Electoral district of Gippsland East

"Gippsland East" redirects here; not to be confused with East Gippsland.

The electoral district of Gippsland East is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It covers most of eastern Victoria and includes the towns of Bairnsdale, Lakes Entrance, Orbost, Omeo, Maffra and Heyfield. Gippsland East is the state's third largest electorate in area and covers 27,544 square kilometres.^[1]

Gippsland East Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Location of Gippsland East (dark green) in Victoria
State	Victoria
Created	1889
MP	Tim Bull
Party	National Party
Namesake	East Gippsland
Electors	46,335 (2018)
Area	27,544 km2 (10,634.8 sq mi)
Demographic	Rural
Electorates around Gippsland East: Ovens Valley Benambra New South Wales Eildon Narracan Gippsland East Tasman Sea Gippsland South Tasman Sea Tasman Sea

The Country Party (now the National Party) held the seat without interruption from 1920 to 1999. However at the 1999 election independent candidate Craig Ingram unexpectedly won the seat after receiving preferences from the independent, One Nation and Labor candidates.^[2]

Ingram's victory affected state politics—Ingram and fellow Independents Susan Davies and Russell Savage contributed to the end of the Kennett era by agreeing to back Labor to form government after the 1999 election.^[1] Ingram was also returned in the 2002 and 2006 elections. He was defeated in 2010 by National candidate Tim Bull.

Members for Gippsland East

Member		Party	Term
	Henry Foster	Unaligned	1889–1902
	James Cameron	Ministerialist	1902–1920
		Commonwealth Liberal
		Nationalist
	Sir Albert Lind	Farmers Union	1920–1961
		Country
	Bruce Evans	Country	1961–1975
		National Country	1975–1982
		National	1982–1992
	David Treasure	National	1992–1999
	Craig Ingram	Independent	1999–2010
	Tim Bull	National	2010–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Gippsland East

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

2022 Victorian state election: Gippsland East^[3][4][5][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Tim Bull	26,737	63.3	+6.6
	Labor	Stephen Richardson	7,191	17.0	−4.7
	Greens	Nissa Ling	2,691	6.4	+0.2
	Shooters, Fishers, Farmers	Ricky Muir	2,460	5.8	+5.8
	Freedom	Ed Barnes	1,340	3.2	+3.2
	Family First	Carl John Fechner	1,068	2.5	+2.5
	Animal Justice	Sally Court	725	1.7	+1.7
Total formal votes			42,209	95.5	+1.2
Informal votes			1,995	4.5	−1.2
Turnout			44,204	89.0	+1.3
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Tim Bull	31,475	74.6	+7.0
	Labor	Stephen Richardson	10,734	25.4	−7.0
	National hold		Swing	+7.0

List of towns in Gippsland East

Bairnsdale, Boisdale, Briagolong, Bruthen, Buchan, Cann River, Dargo, Ensay, Heyfield, Lakes Entrance, Lindenow, Maffra, Mallacoota, Metung, Newry, Omeo, Orbost, Paynesville, Raymond Island, Stratford, Swan Reach, Swifts Creek and Wy Yung.^[2]