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

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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

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Elections in the 2010s

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2010 Victorian state election: 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

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2006 Victorian state election: 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
2002 Victorian state election: Ballarat East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Geoff Howard 16,268 48.82 −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
Citizens Electoral Council 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

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1999 Victorian state election: 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
1996 Victorian state election: 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
1992 Victorian state election: 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

Elections in the 1920s

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1924 Victorian state election: Ballarat East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Robert McGregor 3,533 48.9 −10.3
Labor William McAdam 3,403 47.1 +6.3
Independent Labor Alfred Elliott 290 4.0 +4.0
Total formal votes 7,226 98.7 −0.5
Informal votes 97 1.3 +0.5
Turnout 7,323 75.1 +3.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor William McAdam 3,613 50.0 +9.2
Nationalist Robert McGregor 3,609 50.0 −9.2
Labor gain from Nationalist Swing +9.2
1921 Victorian state election: Ballarat East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Robert McGregor 4,055 59.2 +5.1
Labor John Kean 2,797 40.8 −5.1
Total formal votes 6,852 99.2 +1.7
Informal votes 53 0.8 −1.7
Turnout 6,905 71.2 −3.5
Nationalist hold Swing +5.1
1920 Victorian state election: Ballarat East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Robert McGregor 3,952 54.1 −1.2
Labor Walter Dalton 3,357 45.9 +1.2
Total formal votes 7,309 97.5 +0.5
Informal votes 189 2.5 −0.5
Turnout 7,498 74.7 +4.1
Nationalist hold Swing −1.2

Elections in the 1910s

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1917 Victorian state election: Ballarat East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Robert McGregor 3,788 55.3 +1.7
Labor Andrew McKissock 3,064 44.7 −1.7
Total formal votes 6,852 97.0 −1.5
Informal votes 211 3.0 +1.5
Turnout 7,063 70.6 +0.4
Nationalist hold Swing +1.7
1914 Victorian state election: Ballarat East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Robert McGregor 4,079 53.6 −6.5
Labor James Harrison 3,524 46.4 +10.0
Total formal votes 7,603 98.5 +0.3
Informal votes 113 1.5 −0.3
Turnout 7,716 70.2 −1.6
Liberal hold Swing −8.3
1911 Victorian state election: Ballarat East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Robert McGregor 4,377 60.1 +7.6
Labor David Russell 2,651 36.4 −11.1
Independent James McNeil 259 3.6 +3.6
Total formal votes 7,287 98.2 −1.3
Informal votes 133 1.8 +1.3
Turnout 7,420 71.8 +12.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Robert McGregor 61.9 +9.4
Labor David Russell 38.1 −9.4
Liberal hold Swing +9.4
  • Two party preferred vote was estimated.

References

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  • "Ballarat East District results". Victorian Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 27 November 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
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