All polling places in Bendigo

2022 federal House election · Official AEC results

Castlemaine PPVC

Bendigo, VIC · Pre-poll centre · AEC polling-place ID 83517

Castlemaine Catholic Church Hall (St Mary's), 70 Hargraves St, CASTLEMAINE, VIC, 3450

Votes recorded at this polling place are not the views of all local residents. People can vote away from home; pre-poll and mobile services cover wider populations. These results are separate from Australian Poll participant sentiment.

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Formal votes

4,294

Denominator for candidate and preferred-vote shares.

Informal votes

150

3.38% of 4,444 total ballots.

First preferences

4,294 formal votes; informal votes excluded from candidate percentages
Candidate / partyVotesShare
Lisa CHESTERS
Australian Labor Party		1,83942.83%
Cate SINCLAIR
The Greens		1,15026.78%
Darin SCHADE
Liberal		72116.79%
Matt BANSEMER
Liberal Democrats		1994.63%
Ben MIHAIL
Pauline Hanson's One Nation		1563.63%
James LAURIE
Independent		1543.59%
Elijah SUARES
United Australia Party		751.75%

First preferences count the candidate marked first on each formal ballot.

Two-candidate preferred (TCP)

4,294 formal votes; informal votes excluded from candidate percentages
Candidate / partyVotesShare
Lisa CHESTERS
Australian Labor Party		3,15773.52%
Darin SCHADE
Liberal		1,13726.48%

TCP distributes preferences to the final two candidates in this electorate. The pair can include independents or minor parties.

Two-party preferred (TPP)

Labor–Coalition comparison · 4,294 formal votes
SideVotesShare
Australian Labor Party3,15773.52%
Liberal/National Coalition1,13726.48%

TPP is the AEC’s Labor–Coalition measure even where those parties were not the final two candidates. It must not be substituted for TCP.

Compare with 2025

Castlemaine PPVC in 2025 has the same AEC polling-place ID.

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Nearby election-day booths

Straight-line distance within 50 km, using AEC coordinates. Nearby booths may serve different electorates and voter groups.

Map of nearby booths

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Geographic overview

Numbers match the list below. Circles: election day; squares: pre-poll; triangles: mobile/hospital teams. 7 of 7 places have source coordinates. Teams can cover many locations; their marker is not their service area.

Polling-place locations; use the equivalent numbered list for detailsCastlemaine PPVC1Castlemaine2Castlemaine South3Castlemaine North4Campbells Creek5Chewton6Harcourt7

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Nearby booths by distance

  1. Castlemaine PPVC — selected polling place
  2. Castlemaine, Bendigo · 0.2 km · 1,148 formal votes · Labor TPP 78.92%
  3. Castlemaine South, Bendigo · 1.3 km · 648 formal votes · Labor TPP 80.09%
  4. Castlemaine North, Bendigo · 1.7 km · 409 formal votes · Labor TPP 84.11%
  5. Campbells Creek, Bendigo · 3.5 km · 871 formal votes · Labor TPP 68.54%
  6. Chewton, Bendigo · 4.1 km · 462 formal votes · Labor TPP 78.57%
  7. Harcourt, Bendigo · 7.5 km · 613 formal votes · Labor TPP 65.25%

AEC 2022 final-results CSV downloads · generated 2022-07-19T10:31:27 (source timestamp) · retrieved 7 September 2026. © Commonwealth of Australia 2022, CC BY 4.0. Percentages calculated from AEC counts; no endorsement by AEC.

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