Electoral district of Eureka

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Eureka
Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Location of Eureka (dark green) in Victoria
StateVictoria
Created2022
MPMichaela Settle
PartyAustralian Labor Party
NamesakeEureka
Electors52,476
Area3,915 km2 (1,511.6 sq mi)
DemographicRegional city
Electorates around Eureka:
Ripon
Wendouree		 Ripon Macedon
Polwarth Eureka Melton
Polwarth Polwarth Lara
Geelong

The Electoral district of Eureka is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly in Australia. It was created in the redistribution of electoral boundaries in 2021, and came into effect at the 2022 Victorian state election.[1]

It largely covers the area of the abolished district of Buninyong, covering the east and southeast suburbs of Ballarat, including the suburbs of Eureka, Brown Hill, Ballarat East, Golden Point, Canadian, Mount Pleasant, Mount Clear, Mount Helen and Buninyong. It also covers large parts of the Golden Plains Shire and Moorabool Shire areas, including the towns of Ballan, Bacchus Marsh, Meredith, Lethbridge, Teesdale and Inverleigh.[2]

The abolished seat of Buninyong was held by Labor MP Michaela Settle, who recontested Eureka and retained the seat at the 2022 election.

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Eureka
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Eureka.[edit]
2022 Victorian state election: Eureka[3][4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Michaela Settle 18,531 41.0 −3.6
Liberal Paul Tatchell 14,320 31.6 +0.7
Greens Sam McColl 4,887 10.8 +1.7
Democratic Labour Tabitha Rickard 1,821 4.0 +3.4
Animal Justice Wendy Morrison 1,519 3.4 −0.5
Family First Adrian Garcia 1,233 2.7 +2.7
Independent Nicola Reid 1,083 2.4 +2.4
Freedom Anthony Joseph Giampaolo 967 2.1 +2.1
Independent Michael Ray 666 1.5 +1.5
Independent Mark William Banwell 220 0.5 +0.5
Total formal votes 45,247 93.2 +1.0
Informal votes 3,297 6.8 −1.0
Turnout 48,544 89.1 -18
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Michaela Settle 25,869 57.2 −2.4
Liberal Paul Tatchell 19,378 42.8 +2.4
Labor hold Swing −2.4

See also

References

  1. ^ "Summary of Changes". Victorian Electoral Boundary Commission. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  2. ^ "Map of Eureka District" (PDF). Victorian Electoral Boundaries Commission.
  3. ^ Green, Antony (11 January 2023). "VIC22 – 2-Party Preferred Results and Swings by District". Antony Green's Election Blog. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  4. ^ VIC 2021 Final Redistribution, ABC News. [Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  5. ^ Eureka District results, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 December 2022.


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