Electoral district of Geelong

Coordinates: 38°09′S 144°21′E / 38.150°S 144.350°E / -38.150; 144.350
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For the district of the old unicameral Victorian Legislative Council 1851–1856, see Electoral district of Geelong (Victorian Legislative Council).

Geelong
Labor
NamesakeGeelong
Electors47,575 (2018)
Area328 km2 (126.6 sq mi)
DemographicUrban
Electorates around Geelong:
Eureka Eureka Lara
Eureka Geelong
Port Phillip Bay
South Barwon South Barwon Bellarine

38°09′S 144°21′E / 38.150°S 144.350°E / -38.150; 144.350

The electoral district of Geelong is an electoral district of the

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

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 that 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

Darren Lyons
, a former mayor of Geelong. At the next election, she managed a swing to her on the 2PP and secured the best margin for Labor in this seat in 70 years.

Members for Geelong

First incarnation (1856–1859, 4 members)
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
Member 1 Term Member 2 Term Member 3 Term
Charles Kernot 1877–1880 Robert de Bruce Johnstone 1877–1881 Sir Graham Berry 1877–1886
Charles Andrews Sr. 1880
Charles Kernot 1880–1882 George Cunningham 1881–1886
Joseph Connor 1882–1886
Charles Andrews Sr. 1886–1894 James Munro 1886–1892 John Donaghy 1886–1889
   
John Rout Hopkins 1892–1894    
H. B. Higgins 1894–1900 William Gurr 1894–1902
Charles Andrews Jr. 1900–1904 George Martin 1902–1904
Member Party Term
  William Colechin
Labor
 1904–1907
  William Gurr 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 and Country
 1948–1950
  James Dunn
Labor
 1950–1955
  Sir Thomas Maltby
Liberal and Country
 1955–1961
  Hayden Birrell
Liberal
 1961–1976
Third incarnation (1985–present, 1 member)
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

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Geelong
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Geelong.[edit]
2022 Victorian state election: Geelong[3][4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Christine Couzens 20,754 46.4 +4.5
Liberal James Bennett-Hullin 12,194 27.2 +5.3
Greens Aleisha Smith 6,849 15.3 +6.3
Family First Madeleine Parker-Hill 2,051 4.6 +4.6
Animal Justice Bob Motta 1,465 3.3 +0.2
Ind. Socialist Alliance Angela Carr 994 2.2 +2.2
Independent Stephen Juhasz 455 1.0 +1.0
Total formal votes 44,762 95.9 +0.4
Informal votes 1,918 4.1 −0.4
Turnout 46,680 89.1 −1.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Christine Couzens 28,965 64.7 +4.4
Liberal James Bennett-Hullin 15,797 35.3 −4.4
Labor hold Swing +4.4

Graphical summary