Electoral district of Buninyong

The electoral district of Buninyong was an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly in Australia. It was created in the redistribution of electoral boundaries in 2013, and came into effect at the 2014 state election.^[1]

Buninyong Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Location of Buninyong (dark green) in Victoria
State	Victoria
Created	2014
Abolished	2022
MP	Michaela Settle
Party	Australian Labor Party
Electors	45,559 (2018)
Area	3,107 km2 (1,199.6 sq mi)
Demographic	Regional city

It largely covered the area of the abolished district of Ballarat East, covering south and southeast suburbs of Ballarat as well as the rural areas to the south and east of the city. It included the suburbs of Eureka, Canadian, Sebastopol, Mount Clear, Buninyong and Golden Point. It also included the rural towns between Linton, Corindhap, Lethbridge, Ballan and Bungaree.^[2]

Buninyong was first contested at the 2014 election, and was won by the incumbent Labor MP for abolished Ballarat East, Geoff Howard.^[3]

The seat was abolished by the Electoral Boundaries Commission ahead of the 2022 election and largely replaced by the electoral district of Eureka.^[4]

Members

Member		Party	Term
	Geoff Howard	Labor	2014–2018
	Michaela Settle	Labor	2018–2022

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Buninyong

2018 Victorian state election: Buninyong^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Michaela Settle	18,965	49.14	+5.59
	Liberal	Andrew Kilmartin	11,921	30.89	−4.07
	Greens	Linda Zibell	3,542	9.18	−1.77
	Animal Justice	Wendy Morrison	1,581	4.10	+4.10
	Independent	Dianne Colbert	1,285	3.33	+3.33
	Independent	Brendan Eckel	467	1.21	+1.21
	Independent	Lindsay Watters	436	1.13	+1.13
	Victorian Socialists	Jane McKendrick	397	1.03	+1.03
Total formal votes			38,594	92.43	−2.76
Informal votes			3,160	7.57	+2.76
Turnout			41,754	91.65	−2.64
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Michaela Settle	24,108	62.24	+5.88
	Liberal	Andrew Kilmartin	14,627	37.76	−5.88
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.88

Two-party-preferred vote results in Ballarat East and Buninyong since 1992