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

Members for Geelong East

First incarnation (1859–1877, 2 members)
Member 1 Term Member 2 Term
James Cowie 1859  – 1860 Alexander Thomson 1859 – 1861
Augustus Greeves 1860[b] – 1861
Butler Cole Aspinall 1861  – 1864 John Richardson 1861 – 1876
George Cunningham 1864  – 1867
Charles Kernot 1868  – 1871
John Masters Garratt 1871  – 1877 Charles Kernot 1876[b] – 1877

Kernot went on to represent the re-created Geelong from 1877.

Second incarnation (1976–1985)
MemberPartyTerm
  Phil Gude Liberal 1976–1979
  Graham Ernst Labor 1979–1985

Election results

Elections in the 1980s

1982 Victorian state election: Geelong East[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Graham Ernst 13,726 53.6 +5.9
Liberal Raymond Carey 9,977 39.0 -5.6
Democrats Robert Mann 1,059 4.1 -0.6
Democratic Labor James Jordan 855 3.3 +0.2
Total formal votes 25,617 97.9 0.0
Informal votes 561 2.1 0.0
Turnout 26,178 94.0 -0.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Graham Ernst 14,421 56.3 +4.6
Liberal Raymond Carey 11,196 43.7 -4.6
Labor hold Swing+4.6

Elections in the 1970s

1979 Victorian state election: Geelong East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Graham Ernst 11,713 47.7 -0.8
Liberal Phil Gude 10,953 44.6 -6.9
Democrats Reginald Swetten 1,153 4.7 +4.7
Democratic Labor Roderick Jordan 752 3.1 +3.1
Total formal votes 24,571 97.9 +0.9
Informal votes 534 2.1 -0.9
Turnout 25,105 94.5 +0.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Graham Ernst 12,702 51.7 +3.2
Liberal Phil Gude 11,869 48.3 -3.2
Labor gain from Liberal Swing+3.2
1976 Victorian state election: Geelong East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Phil Gude 11,637 51.5 +6.6
Labor Dennis O'Brien 10,971 48.5 +3.1
Total formal votes 22,608 97.0
Informal votes 691 3.0
Turnout 23,299 93.8
Liberal hold Swing-1.4

References

  1. ↑ Hughes, Colin A., Don Aitken (1987). Voting for the Australian state lower houses, 1975-1984. Canberra: Dept. of Political Science, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. ISBN 0909779244.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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