Electoral district of Geelong
- Electoral district of Geelong
The Electoral district of Geelong is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It is based around inner metropolitan Geelong and includes the suburbs of Bell Park, Drumcondra, East Geelong, Geelong, Geelong West, Newtown and South Geelong and parts of Highton, and North Geelong. Incomes vary strongly across the seat, and it is often aligned with the governing Party, due to similar demographics to the state at large.
It has been held since 1999 by Ian Trezise for the ALP, who won that election by 16 votes after recounts. The Victorian Parliament was hung at that election, and the results for the seat of Geelong, which took several days to arrive at, had a significant impact on the events which brought the Bracks government to power. At the 2002 election, the seat's margin grew to 8.1%, however neither major party considers it safe, as it is a must win seat to form government.
Members for Geelong
ee also
*Parliaments of the Australian states and territories
*List of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
External links
* [http://www.vec.vic.gov.au/GeelongDistrictprofile.html Electorate profile: Geelong District, Victorian Electoral Commission]
* [http://www.vec.vic.gov.au/state2006resultGeelongDistrict.html State Election 2006: Geelong District, Victorian Electoral Commission]
* [http://www.vec.vic.gov.au/state2002resultGeelongDistrict.html State Election 2002: Geelong District, Victorian Electoral Commission]
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