Electoral district of Polwarth

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Polwarth
VictoriaLegislative Assembly
Electoral district of Polwarth (Victoria) 2022.svg
Location of Polwarth (dark green) in Victoria
State Victoria
Created1889
MP Richard Riordan
Party Liberal
Electors 45,895 (2018)
Area8,860 km2 (3,420.9 sq mi)
DemographicRural
Electorates around Polwarth:
Lowan Ripon Eureka
South-West Coast Polwarth South Barwon
Bass Strait
Great Australian Bight Bass Strait Bass Strait

The electoral district of Polwarth is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It is located in south-west rural Victoria, west of Geelong, and covers the Colac and Corangamite local government areas (LGA), parts of the Moyne, Golden Plains and Surf Coast LGAs, and slivers of the Ararat and Greater Geelong LGAs, running along the Great Ocean Road taking in Anglesea, Cape Otway, Peterborough, Aireys Inlet, Lorne, Wye River, Apollo Bay and Port Campbell, covering the inland towns of Winchelsea, Colac, Camperdown and Terang along the Princes Highway, and Inverleigh, Cressy, Lismore and Mortlake on the Hamilton Highway, and finally, includes the Otway Ranges and Lake Corangamite. [1]

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The seat has existed since 1889 and has always been held by conservative parties. The Liberal Party has held the seat continuously since 1970, although the Nationals have provided strong challenges on occasions, such as at the 1999 election when election night figures suggested retired AFL Footballer Paul Couch would win the seat. [2] Ultimately, however, Couch failed to finish ahead of the Labor Party candidate and the Liberal candidate, Terry Mulder, won after receiving preferences from Couch. [3]

The 2014 Victorian election saw the Liberal Terry Mulder retain his seat, [4] with a 3.2% swing to Labor. [5] Mulder resigned from parliament on 3 September 2015. The subsequent by-election, held on 31 October, saw Richard Riordan elected as the new member.

Members for Polwarth

MemberPartyTerm
  Charles Forrest Unaligned1889–1894
  Thomas Baker Unaligned1894–1897
  Charles Forrest Unaligned1897–1911
  John Johnstone Commonwealth Liberal 1911–1917
  James McDonald Nationalist 1917–1929
 Economy1929–1931
  United Australia 1931–1933
  Allan McDonald United Australia 1933–1940
  Edward Guye Country 1940–1950
  Liberal and Country 1950–1958
  Tom Darcy Liberal and Country 1958–1959
  Liberal 1959–1970
  Cec Burgin Liberal 1970–1985
  Ian Smith Liberal 1985–1999
  Terry Mulder Liberal 1999–2015
  Richard Riordan Liberal 2015-

Election results

2022 Victorian state election: Polwarth [6] [7] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Richard Riordan 19,54042.5−3.3
Labor Hutch Hussein13,48429.3−1.4
Greens Hilary McAllister7,66116.7+6.0
Ind. (Australia One)Denes C. Borsos2,0174.4+4.4
Family First Hollie Hunter1,1662.5+2.5
Animal Justice Elisha Atchison1,1012.4−1.3
Justice Joseph Vincent Remenyi1,0332.3+2.3
Total formal votes46,00295.8+0.7
Informal votes1,9494.1−0.7
Turnout 47,95190.4+8.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Richard Riordan 23,82351.8-0.2
Labor Hutch Hussein22,17948.2+0.2
Liberal hold Swing -0.2

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