Electoral district of Bass
| Bass Australian Labor Party | |||||||||||||||
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| Namesake | Bass Strait | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 49,984 (2022) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 1,358 km2 (524.3 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Rural | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°22′S 145°37′E / 38.367°S 145.617°E | ||||||||||||||
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The electoral district of Bass is one of the
Wonthaggi. It lies within the Eastern Victoria Region of the upper house, the Legislative Council.[1]
Bass was created in a redistribution for the
Liberal territory. Its predecessors, Gippsland West and Westernport, had historically been strongholds for the conservative parties. On the new boundaries it was marginally Liberal on a "traditional" two-party basis. Davies contested Bass, but was defeated by Liberal candidate Ken Smith, who had been the member for the relevant Legislative Council seat of Gippsland Province
since 1988. Smith's win was the only Liberal gain in an election which saw Labor score its biggest-ever victory in Victoria.
Smith was reelected in 2006 election with a modest swing in his favour. He was reelected handily at the 2010 election, picking up a swing large enough to revert Bass to a safe Liberal seat, as Gippsland West had been. He subsequently served as Speaker of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 2010 to 2014.[2]
Smith retired at the
Labor's Jordan Crugnale
, who became the first Labor member ever to win the seat or its predecessors.
Members for Bass
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Smith | Liberal
|
2002–2014 | |
| Brian Paynter | Liberal
|
2014–2018 | |
| Jordan Crugnale | Labor
|
2018–present | |
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Jordan Crugnale | 13,478 | 32.6 | −4.1 | |
| Liberal | Aaron Brown | 12,482 | 30.1 | −13.4 | |
| National | Brett Tessari | 5,506 | 13.3 | +13.3 | |
| Greens | Callum Bugbird | 3,369 | 8.1 | +1.9 | |
| Democratic Labour | Mark O'Neill | 1,465 | 3.5 | +1.7 | |
| Family First | Martin Verhagen | 1,164 | 2.8 | +2.8 | |
| Animal Justice | Elly Mousellis | 1,085 | 2.6 | +1.4 | |
| Freedom | Marcus Munday | 1,013 | 2.4 | +2.4 | |
| Independent | Jeni Jobe | 970 | 2.3 | +2.3 | |
| Independent | Meg Edwards | 872 | 2.1 | +2.1 | |
| Total formal votes | 41,404 | 93.0 | –0.6 | ||
| Informal votes | 3,135 | 7.0 | +0.6 | ||
| Turnout | 44,539 | 89.1 | +4.5 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Jordan Crugnale | 20,803 | 50.2 | +0.9 | |
| Liberal | Aaron Brown | 20,601 | 49.8 | −0.9 | |
| Labor notional gain from Liberal | Swing | +0.9 | |||
 | Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org. |
Primary voting results in Bass
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Two-party-preferred vote results in Bass
References
- ^ "Bass District profile". Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
- ^ a b "Bass - Victorian Election 2014". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
- ^ VIC 2021 Final Redistribution, ABC News. [Retrieved 1 January 2023.
- ^ Green, Antony (11 January 2023). "VIC22 – 2-Party Preferred Results and Swings by District". Antony Green's Election Blog. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
- ^ Bass District results, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
External links
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