Electoral results for the district of Bendigo East

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

Contents

Members for Bendigo East

First incarnation (1904–1927)
Member Party Term
  Alfred Bailes 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–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

Victorian state election, 2010: Bendigo East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jacinta Allan 16,079 43.85 -3.03
Liberal Michael Langdon 12,864 35.08 +0.56
Greens Tim Bardsley 2,295 6.26 -0.94
National Peter Schwarz 2,196 5.99 -0.42
Country Alliance Rod Leunig 1,275 3.48 +3.48
Sex Party Gary Hillier 824 2.25 +2.25
Family First Belinda Guerra 447 1.22 -3.12
Democratic Labor James Stewart 412 1.12 +1.12
Christian Democrats Ben Veitz 275 0.75 +0.75
Total formal votes 36,667 95.25 −0.78
Informal votes 1,827 4.75 +0.78
Turnout 38,494 94.51 +0.75
Two-candidate preferred result
Labor Jacinta Allan 19,797 53.82 -1.53
Liberal Michael Langdon 16,989 46.18 +1.53
Labor hold Swing -1.53

Elections in the 2000s

Victorian state election, 2006: Bendigo East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jacinta Allan 16,038 46.88 -9.55
Liberal Kevin Gibbins 11,809 34.52 +6.6
Greens John Bardsley 2,464 7.20 +0.54
National John Manning 2,193 6.41 -2.57
Family First Gail Hardy 1,486 4.34 +4.34
People Power Colin James 224 0.65 +0.65
Total formal votes 34,214 96.03 -2.10
Informal votes 1,413 3.97 +2.10
Turnout 35,627 93.76 -1.00
Two-candidate preferred result
Labor Jacinta Allan 19,008 55.35 -7.61
Liberal Kevin Gibbins 15,332 44.65 +7.61
Labor hold Swing -7.61
Victorian state election, 2002: Bendigo East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jacinta Allan 18,639 56.43 +8.03
Liberal Lisa Ruffell 9,223 27.92 -16.24
National Tracee Spiby 2,966 8.98 +8.98
Greens David Petersen 2,201 6.66 +1.81
Total formal votes 33,029 98.13 -0.13
Informal votes 631 1.87 +0.13
Turnout 33,660 94.76 -0.71
Two-candidate preferred result
Labor Jacinta Allan 20,795 62.96 +10.09
Liberal Lisa Ruffell 12,232 37.04 -10.09
Labor hold Swing +10.09

Elections in the 1990s

Victorian state election, 1999: Bendigo East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jacinta Allan 15,478 48.4 +6.6
Liberal Michael John 14,123 44.2 -8.1
Greens Bruce Rivendell 1,552 4.9 +4.9
Reform Alf Thorpe 828 2.6 +2.6
Total formal votes 31,981 98.3 -0.4
Informal votes 567 1.7 +0.4
Turnout 32,548 95.5 +0.8
Two-candidate preferred result
Labor Jacinta Allan 16,977 53.1 +8.1
Liberal Michael John 15,004 46.9 -8.1
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +8.1
Victorian state election, 1996: Bendigo East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Michael John 16,035 52.3 -1.6
Labor Julie Flynn 12,803 41.8 +4..9
Independent Geoff Ferns 1,107 3.6 +3.6
Natural Law Susan Griffith 712 2.3 +2.3
Total formal votes 30,657 98.7 +0.9
Informal votes 406 1.3 -0.9
Turnout 31,063 94.7 -1.6
Two-candidate preferred result
Liberal Michael John 16,842 55.0 -4.1
Labor Julie Flynn 13,771 45.0 +4.1
Liberal hold Swing -4.1
Victorian state election, 1992: Bendigo East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Michael John 15,755 53.9 +13.6
Labor Bill Murray 10,760 36.8 -4.9
Independent Michael Carty 1,651 5.7 +5.7
Independent Gayle Joyberry 1,042 3.6 +3.6
Total formal votes 29,208 97.8 -0.1
Informal votes 649 2.2 +0.1
Turnout 29,857 96.3
Two-candidate preferred result
Liberal Michael John 17,245 59.1 +4.0
Labor Bill Murray 11,959 40.9 -4.0
Liberal hold Swing +4.0

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