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Electoral district of Buninyong

Coordinates: 37°43′S 144°00′E / 37.72°S 144°E / -37.72; 144
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Buninyong
VictoriaLegislative Assembly
Location of Buninyong (dark green) in Victoria
StateVictoria
Created2014
Abolished2022
MPMichaela Settle
PartyAustralian Labor Party
Electors45,559 (2018)
Area3,107 km2 (1,199.6 sq mi)
DemographicRegional city

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]

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

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

Election results

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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

References

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  1. ^ "Summary of Changes". Victorian Electoral Boundary Commission. Archived from the original on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
  2. ^ "Map of Buninyong District". Victorian Electoral Boundaries Commission.
  3. ^ "Buninyong - Victorian Election 2014". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  4. ^ Green, Antony. "New Victorian State Electoral Boundaries Finalised – Antony Green's Election Blog". Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  5. ^ State Election 2018: Buninyong District, VEC.
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37°43′S 144°00′E / 37.72°S 144°E / -37.72; 144