michaela Settle 18,96549.14+5.59
Liberal Andrew Kilmartin11,92130.89−4.07
Greens Linda Zibell3,5429.18−1.77
Animal Justice Wendy Morrison1,5814.10+4.10
Independent Dianne Colbert1,2853.33+3.33
Independent Brendan Eckel4671.21+1.21
Independent Lindsay Watters4361.13+1.13
Victorian Socialists Jane McKendrick3971.03+1.03
Total formal votes38,59492.43−2.76
Informal votes3,1607.57+2.76
Turnout 41,75491.65−2.64
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Michaela Settle 24,10862.24+5.88
Liberal Andrew Kilmartin14,62737.76−5.88
Labor hold Swing +5.88
Two-party-preferred vote results in Ballarat East and Buninyong since 1992

References

  1. ↑ "Summary of Changes". Victorian Electoral Boundary Commission. Archived from the original on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
  2. ↑ "Map of Buninyong District". Victorian Electoral Boundaries Commission.
  3. ↑ "Buninyong - Victorian Election 2014". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  4. ↑ Green, Antony. "New Victorian State Electoral Boundaries Finalised – Antony Green's Election Blog". Archived from the original on 31 October 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  5. ↑ State Election 2018: Buninyong District, VEC.

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