Electoral district of Eureka

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]

Eureka Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Location of Eureka (dark green) in Victoria
State	Victoria
Created	2022
MP	Michaela Settle
Party	Australian Labor Party
Namesake	Eureka
Electors	52,476
Area	3,915 km^2 (1,511.6 sq mi)
Demographic	Regional city
Electorates around Eureka: Ripon Wendouree Ripon Macedon Polwarth Eureka Melton Polwarth Polwarth Lara Geelong

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

• Parliaments of the Australian states and territories
• List of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly

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.