Electoral results for the district of Ballarat East

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

Members for Ballarat East

First incarnation (1859–1889)
Member		Party	Term
	John Humffray	Unaligned	1859–1864
	John Cathie	Unaligned	1859–1864
	Charles Jones	Unaligned	1864–1867
	Charles Dyte	Unaligned	1864–1871
	John Humffray	Unaligned	1868–1871
	John James	Unaligned	1871–1886
	Robert Walsh	Unaligned	1871–1874
	Townsend McDermott	Unaligned	1874–1877
	Daniel Brophy	Unaligned	1877–1880
	James Russell	Unaligned	1880
	Daniel Brophy	Unaligned	1880–1883
	James Russell	Unaligned	1883–1889
	Edward Murphy	Unaligned	1886–1889
Second incarnation (1889–1927)
Member		Party	Term
	John Dunn	Comm Liberal	1889–1894
	Robert McGregor	Comm Liberal	1894–1924
		Nationalist
	William McAdam	Labor	1924–1927
Third incarnation (1992–present)
Member		Party	Term
	Barry Traynor	Liberal	1992–1999
	Geoff Howard	Labor	1999–2014

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

Victorian state election, 2010: Ballarat East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ben Taylor	15,758	43.40	+9.80
	Labor	Geoff Howard	14,076	38.77	-4.18
	Greens	Linda Zibell	5,363	14.77	+3.01
	Family First	Gary Greville	1,109	3.05	-2.03
Total formal votes			36,306	95.69	-0.47
Informal votes			1,636	4.31	+0.47
Turnout			37,942	93.50	+1.58
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Geoff Howard	18,702	51.51	-5.13
	Liberal	Ben Taylor	17,604	48.49	+5.13
	Labor hold		Swing	-5.13

Elections in the 2000s

Victorian state election, 2006: Ballarat East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Geoff Howard	14,292	42.95	-5.87
	Liberal	Geoff Hayes	11,183	33.60	-2.44
	Greens	Michele Harvie	3,915	11.76	-1.36
	Independent	Dianne Hadden	2,199	6.61	+6.61
	Family First	Grace Bailey	1,690	5.08	+5.08
Total formal votes			33,279	96.16	-0.82
Informal votes			1,328	3.84	+0.82
Turnout			34,607	91.92	-2.27
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Geoff Howard	18,850	56.64	-0.97
	Liberal	Geoff Hayes	14,429	43.36	+0.97
	Labor hold		Swing	-0.97

Victorian state election, 2002: Ballarat East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Geoff Howard	16,268	48.62	-5.07
	Liberal	Gerard FitzGerald	12,010	36.04	-10.27
	Greens	Scott Kinnear	4,373	13.12	+13.12
	Independent	Suresh Pathy	402	1.21	+1.21
	CEC	Valiant Halborg	271	0.81	+0.81
Total formal votes			33,324	96.98	-0.72
Informal votes			1,037	3.02	+0.72
Turnout			34,361	94.19
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Geoff Howard	19,300	57.80	+4.11
	Liberal	Gerard FitzGerald	14,092	42.20	-4.11
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.11

Elections in the 1990s

Victorian state election, 1999: Ballarat East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Geoff Howard	16,100	53.7	+3.7
	Liberal	Barry Traynor	13,886	46.3	-3.7
Total formal votes			29,986	97.7	-0.7
Informal votes			706	2.3	+0.7
Turnout			30,692	94.4
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+3.7

Victorian state election, 1996: Ballarat East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Barry Traynor	14,232	48.3	-1.9
	Labor	Frank Sheehan	14,110	47.9	+2.4
	Independent	Ralph Manno	481	1.6	+1.6
	Call to Australia	Ray Suttie	415	1.4	+1.4
	Natural Law	Alan McDonald	241	0.8	+0.8
Total formal votes			29,479	98.4	+0.9
Informal votes			473	1.6	-0.9
Turnout			29,952	94.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Barry Traynor	14,736	50.1	-1.6
	Labor	Frank Sheehan	14,709	49.9	+1.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	-1.6

Victorian state election, 1992: Ballarat East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Barry Traynor	14,133	50.1	+5.9
	Labor	Frank Sheehan	12,818	45.5	-0.5
	Independent	Petra Krjutschkow	1,242	4.4	+4.4
Total formal votes			28,193	97.5	+0.0
Informal votes			716	2.5	-0.0
Turnout			28,909	95.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Barry Traynor	14,529	51.6	+1.1
	Labor	Frank Sheehan	13,654	48.4	-1.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.1

References

• "Ballarat East District results". Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2011.