This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Geelong in Victorian state elections.
First incarnation (1856–1859, 4 members) | |||||||
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Member | Term | Member | Term | Member | Term | Member | Term |
Sir Charles Sladen | 1856–1857 | Alexander Fyfe | 1856–1857 | Charles Read | 1856–1858 | John Brooke | 1856–1859 |
Alexander Thomson | 1857–1859 | George Board | 1858–1859 | James Harrison | 1858–1859 |
Second incarnation (1877–1889, 3 members) | |||||
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Member | Term | Member | Term | Member | Term |
Charles Kernot | 1877–1880 | Robert de Bruce Johnstone | 1877–1881 | Sir Graham Berry | 1877–1886 |
Charles Andrews Sr. | 1880 | ||||
Charles Kernot | 1880–1882 | George Cunningham | 1881–1886 | ||
Joseph Connor | 1882–1886 | ||||
John Donaghy | 1886–1889 | James Munro | 1886–1889 | Charles Andrews Sr. | 1886–1889 |
Third incarnation (1889–1904, 2 members) | |||
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Member | Party | Term | |
James Munro | 1889–1892 | Charles Andrews Sr. | 1889–1894 |
John Rout Hopkins | 1892–1894 | ||
H. B. Higgins | 1894–1900 | William Gurr | 1894–1902 |
Charles Andrews Jr. | 1900–1904 | George Martin | 1902–1904 |
Fourth incarnation (1904–1976, 1 member) | |||
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Member | Party | Term | |
William Colechin | Labor | 1904–1907 | |
William Gurr | Ministerialist | 1907–1908 | |
William Plain | Labor | 1908–1916 | |
Nationalist | 1916–1917 | ||
Robert Purnell | Nationalist | 1917–1920 | |
William Brownbill | Labor | 1920–1932 | |
Edward Austin | United Australia | 1932–1935 | |
William Brownbill | Labor | 1935–1938 | |
Fanny Brownbill | Labor | 1938–1948 | |
Edward Montgomery | Liberal | 1948–1950 | |
James Dunn | Labor | 1950–1955 | |
Sir Thomas Maltby | Liberal | 1955–1961 | |
Hayden Birrell | Liberal | 1961–1976 | |
Fifth incarnation (1985–present, 1 member) | |||
Member | Party | Term | |
Hayden Shell | Labor | 1985–1992 | |
Ann Henderson | Liberal | 1992–1999 | |
Ian Trezise | Labor | 1999–2014 | |
Christine Couzens | Labor | 2014–present | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Christine Couzens | 16,680 | 40.37 | −0.66 | |
Independent | Darryn Lyons | 10,194 | 24.67 | +24.67 | |
Liberal | Freya Fidge | 8,327 | 20.15 | −17.68 | |
Greens | Lois Newman | 3,922 | 9.49 | −2.51 | |
Animal Justice | Jacki Jacka | 1,173 | 2.84 | +2.84 | |
Victorian Socialists | Sarah Hathway | 464 | 1.12 | −0.04 | |
Independent | Gottfried Wolf | 300 | 0.73 | +0.73 | |
Independent | Stephen Juhasz | 256 | 0.62 | +0.62 | |
Total formal votes | 41,316 | 95.49 | +0.27 | ||
Informal votes | 1,950 | 4.51 | −0.27 | ||
Turnout | 43,266 | 90.94 | −2.95 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Christine Couzens | 24,847 | 60.14 | +4.11 | |
Liberal | Freya Fidge | 16,469 | 39.86 | −4.11 | |
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Christine Couzens | 23,250 | 56.23 | +0.20 | |
Independent | Darryn Lyons | 18,098 | 43.77 | +43.77 | |
Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Christine Couzens | 16,516 | 41.0 | −1.3 | |
Liberal | Paula Kontelj | 15,232 | 37.8 | −2.3 | |
Greens | Bruce Lindsay | 4,833 | 12.0 | +1.2 | |
Shooters and Fishers | Pedro Pegan | 1,021 | 2.5 | +2.5 | |
Family First | Ruth Clark | 962 | 2.4 | +0.3 | |
Independent | Douglas Mann | 659 | 1.6 | +1.6 | |
Country Alliance | Tony Leen | 564 | 1.4 | +0.0 | |
Socialist Alliance | Sarah Hathway | 468 | 1.2 | +0.9 | |
Total formal votes | 40,255 | 95.2 | −0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 2,020 | 4.8 | +0.2 | ||
Turnout | 42,275 | 93.9 | −3.1 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Christine Couzens | 22,556 | 56.0 | +2.1 | |
Liberal | Paula Kontelj | 17,699 | 44.0 | −2.1 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +2.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Alastair Thomson | 15,472 | 43.01 | +7.66 | |
Labor | Ian Trezise | 14,809 | 41.17 | -7.82 | |
Greens | Bruce Lindsay | 4,131 | 11.48 | +2.38 | |
Family First | Len Lengyel | 688 | 1.91 | -2.92 | |
Independent | Samantha Schultz | 444 | 1.23 | +1.23 | |
Country Alliance | Matthew Schmidt | 430 | 1.20 | +1.20 | |
Total formal votes | 35,974 | 95.93 | -0.37 | ||
Informal votes | 1,528 | 4.07 | +0.37 | ||
Turnout | 37,502 | 93.61 | +1.56 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Ian Trezise | 18,702 | 51.98 | -6.35 | |
Liberal | Alastair Thomson | 17,275 | 48.02 | +6.35 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -6.35 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Ian Trezise | 17,069 | 48.99 | -1.61 | |
Liberal | Scott Dixon | 12,317 | 35.35 | -2.62 | |
Greens | Bruce Lindsay | 3,169 | 9.10 | +1.75 | |
Family First | Gary Plumridge | 1,684 | 4.83 | +4.83 | |
People Power | Elsie Teer | 603 | 1.73 | +1.73 | |
Total formal votes | 34,842 | 96.30 | -0.53 | ||
Informal votes | 1,339 | 3.70 | +0.53 | ||
Turnout | 36,181 | 92.05 | -1.73 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Ian Trezise | 20,213 | 58.33 | +0.23 | |
Liberal | Scott Dixon | 14,441 | 41.67 | -0.23 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +0.23 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Ian Trezise | 17,680 | 50.6 | +5.3 | |
Liberal | Stretch Kontelj | 13,266 | 38.0 | -10.5 | |
Greens | Elsie Teer | 2,568 | 7.3 | +7.3 | |
Independent | Miles Hodge | 967 | 2.8 | +2.8 | |
Independent | Andrea Battistella | 233 | 0.7 | +0.7 | |
Independent | Richard Nixon | 228 | 0.7 | +0.7 | |
Total formal votes | 34,942 | 96.8 | -0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 1,145 | 3.2 | +0.5 | ||
Turnout | 36,087 | 93.8 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Ian Trezise | 20,300 | 58.1 | +8.5 | |
Liberal | Stretch Kontelj | 14,638 | 41.9 | -8.5 | |
Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +8.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Ann Henderson | 14,719 | 47.5 | -5.1 | |
Labor | Ian Trezise | 14,001 | 45.2 | +0.1 | |
Independent | Rosemary Faris | 1,292 | 4.2 | +4.2 | |
Independent | Luke Grose | 641 | 2.1 | +2.1 | |
Independent | John O'Dea | 331 | 1.1 | +1.1 | |
Total formal votes | 30,984 | 97.5 | -0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 802 | 2.5 | +0.3 | ||
Turnout | 31,786 | 94.0 | -0.3 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Ian Trezise | 15,500 | 50.03 | +3.5 | |
Liberal | Ann Henderson | 15,484 | 49.97 | -3.5 | |
Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +3.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Ann Henderson | 16,543 | 52.6 | +6.8 | |
Labor | Philip Wight | 14,171 | 45.1 | +4.2 | |
Natural Law | Robert Nieuwenhuis | 731 | 2.3 | +2.3 | |
Total formal votes | 31,445 | 97.8 | +0.6 | ||
Informal votes | 705 | 2.2 | -0.6 | ||
Turnout | 32,150 | 94.3 | -0.6 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Ann Henderson | 16,818 | 53.5 | +2.8 | |
Labor | Philip Wight | 14,615 | 46.5 | -2.8 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +2.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Ann Henderson | 14,388 | 45.8 | +1.9 | |
Labor | Hayden Shell | 12,848 | 40.9 | -8.9 | |
Geelong Community | Roger Kent | 4,201 | 13.4 | +13.4 | |
Total formal votes | 31,437 | 97.2 | +0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 914 | 2.8 | -0.3 | ||
Turnout | 32,351 | 94.9 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Ann Henderson | 15,890 | 50.7 | +3.3 | |
Labor | Hayden Shell | 15,478 | 49.3 | -3.3 | |
Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | +3.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Hayden Shell | 13,276 | 50.01 | -6.05 | |
Liberal | Ann Henderson | 11,876 | 44.74 | +0.80 | |
Call to Australia | Ian Winter | 1,394 | 5.25 | +5.25 | |
Total formal votes | 26,546 | 97.15 | -0.54 | ||
Informal votes | 778 | 2.85 | +0.54 | ||
Turnout | 27,324 | 91.80 | -0.97 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Hayden Shell | 13,941 | 52.52 | -3.54 | |
Liberal | Ann Henderson | 12,601 | 47.48 | +3.54 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -3.54 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Hayden Shell | 15,946 | 56.1 | +4.6 | |
Liberal | Clive Pugh | 12,501 | 43.9 | +2.7 | |
Total formal votes | 28,447 | 97.7 | |||
Informal votes | 672 | 2.3 | |||
Turnout | 29,119 | 92.8 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | +1.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Hayden Birrell | 11,481 | 49.1 | +3.3 | |
Labor | John O'Brien | 9,211 | 39.4 | -1.4 | |
Democratic Labor | John Timberlake | 1,882 | 8.1 | -5.4 | |
Australia | Guenter Sahr | 790 | 3.4 | +3.4 | |
Total formal votes | 23,364 | 97.8 | -0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 531 | 2.2 | +0.1 | ||
Turnout | 23,895 | 93.2 | -1.9 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Hayden Birrell | 13,619 | 58.3 | +0.3 | |
Labor | John O'Brien | 9,745 | 41.7 | -0.3 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Hayden Birrell | 9,823 | 45.8 | -2.5 | |
Labor | John Woolfe | 8,741 | 40.8 | +2.4 | |
Democratic Labor | John Timberlake | 2,884 | 13.4 | +0.1 | |
Total formal votes | 21,448 | 97.9 | +0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 468 | 2.1 | -0.2 | ||
Turnout | 21,916 | 95.1 | +1.0 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Hayden Birrell | 12,439 | 58.0 | -1.6 | |
Labor | John Woolfe | 9,009 | 42.0 | +1.6 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | -1.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Hayden Birrell | 9,983 | 48.3 | +0.8 | |
Labor | Ronald McKenzie | 7,944 | 38.4 | -0.2 | |
Democratic Labor | John Timberlake | 2,761 | 13.4 | -0.5 | |
Total formal votes | 20,688 | 97.7 | |||
Informal votes | 485 | 2.3 | |||
Turnout | 21,173 | 94.1 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Hayden Birrell | 12,326 | 59.6 | -0.3 | |
Labor | Ronald McKenzie | 8,362 | 40.4 | +0.3 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | -0.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal and Country | Hayden Birrell | 10,266 | 48.5 | +2.3 | |
Labor | Robert Robertson | 8,180 | 38.7 | +0.7 | |
Democratic Labor | Desmond Guinane | 2,698 | 12.8 | -3.0 | |
Total formal votes | 21,144 | 98.3 | +0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 356 | 1.7 | -0.3 | ||
Turnout | 21,500 | 95.5 | +1.7 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal and Country | Hayden Birrell | 12,678 | 60.0 | +0.8 | |
Labor | Robert Robertson | 8,466 | 40.0 | -0.8 | |
Liberal and Country hold | Swing | +0.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal and Country | Hayden Birrell | 9,241 | 46.2 | +2.8 | |
Labor | William King | 7,590 | 38.0 | +0.1 | |
Democratic Labor | William Mithen | 3,159 | 15.8 | +3.9 | |
Total formal votes | 19,990 | 98.0 | -0.7 | ||
Informal votes | 411 | 2.0 | +0.7 | ||
Turnout | 20,401 | 93.8 | +1.0 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal and Country | Hayden Birrell | 11,839 | 59.2 | +2.8 | |
Labor | William King | 8,151 | 40.8 | -2.8 | |
Liberal and Country hold | Swing | +2.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal and Country | Thomas Maltby | 8,444 | 43.4 | ||
Labor | George Poyser | 7,371 | 37.9 | ||
Democratic Labor | George Taylor | 2,305 | 11.9 | ||
Independent | Albert Woodward | 1,313 | 6.8 | ||
Total formal votes | 19,433 | 98.7 | |||
Informal votes | 255 | 1.3 | |||
Turnout | 19,688 | 92.8 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal and Country | Thomas Maltby | 10,954 | 56.4 | ||
Labor | George Poyser | 8,479 | 43.6 | ||
Liberal and Country hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal and Country | Thomas Maltby | 11,172 | 51.5 | ||
Labor | George Poyser | 8,069 | 37.2 | ||
Independent | Norman Mackay | 1,358 | 6.3 | ||
Victorian Liberal | Charles Plummer | 1,081 | 5.0 | ||
Total formal votes | 21,680 | 98.0 | |||
Informal votes | 436 | 2.0 | |||
Turnout | 22,116 | 93.7 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal and Country | Thomas Maltby | 13,367 | 61.7 | ||
Labor | George Poyser | 8,313 | 38.3 | ||
Liberal and Country gain from Labor | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | James Dunn | 13,684 | 69.8 | +13.9 | |
Liberal and Country | Geoffrey Thom | 5,929 | 30.2 | -13.9 | |
Total formal votes | 19,613 | 98.9 | -0.7 | ||
Informal votes | 215 | 1.1 | +0.7 | ||
Turnout | 19,828 | 93.3 | -1.8 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +13.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | James Dunn | 11,405 | 55.9 | -2.0 | |
Liberal and Country | Edward Montgomery | 9,014 | 44.1 | +2.0 | |
Total formal votes | 20,419 | 99.6 | +0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 90 | 0.4 | -0.3 | ||
Turnout | 20,509 | 95.1 | +0.7 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | -2.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Fanny Brownbill | 11,852 | 57.9 | -42.1 | |
Liberal | Edward Montgomery | 8,623 | 42.1 | +42.1 | |
Total formal votes | 20,475 | 99.3 | |||
Informal votes | 152 | 0.7 | |||
Turnout | 20,627 | 94.4 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Fanny Brownbill | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Fanny Brownbill | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Fanny Brownbill | 12,456 | 67.3 | -32.7 | |
United Australia | Nathaniel White | 6,041 | 32.7 | +32.7 | |
Total formal votes | 18,497 | 99.4 | |||
Informal votes | 117 | 0.6 | |||
Turnout | 18,614 | 95.4 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | William Brownbill | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | William Brownbill | 9,567 | 54.1 | +10.5 | |
United Australia | Edward Austin | 8,112 | 45.9 | +13.2 | |
Total formal votes | 17,679 | 99.1 | +0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 157 | 0.9 | -0.3 | ||
Turnout | 17,836 | 95.6 | +0.3 | ||
Labor gain from United Australia | Swing | +6.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | William Brownbill | 7,403 | 43.6 | -19.8 | |
United Australia | Edward Austin | 5,540 | 32.7 | -3.9 | |
Independent | John Lister | 4,027 | 23.7 | +23.7 | |
Total formal votes | 16,970 | 98.8 | -0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 204 | 1.2 | +0.3 | ||
Turnout | 17,174 | 95.3 | -0.2 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
United Australia | Edward Austin | 8,815 | 51.9 | +15.3 | |
Labor | William Brownbill | 8,155 | 48.1 | -15.3 | |
United Australia gain from Labor | Swing | +15.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | William Brownbill | 10,667 | 63.4 | +6.1 | |
Nationalist | Sidney Dickins | 6,159 | 36.6 | -6.1 | |
Total formal votes | 16,826 | 99.1 | +0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 158 | 0.9 | -0.1 | ||
Turnout | 16,984 | 95.5 | +2.3 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +6.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | William Brownbill | 9,317 | 57.3 | ||
Nationalist | Julius Solomon | 6,940 | 42.7 | ||
Total formal votes | 16,257 | 99.0 | |||
Informal votes | 160 | 1.0 | |||
Turnout | 16,417 | 93.2 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | William Brownbill | 6,197 | 55.6 | +0.8 | |
Nationalist | Thomas Maltby | 4,943 | 44.4 | -0.8 | |
Total formal votes | 11,140 | 99.7 | +0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 37 | 0.3 | -0.4 | ||
Turnout | 11,177 | 72.5 | +7.3 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +0.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | William Brownbill | 5,316 | 54.8 | -1.8 | |
Nationalist | William Thwaites | 4,391 | 45.2 | +1.8 | |
Total formal votes | 9,707 | 99.3 | +4.0 | ||
Informal votes | 73 | 0.7 | -4.0 | ||
Turnout | 9,780 | 65.2 | -9.3 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | -1.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | William Brownbill | 5,839 | 56.6 | +7.4 | |
Nationalist | Robert Purnell | 4,471 | 43.4 | -7.4 | |
Total formal votes | 10,310 | 95.3 | -2.3 | ||
Informal votes | 513 | 4.7 | +2.3 | ||
Turnout | 10,823 | 74.5 | +5.6 | ||
Labor gain from Nationalist | Swing | +7.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nationalist | Robert Purnell | 4,868 | 50.8 | ||
Labor | William Brownbill | 4,717 | 49.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 9,585 | 97.6 | |||
Informal votes | 234 | 2.4 | |||
Turnout | 9,819 | 68.9 | |||
Nationalist gain from Labor | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | William Plain | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | William Plain | 5,026 | 59.4 | +4.0 | |
Liberal | Albyn Morley | 3,431 | 40.6 | +26.2 | |
Total formal votes | 8,457 | 99.4 | -0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 52 | 0.6 | +0.3 | ||
Turnout | 8,509 | 73.9 | +17.1 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |||
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The Electoral district of Geelong North was an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It was largely replaced by the district of Lara in the redistribution before the 2002 election.
The electoral district of Bellarine is one of the electoral districts of Victoria, Australia, for the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It covers an area of 367 square kilometres (142 sq mi) stretching from the Bellarine Peninsula to the outer eastern suburbs of Geelong. It includes the towns of Barwon Heads, Clifton Springs, Drysdale, Indented Head, Ocean Grove, Point Lonsdale, Portarlington and Queenscliff and the Geelong suburbs of Leopold and Moolap. It lies within the Western Victoria Region of the upper house, the Legislative Council.
Local government in the Australian state of Victoria consists of 79 local government areas (LGAs). Also referred to as municipalities, Victorian LGAs are classified as cities (34), shires (38), rural cities (6) and boroughs (1). In general, an urban or suburban LGA is called a city and is governed by a City Council, while a rural LGA covering a larger rural area is usually called a shire and is governed by a Shire Council. Local councils have the same administrative functions and similar political structures, regardless of their classification.
Geelong Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council until 2006, located around Geelong. It was abolished from the 2006 state election in the wake of the Bracks Labor government's reform of the Legislative Council. The area of the former Geelong Province then became part of the larger Western Victoria Region.
This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Geelong North in Victorian state elections.
South Grant was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria from 1856 to 1877.
Geelong East was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly 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:
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.
Geelong West was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria from 1859 to 1985. It was located west of the city of Geelong, defined in the Victorian Electoral Act, 1858 as:
Bounded on the north and north-west by a line drawn at a distance of 2 miles from the north-western angle of the town reserve of Geelong, as a centre from the western shore of Corio Bay, near Cowie's Creek, to a road leading to the River Barwon; on the west by that road; on the south-west and south by the River Barwon; and on the east by the western boundary of the town reserve of Geelong and the shores of Corio Bay, including the reserve at the junction of the Barwon and Moorabool
The Electoral district of Geelong was one of the original sixteen electoral districts of the old unicameral Victorian Legislative Council of 1851 to 1856. Victoria being a colony in Australia at the time.
This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from the elections of 26 August – 26 September 1859 to the elections of 2 – 19 August 1861.