Electoral results for the Ballarat Province

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This is a list of electoral results for the Ballarat Province in Victorian state elections.

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Members for Ballarat Province

YearMemberPartyMemberParty
1937   Alfred Pittard United Australia
1940   George Bolster United Australia
1943
1945  Liberal   Liberal
1946   James Kittson Liberal
1949  Liberal and Country   Liberal and Country
1949   Herbert Ludbrook Liberal and Country
1952   Jack Jones Labor
1955
1956   Pat Dickie Liberal and Country
1958   Murray Byrne Liberal and Country
1961
1964
1965  Liberal   Liberal
1967
1970
1973
1976   Rob Knowles Liberal
1978   David Williams Labor
1979   Clive Bubb Liberal
1982
1985   Dick de Fegely Liberal
1988
1992
1996
1999   Dianne Hadden Labor   John McQuilten Labor
2002

Election results

Elections in the 2000s

2002 Victorian state election: Ballarat Province [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor John McQuilten 72,51952.5+3.0
Liberal Helen Bath48,64535.2-10.5
Greens Cherie Bridges14,18210.3+10.3
Democrats Geoff Lutz2,8092.0-2.3
Total formal votes138,15597.00.0
Informal votes4,3173.00.0
Turnout 142,47294.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor John McQuilten 84,71361.3+9.0
Liberal Helen Bath53,42638.7-9.0
Labor hold Swing +9.0

Elections in the 1990s

1999 Victorian state election: Ballarat by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor John McQuilten 58,90448.4+6.8
Liberal Helen Bath55,19145.3-6.3
Greens Charmaine Clarke5,2334.3+4.3
Independent Jim Patterson2,4232.0+2.0
Total formal votes121,75197.1−1.1
Informal votes3,6312.9+1.1
Turnout 125,38293.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor John McQuilten 63,58952.2+6.6
Liberal Helen Bath58,16247.8-6.6
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +6.6

This election was caused by the vacancy following the resignation of Rob Knowles, who unsuccessfully contested the lower house seat of Gisborne.

1999 Victorian state election: Ballarat Province [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Dianne Hadden-Tregear 57,65547.9+6.4
Liberal David Clark55,83446.4-5.3
Democrats Geoff Lutz6,8535.7+1.8
Total formal votes120,34297.3−0.9
Informal votes3,3832.7+0.9
Turnout 123,72592.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Dianne Hadden-Tregear 61,77451.3+5.7
Liberal David Clark58,56848.7-5.7
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +5.7
1996 Victorian state election: Ballarat Province [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Rob Knowles 62,10751.7-2.2
Labor Catherine Laffey49,94341.5+0.7
Democrats Myrna Rance4,6873.9+3.9
Call to Australia David Cocking2,1631.8+1.8
Democratic Labor Brian Lugar1,3431.1-4.2
Total formal votes120,24398.2+1.1
Informal votes2,2581.8−1.1
Turnout 122,50194.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Rob Knowles 65,31254.4-0.9
Labor Catherine Laffey54,79645.6+0.9
Liberal hold Swing -0.9
1992 Victorian state election: Ballarat Province [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Dick de Fegely 62,48253.9+5.2
Labor Geoff Howard 47,38440.9-3.3
Democratic Labor Brian Lugar6,1105.3+5.3
Total formal votes115,97697.1−0.5
Informal votes3,4882.9+0.5
Turnout 119,46496.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Dick de Fegely 64,16655.3+0.9
Labor Geoff Howard 51,76344.7-0.9
Liberal hold Swing +0.9

Elections in the 1980s

1988 Victorian state election: Ballarat Province [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Rob Knowles 59,96349.2+0.2
Labor Glendon Ludbrook53,80744.1+0.1
National Anne Scott8,1706.7+6.7
Total formal votes121,94097.5−0.5
Informal votes3,1432.5+0.5
Turnout 125,08394.2−0.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Rob Knowles 66,50854.5+3.6
Labor Glendon Ludbrook55,42945.5-3.6
Liberal hold Swing +3.6
1985 Victorian state election: Ballarat Province [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Dick de Fegely 55,70249.0
Labor Roger Lowrey49,96644.0
Democrats William Ross8,0097.0
Total formal votes113,67798.0
Informal votes2,3472.0
Turnout 116,02494.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Dick de Fegely 57,85150.9-1.0
Labor Roger Lowrey55,80649.1+1.0
Liberal hold Swing -1.0
1982 Victorian state election: Ballarat Province [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Rob Knowles 42,65348.3-3.7
Labor Stephen Blomeley39,35244.6-3.4
Democrats June Johnson6,3197.2+7.2
Total formal votes88,23498.0+0.5
Informal votes1,8342.0−0.5
Turnout 90,15895.0+0.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Rob Knowles 45,63751.7-0.3
Labor Stephen Blomeley42,68748.3+0.3
Liberal hold Swing -0.3

Elections in the 1970s

1979 Victorian state election: Ballarat Province [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Clive Bubb 43,50152.0-6.9
Labor David Williams 40,19848.0+6.9
Total formal votes83,69997.5+0.1
Informal votes2,1542.5−0.1
Turnout 85,85394.9−0.1
Liberal hold Swing -6.9
1978 Ballarat Province state by-election [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor David Williams 31,35446.1+5.0
Liberal Robert Vinecombe28,15241.4-17.5
Democrats June Johnson5,4988.1+8.1
Democratic Labor Stan Keon 2,3393.4+3.4
Independent Edward Campion6671.0+1.0
Total formal votes68,01098.3+0.9
Informal votes1,2021.7−0.9
Turnout 69,21292.6−2.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor David Williams 34,25150.4+9.3
Liberal Robert Vinecombe33,75949.6-9.3
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +9.3

This by-election was caused by the resignation of Vance Dickie.

1976 Victorian state election: Ballarat Province [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Rob Knowles 45,54558.9
Labor Ronald Corbett31,78341.1
Total formal votes77,32897.4
Informal votes2,0562.6
Turnout 79,38495.0
Liberal hold Swing
1973 Victorian state election: Ballarat Province [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Vance Dickie 27,50044.8-3.0
Labor Ronald Corbett24,25939.5-0.1
Democratic Labor William Griffin5,3178.6-4.0
Country Patrick Hope4,3187.0+7.0
Total formal votes61,39497.1−0.6
Informal votes1,8622.9+0.6
Turnout 63,25695.0−0.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Vance Dickie 35,87158.4-1.1
Labor Ronald Corbett25,52341.6+1.1
Liberal hold Swing -1.1
1970 Victorian state election: Ballarat Province [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Murray Byrne 27,01347.8+6.4
Labor Jack Jones 22,34939.6+6.5
Democratic Labor William Bruty7,10612.6-2.1
Total formal votes56,46897.7−0.5
Informal votes1,3132.3+0.5
Turnout 57,78195.9−0.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Murray Byrne 33,56859.5-2.3
Labor Jack Jones 22,90040.5+2.3
Liberal hold Swing -2.3

Elections in the 1960s

1967 Victorian state election: Ballarat Province [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Pat Dickie 22,97041.4
Labor Kevin Healy18,75533.1
Democratic Labor James Burns8,11814.7
Country Robert Cooper5,62610.1
Total formal votes55,46998.2
Informal votes1,5151.8
Turnout 56,98496.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Pat Dickie 34,22761.8
Labor Kevin Healy21,19238.2
Liberal hold Swing
1964 Victorian state election: Ballarat Province [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal and Country Murray Byrne 27,83350.7+10.4
Labor Gordon Campbell18,93534.5-7.8
Democratic Labor William Bruty8,13414.8-2.7
Total formal votes54,90298.2+0.2
Informal votes1,0171.8−0.2
Turnout 55,91996.2+0.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Murray Byrne 64.0+7.9
Labor Gordon Campbell36.0-7.9
Liberal and Country hold Swing +7.9
1961 Victorian state election: Ballarat Province [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Jack Jones 22,66342.3-1.3
Liberal and Country Pat Dickie 21,60340.3+0.6
Democratic Labor William Bruty9,36817.5+6.8
Total formal votes53,63498.0−0.7
Informal votes1,0922.0+0.7
Turnout 54,72695.8−0.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Pat Dickie 30,10556.1+5.2
Labor Jack Jones 23,52943.9-5.2
Liberal and Country hold Swing +5.2

Elections in the 1950s

1958 Victorian Legislative Council election: Ballarat Province [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Jack Jones 23,33643.6+0.5
Liberal and Country Murray Byrne 21,22739.7-17.2
Democratic Labor Maurice Calnin5,69210.7+10.7
Independent David Milburn3,2146.0+6.0
Total formal votes53,64998.7−0.3
Informal votes6821.3+0.3
Turnout 54,15195.9+1.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Murray Byrne 27,21050.9-6.0
Labor Jack Jones 26,25949.1+6.0
Liberal and Country gain from Labor Swing -6.0

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References

  1. ↑ Green, Antony. "2002 Victorian State Election Summary of Results" (PDF).
  2. ↑ Green, Antony. "1999 Victorian State Election" (PDF). ABC.
  3. ↑ Green, Antony. "1996 Victorian state election" (PDF).
  4. ↑ Green, Antony. "1992 Victorian state election" (PDF).
  5. ↑ Statistics for the General Election Held on Saturday, 1 October 1988. Victoria: Government Printer. 1988.
  6. ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1985". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  7. ↑ Aitkin, Colin A. Hughes, Don (1986). Voting for the Australian upper houses, 1890-1984. Canberra: Dept. of Political Science, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. ISBN   090977918X.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  8. ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1979". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  9. ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1976". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  10. ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1976". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  11. ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1973". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  12. ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1970". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  13. ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1967". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  14. ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1964". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  15. ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1961". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  16. ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Legislative Council election of 21 June 1958". Psephos.
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