Electoral results for the district of Ballarat East

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This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Ballarat East in Victorian state elections.

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Members for Ballarat East

First incarnation (1859–1889)
MemberPartyTerm
  John Humffray Unaligned1859–1864
  John Cathie Unaligned1859–1864
  Charles Jones Unaligned1864–1867
  Charles Dyte Unaligned1864–1871
  John Humffray Unaligned1868–1871
  John James Unaligned1871–1886
  Robert Walsh Unaligned1871–1874
  Townsend McDermott Unaligned1874–1877
 Daniel BrophyUnaligned1877–1880
  James Russell Unaligned1880
 Daniel BrophyUnaligned1880–1883
  James Russell Unaligned1883–1889
  Edward Murphy Unaligned1886–1889
Second incarnation (1889–1927)
MemberPartyTerm
  John Dunn Comm Liberal 1889–1894
  Robert McGregor Comm Liberal 1894–1924
  Nationalist
  William McAdam Labor 1924–1927
Third incarnation (1992–present)
MemberPartyTerm
  Barry Traynor Liberal 1992–1999
  Geoff Howard Labor 1999–2014

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

2010 Victorian state election: Ballarat East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Ben Taylor15,75843.40+9.80
Labor Geoff Howard 14,07638.77−4.18
Greens Linda Zibell5,36314.77+3.01
Family First Gary Greville1,1093.05−2.03
Total formal votes36,30695.69−0.47
Informal votes1,6364.31+0.47
Turnout 37,94293.50+1.58
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Geoff Howard 18,70251.51−5.13
Liberal Ben Taylor17,60448.49+5.13
Labor hold Swing −5.13

Elections in the 2000s

2006 Victorian state election: Ballarat East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Geoff Howard 14,29242.95−5.87
Liberal Geoff Hayes11,18333.60−2.44
Greens Michele Harvie3,91511.76−1.36
Independent Dianne Hadden 2,1996.61+6.61
Family First Grace Bailey1,6905.08+5.08
Total formal votes33,27996.16−0.82
Informal votes1,3283.84+0.82
Turnout 34,60791.92−2.27
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Geoff Howard 18,85056.64−0.97
Liberal Geoff Hayes14,42943.36+0.97
Labor hold Swing −0.97
2002 Victorian state election: Ballarat East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Geoff Howard 16,26848.82−5.07
Liberal Gerard FitzGerald 12,01036.04−10.27
Greens Scott Kinnear4,37313.12+13.12
Independent Suresh Pathy4021.21+1.21
Citizens Electoral Council Valiant Halborg2710.81+0.81
Total formal votes33,32496.98−0.72
Informal votes1,0373.02+0.72
Turnout 34,36194.19
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Geoff Howard 19,30057.80+4.11
Liberal Gerard FitzGerald 14,09242.20−4.11
Labor hold Swing +4.11

Elections in the 1990s

1999 Victorian state election: Ballarat East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Geoff Howard 16,10053.7+3.7
Liberal Barry Traynor 13,88646.3−3.7
Total formal votes29,98697.7−0.7
Informal votes7062.3+0.7
Turnout 30,69294.4
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +3.7
1996 Victorian state election: Ballarat East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Barry Traynor 14,23248.3−1.9
Labor Frank Sheehan 14,11047.9+2.4
Independent Ralph Manno4811.6+1.6
Call to Australia Ray Suttie4151.4+1.4
Natural Law Alan McDonald2410.8+0.8
Total formal votes29,47998.4+0.9
Informal votes4731.6−0.9
Turnout 29,95294.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Barry Traynor 14,73650.1−1.6
Labor Frank Sheehan 14,70949.9+1.6
Liberal hold Swing −1.6
1992 Victorian state election: Ballarat East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Barry Traynor 14,13350.1+5.9
Labor Frank Sheehan 12,81845.5−0.5
Independent Petra Krjutschkow1,2424.4+4.4
Total formal votes28,19397.5+0.0
Informal votes7162.5−0.0
Turnout 28,90995.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Barry Traynor 14,52951.6+1.1
Labor Frank Sheehan 13,65448.4−1.1
Liberal hold Swing +1.1

Elections in the 1920s

1924 Victorian state election: Ballarat East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist Robert McGregor 3,53348.9−10.3
Labor William McAdam 3,40347.1+6.3
Independent Labor Alfred Elliott2904.0+4.0
Total formal votes7,22698.7−0.5
Informal votes971.3+0.5
Turnout 7,32375.1+3.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor William McAdam 3,61350.0+9.2
Nationalist Robert McGregor 3,60950.0−9.2
Labor gain from Nationalist Swing +9.2
1921 Victorian state election: Ballarat East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist Robert McGregor 4,05559.2+5.1
Labor John Kean2,79740.8−5.1
Total formal votes6,85299.2+1.7
Informal votes530.8−1.7
Turnout 6,90571.2−3.5
Nationalist hold Swing +5.1
1920 Victorian state election: Ballarat East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist Robert McGregor 3,95254.1−1.2
Labor Walter Dalton3,35745.9+1.2
Total formal votes7,30997.5+0.5
Informal votes1892.5−0.5
Turnout 7,49874.7+4.1
Nationalist hold Swing −1.2

Elections in the 1910s

1917 Victorian state election: Ballarat East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist Robert McGregor 3,78855.3+1.7
Labor Andrew McKissock 3,06444.7−1.7
Total formal votes6,85297.0−1.5
Informal votes2113.0+1.5
Turnout 7,06370.6+0.4
Nationalist hold Swing +1.7
1914 Victorian state election: Ballarat East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Robert McGregor 4,07953.6−6.5
Labor James Harrison3,52446.4+10.0
Total formal votes7,60398.5+0.3
Informal votes1131.5−0.3
Turnout 7,71670.2−1.6
Liberal hold Swing −8.3
1911 Victorian state election: Ballarat East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Robert McGregor 4,37760.1+7.6
Labor David Russell2,65136.4−11.1
Independent James McNeil2593.6+3.6
Total formal votes7,28798.2−1.3
Informal votes1331.8+1.3
Turnout 7,42071.8+12.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Robert McGregor 61.9+9.4
Labor David Russell38.1−9.4
Liberal hold Swing +9.4

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