BUNINYONG                      40,891 enrolled, 38,555 (94.3%) voted
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2010 two-candidate majority: ALP over Liberal 01.5 (Ballarat East)
Effect of redistribution: 00.1 shift to ALP
New notional majority: ALP over Liberal 01.6
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Candidate                 Party               Votes   %      Change
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Sonia Smith               Nationals            2,301  06.3
Ben Taylor                Liberal             12,829  35.0   -07.5
Keith Geyer                                      950  02.6
James Keyes                                      622  01.7
Tony Goodfellow           Greens               4,017  10.9   -00.4
Geoff Howard *            Labor               15,984  43.6   +02.7
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1,852 (04.8%) informal                        36,703
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1. This seat largely corresponds to the abolished seat of Ballarat 
East.
2. Howard was MLA for Ballarat East 1999-2014.
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Two-candidate result
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Ben Taylor                Liberal             16,006  43.6   -04.8
Geoff HOWARD *            Labor               20,697  56.4   +04.8
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Total                                         36,703  06.4
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Geoffrey Kemp Howard (born 1955): Elected 1999, 2002, 2006, 2010, 
2014
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Howard is retiring at the 2018 election.