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Ballarat East was one of the earliest districts of the
Legislative Assembly, having been created for the second Assembly election in 1859. It was initially a two-member seat, and as with the rest of the Assembly, was largely non-partisan until 1889, when it became a one-member electorate and began to
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Ballarat East was abolished in 2014 after a redistribution of
Victoria's electoral boundaries, with much of its territory going to the new district of
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120:. Prior to its abolition, it was a 3,323 km² part-urban and part-rural electorate covering areas to the east of the regional centre of
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887:"An Act to alter the Electoral Districts of Victoria and to increase the number of Members of the Legislative Assembly thereof"
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208:. The electorate had a population of 54,127 as of the 2006 census, with 40,578 enrolled electors at the 2010 state election.
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in 1924, one term before being abolished in 1927. It was recreated as a marginal seat in 1992, when it was won by
Liberal
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be held by more partisan figures. It was held by successive early liberal parties until they merged into the
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District map from the
Victorian Electoral Commission (PDF)
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District profile from the
Victorian Electoral Commission
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Former state electoral district of
Victoria, Australia
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Electoral results for the district of
Ballarat East
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1689:Polwarth, Ripon, Hampden and South Grenville
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87:3,323 km (1,283.0 sq mi)
958:Former electoral districts of Victoria
124:. It included the Ballarat suburbs of
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561:McAdam went on to represent the new
2000:2014 disestablishments in Australia
1990:1927 disestablishments in Australia
216:in the late 1910s, but fell to the
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1499:Kilmore, Dalhousie and Lancefield
228:when the party won office at the
1995:1992 establishments in Australia
1985:1859 establishments in Australia
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224:, but was regained for Labor by
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232:. Howard was re-elected at the
563:Electoral district of Ballarat
262:First incarnation (1859–1927)
214:Nationalist Party of Australia
1:
639:2010 Victorian state election
1684:Polwarth and South Grenville
116:in the Australian state of
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1559:Maryborough and Daylesford
1464:Jolimont and West Richmond
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48:Location in Victoria, 1859
1884:Wangaratta and Rutherglen
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1904:Warrenheip and Grenville
1864:Villiers and Heytesbury
1299:Essendon and Flemington
1134:Castlemaine and Kyneton
1699:Port Fairy and Glenelg
1564:Maryborough and Talbot
1139:Castlemaine and Maldon
1054:Benalla and Yarrawonga
920:27 August 2010 at the
505:One Member (1889–1927)
1659:Numurkah and Nathalia
1304:Evelyn and Mornington
1199:Dandenong and Berwick
21:Australian electorate
1879:Wangaratta and Ovens
1774:Shepparton and Euroa
1519:Korong and Eaglehawk
1494:Kilmore and Anglesey
1474:Kara Kara and Borung
1274:East Bourke Boroughs
1229:Donald and Swan Hill
1164:Clunes and Allandale
1144:Castlemaine Boroughs
114:Legislative Assembly
69:1859–1927, 1992–2014
35:Legislative Assembly
1099:Bulla and Dalhousie
796:Two-party-preferred
751:Total formal votes
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1814:Stawell and Ararat
1254:Dundas and Follett
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397:Townsend McDermott
110:electoral district
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1569:Melbourne South
1414:Goulburn Valley
1374:Gippsland North
1339:Frankston South
1334:Frankston North
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1204:Dandenong North
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102:Ballarat East
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79:40,578 (2010)
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66:Dates current
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27:Ballarat East
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19:
1779:South Bourke
1599:Moonee Ponds
1354:Geelong West
1344:Geelong East
1294:Emerald Hill
1159:Clifton Hill
1064:Bennettswood
1013:
894:. Retrieved
881:
857:
852:
811:Geoff Howard
733:Family First
694:Geoff Howard
611:Geoff Howard
521:Comm Liberal
504:
496:Comm Liberal
381:Robert Walsh
335:Charles Dyte
246:
226:Geoff Howard
210:
134:Golden Point
105:
101:
100:
18:
1924:Westernport
1914:West Bourke
1909:Warrnambool
1859:Upper Yarra
1849:Tullamarine
1794:South Yarra
1784:South Grant
1644:North Grant
1609:Mooroolbark
1554:Maryborough
1484:Keysborough
1324:Forest Hill
1289:Elsternwick
1269:East Bourke
1179:Collingwood
1129:Castlemaine
833:Ben Taylor
672:Ben Taylor
534:Nationalist
305:John Cathie
218:Labor Party
154:Mount Helen
150:Mount Clear
130:Bakery Hill
92:Demographic
1969:Categories
1949:Yarraville
1939:Windermere
1929:Whittlesea
1899:Warrenheip
1874:Wangaratta
1799:Springvale
1694:Port Fairy
1664:Nunawading
1634:Noble Park
1619:The Murray
1449:Heidelberg
1444:Heatherton
1399:Glenhuntly
1319:Flemington
1209:Daylesford
1114:Camberwell
1074:Boroondara
999:Ascot Vale
969:Abbotsford
896:4 February
873:References
649:Candidate
631:See also:
620:1999–2014
602:1992–1999
565:from 1927.
553:1924–1927
525:1894–1924
500:1889–1894
482:1883–1889
479:Unaligned
468:1886–1889
465:Unaligned
452:1880–1883
449:Unaligned
433:Unaligned
420:1877–1880
417:Unaligned
404:1874–1877
401:Unaligned
388:1871–1874
385:Unaligned
374:1871–1886
371:Unaligned
367:John James
358:1868–1871
355:Unaligned
342:1864–1871
339:Unaligned
328:1864–1867
325:Unaligned
312:1859–1864
309:Unaligned
298:1859–1864
295:Unaligned
178:Daylesford
158:Warrenheip
1944:Wonthaggi
1824:Swan Hill
1759:Sandridge
1749:Sandhurst
1739:Ripponlea
1729:Reservoir
1604:Moorabbin
1549:Mandurang
1539:Lyndhurst
1469:Kara Kara
1459:Jika Jika
1429:Grenville
1389:Glen Iris
1364:Gippsland
1264:Eaglehawk
1234:Doncaster
1214:Deer Park
1194:Dalhousie
1189:Crowlands
1104:Buninyong
979:Allandale
491:John Dunn
249:Buninyong
206:Steiglitz
198:Malmsbury
182:Dunnstown
166:Buninyong
108:) was an
1975:Ballarat
1889:Wantirna
1869:Walhalla
1819:Sunshine
1804:St Kilda
1764:Scoresby
1709:Portland
1639:Normanby
1584:Midlands
1434:Gunbower
1409:Goulburn
1384:Gisborne
1359:Gembrook
1224:Derrimut
1219:Delatite
1184:Creswick
1009:Ballarat
989:Anglesey
974:Alberton
918:Archived
276:Member 2
267:Member 1
202:Meredith
174:Creswick
170:Bungaree
142:Canadian
122:Ballarat
118:Victoria
75:Electors
60:Victoria
31:Victoria
1934:Wimmera
1894:Waranga
1809:Stawell
1769:Seymour
1724:Rainbow
1589:Mitcham
1574:Mentone
1524:Kyneton
1504:Kilsyth
1489:Kilmore
1454:Horsham
1439:Hampden
1404:Glenroy
1394:Glenelg
1314:Fitzroy
1259:Dunolly
1244:Dromana
1239:Doveton
1154:Clayton
1119:Carlton
1109:Burwood
1059:Bendigo
1049:Benalla
1044:Belfast
836:17,604
829:Liberal
815:18,702
798:result
784:37,942
780:Turnout
754:36,306
698:14,076
675:15,758
668:Liberal
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194:Lal Lal
190:Kyneton
112:of the
1954:Yuroke
1844:Toorak
1834:Talbot
1829:Syndal
1744:Rodney
1669:Ormond
1579:Mernda
1544:Maldon
1534:Loddon
1514:Korong
1479:Keilor
1249:Dundas
1169:Coburg
1079:Borung
1069:Bogong
1039:Barwon
1034:Balwyn
994:Ararat
984:Altona
842:+5.13
839:48.49
821:-5.13
818:51.51
790:+1.58
787:93.50
774:+0.47
768:1,636
760:−0.47
757:95.69
746:-2.03
740:1,109
725:+3.01
722:14.77
719:5,363
712:Greens
704:-4.18
701:38.77
681:+9.80
678:43.40
652:Votes
646:Party
578:Member
162:Ballan
138:Eureka
1679:Ovens
1674:Ouyen
1594:Moira
1419:Grant
1174:Colac
1094:Bulla
1004:Avoca
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859:Swing
850:Labor
806:Labor
771:4.31
743:3.05
689:Labor
616:Labor
584:Term
581:Party
549:Labor
436:1880
282:Term
279:Party
270:Party
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1509:Knox
898:2014
853:hold
273:Term
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