Geelong East was an
electoral district of the
Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of
Victoria
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from 1859 to 1985. It was located south of the city of
Geelong, defined in the Victorian Electoral Act, 1858 as:
Geelong East (along with
Electoral district of Geelong West
Geelong West was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly
in the Australian state of Victoria from 1859 to 1985. It was located west of the city of Geelong, defined in the Victorian Electoral Act, 1858 as:
Geelong West (along with E ...
) was created when the four-member
Electoral district of Geelong
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, Bre ...
was abolished in 1859. Geelong West and Geelong East were abolished in 1877, replaced by a re-created 3-member district of Geelong.
[
After the ]Electoral district of Bellarine
The electoral district of Bellarine is one of the electoral districts of Victoria, Australia, for the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It covers an area of stretching from the Bellarine Peninsula to the outer eastern suburbs of Geelong. It inclu ...
was abolished in 1976, Geelong East was re-created. In 1985, population increases caused another redrawing of electoral boundaries; Geelong East was abolished and Bellarine re-created that year. Graham Ernst, last member for Geelong East, represented Bellarine 1985–1992.
Members
Kernot went on to represent the re-created Geelong from 1877.[
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Election results
References
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Former electoral districts of Victoria (Australia)
1859 establishments in Australia
1976 establishments in Australia
1877 disestablishments in Australia
1985 disestablishments in Australia