State Victoria Electors 45,026 (2014) Area 45 km² Elector 45,026 | MP Christine Couzens Demographic Urban Member of parliament Christine Couzens Party Australian Labor Party | |
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Dates current 1856–1859, 1877–1976,
1985–present | ||
The Electoral district of Geelong is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It centres on inner metropolitan Geelong and following the June 2013 redistribution of electoral boundaries includes the suburbs of Belmont, Breakwater, East Geelong, Geelong, Geelong West, Newtown and South Geelong, Herne Hill, Manifold Heights, Newcomb, Newtown, St Albans Park, Thomson, Whittington and part of Fyansford. 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 was won in 1999 by Ian Trezise for the ALP 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 considered it safe, as it was won by the governing party for every election between 1985 and 2006, and was narrowly held by Labor in the 2010 election. The 2014 Victorian state election saw boundary changes and the retirement of Trezise, and Christine Couzens retained the seat for the ALP.
Members for Geelong
Split into Geelong East and Geelong West in 1859.