Electoral district of Geelong
Geelong is an electoral district of Victoria. It was created in 1856, abolished in 1877, recreated in 1877, reabolished in 1976 and recreated again in 1985. It is in the Western Victoria Region.
| Geelong Victoria—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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| State | Victoria | ||||||||||||||
| Dates current | 1856–1859 1877–1976 1985–present | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Christine Couzens | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Labor | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | Geelong | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 47,575 (2018) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 328 km2 (126.6 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Urban | ||||||||||||||
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Geelong covers the city centre of the city of the same name.
Election results
| 2022 Victorian state election: Geelong[1] | |||||
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| 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 | |
| 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 | |||
References
- Geelong District results, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
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