Electoral district of Bendigo East
State electoral district of Victoria, Australia
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Bendigo East is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria. It covers an area of 2,711 square kilometres (1,047 sq mi) covering the part of the city of Bendigo east of the Yungera railway line and surrounding rural areas to the north, east and south. It includes the Bendigo suburbs of East Bendigo, Epsom, Flora Hill, Junortoun, Kennington, Quarry Hill, Spring Gully, Strathdale, Strathfieldsaye and White Hills, and the surrounding towns of Axedale, Goornong, Huntly, Mandurang, Raywood and Sedgwick. It also includes parts of the localities of Eaglehawk, Elmore, Golden Square and Ravenswood, and the Bendigo campus of La Trobe University. It lies within the Northern Victoria Region of the upper house, the Legislative Council.[1]
| Bendigo East Victoria—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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Interactive map of electoral district boundaries from the 2022 state election | |||||||||||||||
| State | Victoria | ||||||||||||||
| Dates current | 1904–1927 1985–present | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Jacinta Allan | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Labor Party | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | East Bendigo | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 53,134 (2022) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 2,711 km2 (1,046.7 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Provincial and rural | ||||||||||||||
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The electorate was first created in 1904 in what was then a relatively strong Labor area. It continuously returned Labor candidates from 1907 until its abolition in 1927, when it was merged with Bendigo West to create a single Bendigo electorate. It was recreated in 1985 as a marginal seat and was won by Liberal candidate Michael John, who went on to serve as a minister in the Kennett government. He was narrowly defeated by Labor candidate Jacinta Allan at the 1999 general election. Allan was re-elected at the 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018 and 2022 elections, and served as Premier from 2023 until 2026.
Members for Bendigo East
| First incarnation (1904–1927) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | |
| Alfred Shrapnell Bailes[2][3][4][5] | Unaligned | 1904–1907 | |
| Thomas Glass | Labor | 1907–1911 | |
| Alfred Hampson | Labor | 1911–1915 | |
| Luke Clough | Labor | 1915–1927 | |
| Second incarnation (1985–present) | |||
| Member | Party | Term | |
| Michael John | Liberal | 1985–1999 | |
| Jacinta Allan | Labor | 1999–2026 | |
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Jacinta Allan | 22,010 | 48.3 | −2.0 | |
| Liberal | Darin Schade | 12,478 | 27.4 | +6.5 | |
| Greens | Michael Tolhurst | 3,944 | 8.7 | +0.7 | |
| One Nation | Ben Mihail | 2,597 | 5.7 | +5.7 | |
| Ind. (Australia One) | James Laurie | 1,603 | 3.5 | +3.5 | |
| Animal Justice | Vyonne McLelland-Howe | 1,574 | 3.5 | +3.5 | |
| Family First | Evelyn Keetelaar | 1,362 | 3.0 | +3.0 | |
| Total formal votes | 45,568 | 95.4 | −0.2 | ||
| Informal votes | 2,184 | 4.6 | +0.2 | ||
| Turnout | 47,752 | 89.9 | −2.3 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Jacinta Allan | 27,727 | 60.8 | −1.3 | |
| Liberal | Darin Schade | 17,841 | 39.2 | +1.3 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | −1.3 | |||
Two-party-preferred vote results in Bendigo East (second incarnation) View source data.
