Electoral district of Bendigo East

For the suburb, see East Bendigo.

Bendigo East is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria. It covers an area of 2,711 square kilometres (1,047 sq mi) covering the part of the city of Bendigo east of the Yungera railway line and surrounding rural areas to the north, east and south. It includes the Bendigo suburbs of East Bendigo, Epsom, Flora Hill, Junortoun, Kennington, Quarry Hill, Spring Gully, Strathdale, Strathfieldsaye and White Hills, and the surrounding towns of Axedale, Goornong, Huntly, Mandurang, Raywood and Sedgwick. It also includes parts of the localities of Eaglehawk, Elmore, Golden Square and Ravenswood, and the Bendigo campus of La Trobe University. It lies within the Northern Victoria Region of the upper house, the Legislative Council.^[1]

Bendigo East Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Location of Bendigo East (dark green) in Victoria
State	Victoria
Dates current	1904–1927 1985–present
MP	Jacinta Allan
Party	Labor Party
Namesake	East Bendigo
Electors	53,134 (2022)
Area	2,711 km2 (1,046.7 sq mi)
Demographic	Provincial and rural
Electorates around Bendigo East: Murray Plains Murray Plains Murray Plains Ripon Bendigo East Euroa Bendigo West Macedon Euroa

The electorate was first created in 1904 in what was then a relatively strong Labor area. It continuously returned Labor candidates from 1907 until its abolition in 1927, when it was merged with Bendigo West to create a single Bendigo electorate. It was recreated in 1985 as a marginal seat and was won by Liberal candidate Michael John, who went on to serve as a minister in the Kennett government. He was narrowly defeated by Labor candidate Jacinta Allan at the 1999 general election. Allan was re-elected at the 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018 and 2022 elections, and has served as Premier from 2023.

Members for Bendigo East

First incarnation (1904–1927)
Member		Party	Term
	Alfred Shrapnell Bailes[2][3][4][5]	Unaligned	1904–1907
	Thomas Glass	Labour	1907–1911
	Alfred Hampson	Labor	1911–1915
	Luke Clough	Labor	1915–1927
Second incarnation (1985–present)
Member		Party	Term
	Michael John	Liberal	1985–1999
	Jacinta Allan	Labor	1999–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Bendigo East

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Bendigo East.[edit]

2022 Victorian state election: Bendigo East^[6][7][8][9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jacinta Allan	22,010	48.3	−2.0
	Liberal	Darin Schade	12,478	27.4	+6.5
	Greens	Michael Tolhurst	3,944	8.7	+0.7
	One Nation	Ben Mihail	2,597	5.7	+5.7
	Ind. (Australia One)	James Laurie	1,603	3.5	+3.5
	Animal Justice	Vyonne McLelland-Howe	1,574	3.5	+3.5
	Family First	Evelyn Keetelaar	1,362	3.0	+3.0
Total formal votes			45,568	95.4	−0.2
Informal votes			2,184	4.6	+0.2
Turnout			47,752	89.9	−2.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jacinta Allan	27,727	60.8	−1.3
	Liberal	Darin Schade	17,841	39.2	+1.3
	Labor hold		Swing	−1.3

Two-party-preferred vote results in Bendigo East (second incarnation)