Electoral results for the district of Geelong

This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Geelong in Victorian state elections.

Members for Geelong

First incarnation (1856–1859, 4 members)
Member Term Member Term Member Term Member Term
Sir Charles Sladen 1856–1857 Alexander Fyfe 1856–1857 Charles Read 1856–1858 John Brooke 1856–1859
Alexander Thomson 1857–1859 George Board 1858–1859 James Harrison 1858–1859
Second incarnation (1877–1889, 3 members)
Member Term Member Term Member Term
Charles Kernot 1877–1880 Robert de Bruce Johnstone 1877–1881 Sir Graham Berry 1877–1886
Charles Andrews Sr. 1880
Charles Kernot 1880–1882 George Cunningham 1881–1886
Joseph Connor 1882–1886
John Donaghy 1886–1889 James Munro 1886–1889 Charles Andrews Sr. 1886–1889
Third incarnation (1889–1904, 2 members)
Member Party Term
James Munro 1889–1892 Charles Andrews Sr. 1889–1894
John Rout Hopkins 1892–1894
H. B. Higgins 1894–1900 William Gurr 1894–1902
Charles Andrews Jr. 1900–1904 George Martin 1902–1904
Fourth incarnation (1904–1976, 1 member)
Member Party Term
  William Colechin Labor 1904–1907
  William Gurr Ministerialist 1907–1908
  William Plain Labor 1908–1916
  Nationalist 1916–1917
  Robert Purnell Nationalist 1917–1920
  William Brownbill Labor 1920–1932
  Edward Austin United Australia 1932–1935
  William Brownbill Labor 1935–1938
  Fanny Brownbill Labor 1938–1948
  Edward Montgomery Liberal 1948–1950
  James Dunn Labor 1950–1955
  Sir Thomas Maltby Liberal 1955–1961
  Hayden Birrell Liberal 1961–1976
Fifth incarnation (1985–present, 1 member)
Member Party Term
  Hayden Shell Labor 1985–1992
  Ann Henderson Liberal 1992–1999
  Ian Trezise Labor 1999–2014
  Christine Couzens Labor 2014–present

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Geelong.[edit]
2022 Victorian state election: Geelong[1][2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Christine Couzens 20,754 46.4 +4.5
Liberal James Bennett-Hullin 12,194 27.2 +5.3
Greens Aleisha Smith 6,849 15.3 +6.3
Family First Madeleine Parker-Hill 2,051 4.6 +4.6
Animal Justice Bob Motta 1,465 3.3 +0.2
Ind. (Socialist Alliance) Angela Carr 994 2.2 +2.2
Independent Stephen Juhasz 455 1.0 +1.0
Total formal votes 44,762 95.9 +0.4
Informal votes 1,918 4.1 −0.4
Turnout 46,680 89.1 −1.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Christine Couzens 28,965 64.7 +4.4
Liberal James Bennett-Hullin 15,797 35.3 −4.4
Labor hold Swing +4.4

Elections in the 2010s

2018 Victorian state election: Geelong[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Christine Couzens 16,680 40.37 −0.66
Independent Darryn Lyons 10,194 24.67 +24.67
Liberal Freya Fidge 8,327 20.15 −17.68
Greens Lois Newman 3,922 9.49 −2.51
Animal Justice Jacki Jacka 1,173 2.84 +2.84
Victorian Socialists Sarah Hathway 464 1.12 −0.04
Independent Gottfried Wolf 300 0.73 +0.73
Independent Stephen Juhasz 256 0.62 +0.62
Total formal votes 41,316 95.49 +0.27
Informal votes 1,950 4.51 −0.27
Turnout 43,266 90.94 −2.95
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Christine Couzens 24,847 60.14 +4.11
Liberal Freya Fidge 16,469 39.86 −4.11
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Christine Couzens 23,250 56.23 +0.20
Independent Darryn Lyons 18,098 43.77 +43.77
Labor hold Swing N/A
2014 Victorian state election: Geelong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Christine Couzens 16,516 41.0 −1.3
Liberal Paula Kontelj 15,232 37.8 −2.3
Greens Bruce Lindsay 4,833 12.0 +1.2
Shooters and Fishers Pedro Pegan 1,021 2.5 +2.5
Family First Ruth Clark 962 2.4 +0.3
Independent Douglas Mann 659 1.6 +1.6
Country Alliance Tony Leen 564 1.4 +0.0
Socialist Alliance Sarah Hathway 468 1.2 +0.9
Total formal votes 40,255 95.2 −0.2
Informal votes 2,020 4.8 +0.2
Turnout 42,275 93.9 −3.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Christine Couzens 22,556 56.0 +2.1
Liberal Paula Kontelj 17,699 44.0 −2.1
Labor hold Swing +2.1
2010 Victorian state election: Geelong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Alastair Thomson 15,472 43.01 +7.66
Labor Ian Trezise 14,809 41.17 −7.82
Greens Bruce Lindsay 4,131 11.48 +2.38
Family First Len Lengyel 688 1.91 −2.92
Independent Samantha Schultz 444 1.23 +1.23
Country Alliance Matthew Schmidt 430 1.20 +1.20
Total formal votes 35,974 95.93 −0.37
Informal votes 1,528 4.07 +0.37
Turnout 37,502 93.61 +1.56
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ian Trezise 18,702 51.98 −6.35
Liberal Alastair Thomson 17,275 48.02 +6.35
Labor hold Swing −6.35

Elections in the 2000s

2006 Victorian state election: Geelong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ian Trezise 17,069 48.99 −1.61
Liberal Scott Dixon 12,317 35.35 −2.62
Greens Bruce Lindsay 3,169 9.10 +1.75
Family First Gary Plumridge 1,684 4.83 +4.83
People Power Elsie Teer 603 1.73 +1.73
Total formal votes 34,842 96.30 −0.53
Informal votes 1,339 3.70 +0.53
Turnout 36,181 92.05 −1.73
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ian Trezise 20,213 58.33 +0.23
Liberal Scott Dixon 14,441 41.67 −0.23
Labor hold Swing +0.23
2002 Victorian state election: Geelong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ian Trezise 17,680 50.6 +5.3
Liberal Stretch Kontelj 13,266 38.0 −10.5
Greens Elsie Teer 2,568 7.3 +7.3
Independent Miles Hodge 967 2.8 +2.8
Independent Andrea Battistella 233 0.7 +0.7
Independent Richard Nixon 228 0.7 +0.7
Total formal votes 34,942 96.8 −0.5
Informal votes 1,145 3.2 +0.5
Turnout 36,087 93.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ian Trezise 20,300 58.1 +8.5
Liberal Stretch Kontelj 14,638 41.9 −8.5
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +8.5

Elections in the 1990s

1999 Victorian state election: Geelong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ann Henderson 14,719 47.5 −5.1
Labor Ian Trezise 14,001 45.2 +0.1
Independent Rosemary Faris 1,292 4.2 +4.2
Independent Luke Grose 641 2.1 +2.1
Independent John O'Dea 331 1.1 +1.1
Total formal votes 30,984 97.5 −0.3
Informal votes 802 2.5 +0.3
Turnout 31,786 94.0 −0.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ian Trezise 15,500 50.03 +3.5
Liberal Ann Henderson 15,484 49.97 −3.5
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +3.5
1996 Victorian state election: Geelong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ann Henderson 16,543 52.6 +6.8
Labor Philip Wight 14,171 45.1 +4.2
Natural Law Robert Nieuwenhuis 731 2.3 +2.3
Total formal votes 31,445 97.8 +0.6
Informal votes 705 2.2 −0.6
Turnout 32,150 94.3 −0.6
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Ann Henderson 16,818 53.5 +2.8
Labor Philip Wight 14,615 46.5 −2.8
Liberal hold Swing +2.8
1992 Victorian state election: Geelong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ann Henderson 14,388 45.8 +1.9
Labor Hayden Shell 12,848 40.9 −8.9
Geelong Community Roger Kent 4,201 13.4 +13.4
Total formal votes 31,437 97.2 +0.3
Informal votes 914 2.8 −0.3
Turnout 32,351 94.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Ann Henderson 15,890 50.7 +3.3
Labor Hayden Shell 15,478 49.3 −3.3
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +3.3

Elections in the 1980s

1988 Victorian state election: Geelong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Hayden Shell 13,276 50.01 −6.05
Liberal Ann Henderson 11,876 44.74 +0.80
Call to Australia Ian Winter 1,394 5.25 +5.25
Total formal votes 26,546 97.15 −0.54
Informal votes 778 2.85 +0.54
Turnout 27,324 91.80 −0.97
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Hayden Shell 13,941 52.52 −3.54
Liberal Ann Henderson 12,601 47.48 +3.54
Labor hold Swing −3.54
1985 Victorian state election: Geelong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Hayden Shell 15,946 56.1 +4.6
Liberal Clive Pugh 12,501 43.9 +2.7
Total formal votes 28,447 97.7
Informal votes 672 2.3
Turnout 29,119 92.8
Labor hold Swing +1.2

Elections in the 1970s

1973 Victorian state election: Geelong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Hayden Birrell 11,481 49.1 +3.3
Labor John O'Brien 9,211 39.4 −1.4
Democratic Labor John Timberlake 1,882 8.1 −5.4
Australia Guenter Sahr 790 3.4 +3.4
Total formal votes 23,364 97.8 −0.1
Informal votes 531 2.2 +0.1
Turnout 23,895 93.2 −1.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Hayden Birrell 13,619 58.3 +0.3
Labor John O'Brien 9,745 41.7 −0.3
Liberal hold Swing +0.3
1970 Victorian state election: Geelong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Hayden Birrell 9,823 45.8 −2.5
Labor John Woolfe 8,741 40.8 +2.4
Democratic Labor John Timberlake 2,884 13.4 +0.1
Total formal votes 21,448 97.9 +0.2
Informal votes 468 2.1 −0.2
Turnout 21,916 95.1 +1.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Hayden Birrell 12,439 58.0 −1.6
Labor John Woolfe 9,009 42.0 +1.6
Liberal hold Swing −1.6

Elections in the 1960s

1967 Victorian state election: Geelong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Hayden Birrell 9,983 48.3 +0.8
Labor Ronald McKenzie 7,944 38.4 −0.2
Democratic Labor John Timberlake 2,761 13.4 −0.5
Total formal votes 20,688 97.7
Informal votes 485 2.3
Turnout 21,173 94.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Hayden Birrell 12,326 59.6 −0.3
Labor Ronald McKenzie 8,362 40.4 +0.3
Liberal hold Swing −0.3
1964 Victorian state election: Geelong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Hayden Birrell 10,266 48.5 +2.3
Labor Robert Robertson 8,180 38.7 +0.7
Democratic Labor Desmond Guinane 2,698 12.8 −3.0
Total formal votes 21,144 98.3 +0.3
Informal votes 356 1.7 −0.3
Turnout 21,500 95.5 +1.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Hayden Birrell 12,678 60.0 +0.8
Labor Robert Robertson 8,466 40.0 −0.8
Liberal and Country hold Swing +0.8
1961 Victorian state election: Geelong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Hayden Birrell 9,241 46.2 +2.8
Labor William King 7,590 38.0 +0.1
Democratic Labor William Mithen 3,159 15.8 +3.9
Total formal votes 19,990 98.0 −0.7
Informal votes 411 2.0 +0.7
Turnout 20,401 93.8 +1.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Hayden Birrell 11,839 59.2 +2.8
Labor William King 8,151 40.8 −2.8
Liberal and Country hold Swing +2.8

Elections in the 1950s

1958 Victorian state election: Geelong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Thomas Maltby 8,444 43.4
Labor George Poyser 7,371 37.9
Democratic Labor George Taylor 2,305 11.9
Independent Albert Woodward 1,313 6.8
Total formal votes 19,433 98.7
Informal votes 255 1.3
Turnout 19,688 92.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Thomas Maltby 10,954 56.4
Labor George Poyser 8,479 43.6
Liberal and Country hold Swing
1955 Victorian state election: Geelong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Thomas Maltby 11,172 51.5
Labor George Poyser 8,069 37.2
Independent Norman Mackay 1,358 6.3
Victorian Liberal Charles Plummer 1,081 5.0
Total formal votes 21,680 98.0
Informal votes 436 2.0
Turnout 22,116 93.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Thomas Maltby 13,367 61.7
Labor George Poyser 8,313 38.3
Liberal and Country gain from Labor Swing
1952 Victorian state election: Geelong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor James Dunn 13,684 69.8 +13.9
Liberal and Country Geoffrey Thom 5,929 30.2 −13.9
Total formal votes 19,613 98.9 −0.7
Informal votes 215 1.1 +0.7
Turnout 19,828 93.3 −1.8
Labor hold Swing +13.9
1950 Victorian state election: Geelong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor James Dunn 11,405 55.9 −2.0
Liberal and Country Edward Montgomery 9,014 44.1 +2.0
Total formal votes 20,419 99.6 +0.3
Informal votes 90 0.4 −0.3
Turnout 20,509 95.1 +0.7
Labor hold Swing −2.0

Elections in the 1940s

1948 Geelong state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Edward Montgomery 9,659 49.6 +7.5
Labor M J Travers 8,777 45.1 −12.8
Communist S Baker 1,045 5.4 +5.4
Total formal votes 19,481 97.4 −1.9
Informal votes 529 2.6 +1.9
Turnout 20,010 91.9 −2.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Edward Montgomery 10,147 52.1 +10.0
Labor M. J. Travers 9,334 47.9 −10.0
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +10.0
1947 Victorian state election: Geelong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Fanny Brownbill 11,852 57.9 −42.1
Liberal Edward Montgomery 8,623 42.1 +42.1
Total formal votes 20,475 99.3
Informal votes 152 0.7
Turnout 20,627 94.4
Labor hold Swing N/A
1945 Victorian state election: Geelong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Fanny Brownbill unopposed
Labor hold Swing
1943 Victorian state election: Geelong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Fanny Brownbill unopposed
Labor hold Swing
1940 Victorian state election: Geelong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Fanny Brownbill 12,456 67.3 −32.7
United Australia Nathaniel White 6,041 32.7 +32.7
Total formal votes 18,497 99.4
Informal votes 117 0.6
Turnout 18,614 95.4
Labor hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1930s

1938 Geelong state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Fanny Brownbill 10,523 58.3 −41.7
United Australia Robert Weddell 7,526 41.7 +41.7
Total formal votes 18,049 99.0
Informal votes 181 1.0
Turnout 18,230 94.8
Labor hold Swing N/A
1937 Victorian state election: Geelong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Brownbill unopposed
Labor hold Swing
1935 Victorian state election: Geelong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Brownbill 9,567 54.1 +10.5
United Australia Edward Austin 8,112 45.9 +13.2
Total formal votes 17,679 99.1 +0.3
Informal votes 157 0.9 −0.3
Turnout 17,836 95.6 +0.3
Labor gain from United Australia Swing +6.0
1932 Victorian state election: Geelong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Brownbill 7,403 43.6 −19.8
United Australia Edward Austin 5,540 32.7 −3.9
Independent John Lister 4,027 23.7 +23.7
Total formal votes 16,970 98.8 −0.3
Informal votes 204 1.2 +0.3
Turnout 17,174 95.3 −0.2
Two-party-preferred result
United Australia Edward Austin 8,815 51.9 +15.3
Labor William Brownbill 8,155 48.1 −15.3
United Australia gain from Labor Swing +15.3

Elections in the 1920s

1929 Victorian state election: Geelong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Brownbill 10,667 63.4 +6.1
Nationalist Sidney Dickins 6,159 36.6 −6.1
Total formal votes 16,826 99.1 +0.1
Informal votes 158 0.9 −0.1
Turnout 16,984 95.5 +2.3
Labor hold Swing +6.1
1927 Victorian state election: Geelong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Brownbill 9,317 57.3
Nationalist Julius Solomon 6,940 42.7
Total formal votes 16,257 99.0
Informal votes 160 1.0
Turnout 16,417 93.2
Labor hold Swing
1924 Victorian state election: Geelong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Brownbill 6,197 55.6 +0.8
Nationalist Thomas Maltby 4,943 44.4 −0.8
Total formal votes 11,140 99.7 +0.4
Informal votes 37 0.3 −0.4
Turnout 11,177 72.5 +7.3
Labor hold Swing +0.8
1921 Victorian state election: Geelong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Brownbill 5,316 54.8 −1.8
Nationalist William Thwaites 4,391 45.2 +1.8
Total formal votes 9,707 99.3 +4.0
Informal votes 73 0.7 −4.0
Turnout 9,780 65.2 −9.3
Labor hold Swing −1.8
1920 Victorian state election: Geelong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Brownbill 5,839 56.6 +7.4
Nationalist Robert Purnell 4,471 43.4 −7.4
Total formal votes 10,310 95.3 −2.3
Informal votes 513 4.7 +2.3
Turnout 10,823 74.5 +5.6
Labor gain from Nationalist Swing +7.4

Elections in the 1910s

1917 Victorian state election: Geelong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Robert Purnell 4,868 50.8
Labor William Brownbill 4,717 49.2
Total formal votes 9,585 97.6
Informal votes 234 2.4
Turnout 9,819 68.9
Nationalist gain from Labor Swing N/A
1917 Geelong state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Robert Purnell 5,163 55.0
Labor Thomas McCormick 4,220 45.0
Total formal votes 9,383 97.3
Informal votes 265 2.7
Turnout 9,648 70.2
Nationalist gain from Labor Swing N/A
1914 Victorian state election: Geelong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Plain unopposed
Labor hold Swing
1911 Victorian state election: Geelong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Plain 5,026 59.4 +4.0
Liberal Albyn Morley 3,431 40.6 +26.2
Total formal votes 8,457 99.4 −0.3
Informal votes 52 0.6 +0.3
Turnout 8,509 73.9 +17.1
Labor hold Swing N/A

References

  • "Geelong District results". Victorian Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
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