Electoral district of Geelong
Geelong Victoria—Legislative Assembly | |
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![]() Location of Geelong (dark green) in Victoria | |
State | Victoria |
Dates current | 1856–1859, 1877–1976, 1985–present |
MP | Christine Couzens |
Party | Labor |
Electors | 47,575 (2018) |
Area | 45 km2 (17.4 sq mi) |
Demographic | Urban |
Coordinates: 38°09′S 144°21′E / 38.150°S 144.350°E
The electoral district of Geelong is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It centres on inner metropolitan Geelong and following the June 2013 redistribution of electoral boundaries includes the suburbs of Belmont, Breakwater, East Geelong, Geelong, Geelong West, Newtown and South Geelong, Herne Hill, Manifold Heights, Newcomb, Newtown, St Albans Park, Thomson, Whittington and part of Fyansford.[1]
The seat first existed from 1856 to 1859 as a four-member seat. It was split into Geelong East and Geelong West in 1859, but re-created in 1876 as a three-member seat. It was cut back to a two-member seat in 1889, and became a single-member seat in 1904. It was abolished in 1976, but re-created in 1985.
In its current incarnation, it has historically been a marginal seat with demographics similar to the state at large. As such, it was held by the governing party of the day from 1985 to 2010. Incomes vary strongly across the seat.
It was won in 1999 by Ian Trezise for the ALP by 16 votes after recounts. The Victorian Parliament was hung at that election, and the results for the seat of Geelong, which took several days to arrive at, had a significant impact on the events which brought the Bracks government to power. At the 2002 election, the seat's margin grew to 8.1%, however, neither major party considered it safe due to its history as a marginal seat. Trezise narrowly held it for Labor in the 2010 election, becoming the first opposition member for this seat in its current incarnation.
The 2014 Victorian state election saw boundary changes and Christine Couzens retained the seat for the ALP following the retirement of Trezise.[2]
Members for Geelong[]
First incarnation (1856–1859, 4 members) | |||||||
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Member 1 | Term | Member 2 | Term | Member 3 | Term | Member 4 | Term |
Sir Charles Sladen | 1856–1857 | Alexander Fyfe | 1856–1857 | Charles Read | 1856–1858 | John Brooke | 1856–1859 |
Alexander Thomson | 1857–1859 | George Board | 1858–1859 | James Harrison | 1858–1859 |
Split into Geelong East and Geelong West in 1859.
Second incarnation (1877–1976), 3 members initially, two from 1889, 1 from 1904 | |||||
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Member 1 | Term | Member 2 | Term | Member 3 | Term |
1877–1880 | 1877–1881 | Sir Graham Berry | 1877–1886 | ||
1880 | |||||
1880–1882 | 1881–1886 | ||||
1882–1886 | |||||
1886–1894 | James Munro | 1886–1892 | 1886–1889 | ||
John Rout Hopkins | 1892–1894 | ||||
H. B. Higgins | 1894–1900 | 1894–1902 | |||
1900–1904 | 1902–1904 |
Member | Party | Term | |
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Labor | 1904–1907 | ||
Ministerialist | 1907–1908 | ||
William Plain | Labor | 1908–1916 | |
Nationalist | 1916–1917 | ||
Robert Purnell | Nationalist | 1917–1920 | |
William Brownbill | Labor | 1920–1932 | |
Edward Austin | United Australia | 1932–1935 | |
William Brownbill | Labor | 1935–1938 | |
Fanny Brownbill | Labor | 1938–1948 | |
Edward Montgomery | Liberal/Liberal and Country | 1948–1950 | |
James Dunn | Labor | 1950–1955 | |
Sir Thomas Maltby | Liberal and Country | 1955–1961 | |
Hayden Birrell | Liberal and Country/Liberal | 1961–1976 |
Third incarnation (1985–present, 1 member) | |||
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Member | Party | Term | |
Hayden Shell | Labor | 1985–1992 | |
Ann Henderson | Liberal | 1992–1999 | |
Ian Trezise | Labor | 1999–2014 | |
Christine Couzens | Labor | 2014–present |
Election results[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Christine Couzens | 16,680 | 40.37 | −0.66 | |
Independent | Darryn Lyons | 10,194 | 24.67 | +24.67 | |
Liberal | Freya Fidge | 8,327 | 20.15 | −17.68 | |
Greens | Lois Newman | 3,922 | 9.49 | −2.51 | |
Animal Justice | Jacki Jacka | 1,173 | 2.84 | +2.84 | |
Victorian Socialists | Sarah Hathway | 464 | 1.12 | −0.04 | |
Independent | Gottfried Wolf | 300 | 0.73 | +0.73 | |
Independent | Stephen Juhasz | 256 | 0.62 | +0.62 | |
Total formal votes | 41,316 | 95.49 | +0.27 | ||
Informal votes | 1,950 | 4.51 | −0.27 | ||
Turnout | 43,266 | 90.94 | −2.95 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Christine Couzens | 24,847 | 60.14 | +4.11 | |
Liberal | Freya Fidge | 16,469 | 39.86 | −4.11 | |
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Christine Couzens | 23,250 | 56.23 | +0.20 | |
Independent | Darryn Lyons | 18,098 | 43.77 | +43.77 | |
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
Historical maps[]
Map of the district of Geelong in 1856
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Final Electoral Boundaries" (PDF). Electoral Boundaries Commission. Electoral Boundaries Commission. 2014. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ^ "Geelong results". Victoria Election 2014. ABC. 2014. Archived from the original on 3 December 2014. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ^ State Election 2018: Geelong District, VEC.
External links[]
- Electoral districts of Victoria (Australia)
- Geelong
- 1856 establishments in Australia
- 1859 disestablishments in Australia
- 1877 establishments in Australia
- 1976 disestablishments in Australia
- 1985 establishments in Australia
- Victoria (Australia) government stubs