Electoral district of Bendigo West

Bendigo West is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria. It is a 1,524-square-kilometre (588 sq mi) electorate, centred on the city of Bendigo west of the Yungera railway line, and includes surrounding rural towns to the west and south-west. It encompasses the localities of Bendigo City, California Gully, Castlemaine, Harcourt, Long Gully, Maldon, Marong, Newstead and West Bendigo. It also includes parts of the Bendigo suburbs of Eaglehawk, Golden Square and Kangaroo Flat. It lies within the Northern Victoria Region of the upper house, the Legislative Council.

Bendigo West has generally been a safe seat for the Labor Party. It was created in 1904, when it was won by Labor candidate David Smith by 18 votes. Smith was re-elected several times, but was expelled from the party in 1911 over his support for introducing scripture lessons into state schools. He sat as an independent until the Labor Party split of 1917, after which he joined Billy Hughes' rival National Labor Party, which subsequently became the Nationalist Party of Australia. Smith did not contest the 1924 election, and the seat returned to the Labor fold, being won by Arthur Cook. The seat was merged with Bendigo East in 1927, with Cook going on to serve as the member for Bendigo.

The electorate was recreated as a separate district in 1985, when it was won by former federal MP David Kennedy. Kennedy was defeated by Liberal Max Turner amidst the Liberal landslide win at the 1992 state election, but Turner lasted only one term before being defeated by Labor candidate Bob Cameron in 1996. Cameron was comfortably re-elected in 1999, 2002, and 2006, and left a margin of more than 10% for Maree Edwards to defend at the 2010 election. He served as Minister for Emergency Services in the Brumby government.

Members for Bendigo West

First incarnation (1904–1927)
Member		Party	Term
	David Smith	Labour	1904–1914
		Independent	1914–1916
		National Labor	1916–1917
		Nationalist	1917–1924
	Arthur Cook	Labor	1924–1927
Second incarnation (1985–present)
Member		Party	Term
	David Kennedy	Labor	1985–1992
	Max Turner	Liberal	1992–1996
	Bob Cameron	Labor	1996–2010
	Maree Edwards	Labor	2010–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Bendigo West This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Bendigo West.

2022 Victorian state election: Bendigo West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Maree Edwards	18,704	46.5	−7.0
	Liberal	Ken Price	10,057	25.0	−2.1
	Greens	James Searle	4,634	11.5	−1.5
	Legalise Cannabis	Wayne Taylor	2,175	5.4	+5.4
	Family First	Steve Serpell	1,704	4.2	+4.2
	Animal Justice	Victoria Maxwell	1,040	2.6	−3.8
	Independent	Matt Bansemer	979	2.4	+2.4
	Freedom	Richard James Woolley	606	1.5	+1.5
	Independent	Marilyn Nuske	349	0.9	+0.9
Total formal votes			40,248	94.4	−0.7
Informal votes			2,401	5.6	+0.7
Turnout			42,649	89.2	−2.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Maree Edwards	25,999	64.6	−4.0
	Liberal	Ken Price	14,249	35.4	+4.0
	Labor hold		Swing	−4.0

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Two-party-preferred vote results in Bendigo West

External links

Electorate profile: Bendigo West District, Victorian Electoral Commission

References

^ "Bendigo West district profile". Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
"BENDIGO WEST SEAT". The Ballarat Courier. Vic.: National Library of Australia. 2 December 1914. p. 5 Edition: Daily. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
Green, Antony (11 January 2023). "VIC22 – 2-Party Preferred Results and Swings by District". Antony Green's Election Blog. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
VIC 2021 Final Redistribution, ABC News. [Retrieved 1 January 2023.
Bendigo West District results, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
Full preference distributions – 2022 State election, Victorian Electoral Commission. [Retrieved 17 June 2023.

Electoral districts of the Victorian Legislative Assembly

Labor (54)

Coalition (28)

Liberal (19)	Benambra Berwick Brighton Bulleen Caulfield Croydon Eildon Evelyn Hawthorn Kew Malvern Mornington Narracan Nepean Polwarth Rowville Sandringham South-West Coast Warrandyte
National (9)	Euroa Gippsland East Gippsland South Lowan Mildura Morwell Murray Plains Ovens Valley Shepparton

Greens (3)

Independent (1)

Ringwood

Independent Labor (1)

South Barwon

Vacant (1)

Prahran

v t e Electoral districts of the Northern Victoria Region
District	Benambra Bendigo East Bendigo West Eildon Euroa Macedon Mildura Murray Plains Ovens Valley Shepparton Yan Yean

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