Electoral results for the district of Geelong East

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

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Members for Geelong East

First incarnation (1859–1877, 2 members)
Member 1TermMember 2Term
James Cowie 1859  – 1860 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.

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

Election results

Elections in the 1980s

1982 Victorian state election: Geelong East [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Graham Ernst 13,72653.6+5.9
Liberal Raymond Carey9,97739.0−5.6
Democrats Robert Mann1,0594.1−0.6
Democratic Labor James Jordan8553.3+0.2
Total formal votes25,61797.90.0
Informal votes5612.10.0
Turnout 26,17894.0−0.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Graham Ernst 14,42156.3+4.6
Liberal Raymond Carey11,19643.7−4.6
Labor hold Swing +4.6

Elections in the 1970s

1979 Victorian state election: Geelong East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Graham Ernst 11,71347.7−0.8
Liberal Phil Gude 10,95344.6−6.9
Democrats Reginald Swetten1,1534.7+4.7
Democratic Labor Roderick Jordan7523.1+3.1
Total formal votes24,57197.9+0.9
Informal votes5342.1−0.9
Turnout 25,10594.5+0.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Graham Ernst 12,70251.7+3.2
Liberal Phil Gude 11,86948.3−3.2
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +3.2
1976 Victorian state election: Geelong East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Phil Gude 11,63751.5+6.6
Labor Dennis O'Brien10,97148.5+3.1
Total formal votes22,60897.0
Informal votes6913.0
Turnout 23,29993.8
Liberal hold Swing -1.4

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References

  1. Hughes, Colin A., Don Aitken (1987). Voting for the Australian state lower houses, 1975-1984. Canberra: Dept. of Political Science, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. ISBN   0909779244.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)