Electoral district of Geelong East

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Geelong East
VictoriaLegislative Assembly
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Location in Victoria, 1859
State Victoria
Dates current1859–1877, 1976–1985
DemographicUrban

Geelong East was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly [1] in the Australian state of Victoria from 1859 to 1985. It was located south of the city of Geelong, defined in the Victorian Electoral Act, 1858 as:

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Commencing at the north-western angle of the town reserve of Geelong; thence by a line south to the River Barwon; thence westward and northwestward by the River Barwon to the western boundary of the reserve at the junction of the Moorabool and Barwon; thence east by the northern boundary of section 25, parish of Barrabool; thence south by the eastern boundaries of sections 25 and 11, and by part of the eastern boundary of section 7, all in the same parish; thence south-easterly by a curved line crossing the Waurn Chain of Ponds to the southern boundary of section 3, parish of Conewarre; thence east by the southern boundaries of sections 3 and 4 in the same parish; thence north-easterly by a curved line crossing the River Barwon to the south-eastern angle of section 11 in the parish of Moolap; thence by the eastern boundary of that section and a line north to the shores of Corio Bay; and thence by the shores of Corio Bay to the north-western angle of the town reserve, the commencing point aforesaid, including the remaining portion of the reserve at Point Henry. [2]

Geelong East (along with Electoral district of Geelong West) was created when the four-member Electoral district of Geelong was abolished in 1859. Geelong West and Geelong East were abolished in 1877, replaced by a re-created 3-member district of Geelong. [1]

After the Electoral district of Bellarine was abolished in 1976, Geelong East was re-created. In 1985, population increases caused another redrawing of electoral boundaries; Geelong East was abolished and Bellarine re-created that year. Graham Ernst, last member for Geelong East, represented Bellarine 1985–1992. [3]

Members

First incarnation (1859–1877, 2 members)
Member 1TermMember 2Term
James Cowie 1859  – 1860 [r] Alexander Thomson 1859 – 1861
Augustus Greeves 1860 [b] – 1861
Butler Cole Aspinall 1861  – 1864 John Richardson 1861 – 1876
George Cunningham 1864  – 1867
Charles Kernot 1868  – 1871
John Masters Garratt 1871  – 1877Charles Kernot1876 [b] – 1877

Kernot went on to represent the re-created Geelong from 1877. [1]

Second incarnation (1976–1985)
MemberPartyTerm
  Phil Gude Liberal 1976–1979
  Graham Ernst Labor 1979–1985

Election results

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Former Members". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  2. "An Act to alter the Electoral Districts of Victoria and to increase the number of Members of the Legislative Assembly thereof" (PDF). 1858. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
  3. "Graham Keith Ernst". Re-Member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Archived from the original on 23 April 2023. Retrieved 24 April 2013.

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