Electoral district of Bendigo East

Bendigo East Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Location of Bendigo East (dark green) in Victoria
State	Victoria
Dates current	1904–1927, 1985–present
MP	Jacinta Allan
Party	Australian Labor Party
Electors	43,982 (2014)
Area	2,711 km^2 (1,046.7 sq mi)
Demographic	Urbanised Rural

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 Bendigo East, Epsom, Huntly, Spring Gully, Strathfieldsaye and White Hills, and the surrounding towns of Axedale, Bridgewater, Flora Hill, Huntly, Kennington, Mandurang, Marong, Quarry Hill, Raywood, and Strathdale. 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]

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 and 2014 elections.

Members for Bendigo East

First incarnation (1904–1927)
Member		Party	Term
	Alfred Bailes	Unaligned	1904–1907
	Thomas Glass	Labour	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

Victorian state election, 2014: Bendigo East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jacinta Allan	18,651	46.3	+3.1
	Liberal	Greg Bickley	16,492	40.9	+6.9
	Greens	Jennifer Alden	2,935	7.3	+1.0
	Family First	Glenis Bradshaw	963	2.4	+1.1
	Country Alliance	Cameron Dowling	714	1.8	−1.7
	Rise Up Australia	Lynette Bell	550	1.4	+1.4
Total formal votes			40,305	96.5	+1.2
Informal votes			1,456	3.5	−1.2
Turnout			41,761	95.0	+2.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jacinta Allan	22,187	55.0	+1.9
	Liberal	Greg Bickley	18,118	45.0	−1.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.9

References

1. "Bendigo East District profile". Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 6 December 2014.

External links

• Electorate profile: Bendigo East District, Victorian Electoral Commission

Coordinates: 36°45′S 144°20′E / 36.750°S 144.333°E