Geelong East was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria from 1859 to 1985. It was located south of the city of Geelong, defined in the Victorian Electoral Act, 1858 as:
Geelong East (along with Electoral district of Geelong West) was created when the four-member Electoral district of Geelong was abolished in 1859. Geelong West and Geelong East were abolished in 1877, replaced by a re-created 3-member district of Geelong.
After the Electoral district of Bellarine was abolished in 1976, Geelong East was re-created. In 1985, population increases caused another redrawing of electoral boundaries; Geelong East was abolished and Bellarine re-created that year. Graham Ernst, last member for Geelong East, represented Bellarine 1985–1992.
Members First incarnation (1859–1877, 2 members) Member 1 Term Member 2 Term James Cowie 1859 – 1860 Alexander Thomson 1859 – 1861 Augustus Greeves 1860 – 1861 Butler Cole Aspinall 1861 – 1864 John Richardson 1861 – 1876 George Cunningham 1864 – 1867 Charles Kernot 1868 – 1871 John Masters Garratt 1871 – 1877 Charles Kernot 1876 – 1877
Kernot went on to represent the re-created Geelong from 1877.
Second incarnation (1976–1985)MemberPartyTerm Phil Gude Liberal 1976–1979 Graham Ernst Labor 1979–1985
Election results
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