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Victorian state election, 2018
Bendigo East District
Northern Victoria: Eaglehawk, Epsom, Mandurang, Spring Gully, Strathefieldsaye
Federal seats: Parts of Bendigo and
Mallee
Legislative Council: Northern Victoria Region
Local government areas: Parts of Greater Bendigo and Loddon
Enrolment 2014 election: 43,982
Enrolment 2018 election: 48,899 (up 11.2%)
Sitting member:
Hon Jacinta Allan (Labor): Elected 1999, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014
2010 Labor majority over Liberal: 3.8
2014 Labor majority over Liberal: 5.0
Status: Marginal Labor
2014 results
Candidates
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Hon Jacinta Allan
Australian Labor Party |
Gaelle Broad
The Nationals |
Ian Ellis
Liberal Party |
Nakita Thomson
Australian Greens |
Ian Ellis (Liberal Party)
Helen Leach (Democratic Labour Party)
Hon Jacinta Allan (Australian Labor Party)
Nakita Thomson (Australian Greens)
Gaelle Broad (The Nationals
Bendigo East District
Bendigo East was created in 1985, when the old seats of Bendigo and Midlands were abolished snd new seats of Bendigo East and
West were created. Bendigo East takes in the eastern parts of the city of Bendigo, the satellite towns of Eaglehawk and Strathfieldsaye,
and some rural areas. Bendigo is a regional administrative and economic hub and a major tourism centre, increasingly colonised by
exurbanites from Melbourne. These trends have made the area increasingly solid for Labor. The Liberals have not won a Bendigo seat,
state or federal, since 1996.
The first member for Bendigo East was Michael John, a minister in the Kennett government. He was defeated in Labor's 1999
sweep of the Victorian regional seats, and Labor has held the seat without much difficulty ever since.
Jacinta Allen, Labor MLA for Bendigo East since 1999, was an electorate officer for federal Labor MPs before entering
politics. She was a minister in the Bracks government from 2002, and from 2007 to 2010 she was Minister for Regional and Rural
Development, and in 2010 also Minister for Industry and Trade. After four years as a shadow minister she became Minister for
Employment in 2014. She has been Minister for Public Transport and Minister for Major Projects since May 2016.
The Liberal canadidate in 2018 will be Ian Ellis, a former police officer and local councillor. The Nationals candidate is Gaelle
Broad, whose occupation is not stated. (She is related by marriage to federal MP Andrew Broad.) The Greens candidate is Nakita
Thomson, a psychologist.
Boundaries following 2014 redistricting:
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