Electoral results for the district of Ballarat

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

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Members for Ballarat

MemberPartyTerm
  William McAdam Labor 1927-1932
  Thomas Hollway United Australia 1932-1945
  Liberal / LCP 1945-1952
  Independent 1952
  Electoral Reform 1952
  John Sheehan Labor 1952-1955

Election results

Elections in the 1950s

1952 Victorian state election: Ballarat [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor John Sheehan 11,04254.0+7.2
Liberal and Country William Roff9,42446.0−7.2
Total formal votes20,46699.0−0.2
Informal votes2111.0+0.2
Turnout 20,67796.2−0.6
Labor gain from Liberal and Country Swing +7.2
1950 Victorian state election: Ballarat
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal and Country Thomas Hollway 10,64651.2−3.0
Labor John Sheehan 9,73546.8+1.0
Independent Albert Nicholls4212.0+2.0
Total formal votes20,80299.20.0
Informal votes1630.80.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Thomas Hollway 11,02553.0−1.2
Labor John Sheehan 9,77747.0+1.2
Liberal and Country hold Swing -1.2

Elections in the 1940s

1947 Victorian state election: Ballarat
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Thomas Hollway 11,26754.2+1.6
Labor James Miller9,51645.8+4.0
Total formal votes20,78399.2+0.7
Informal votes1570.8−0.7
Turnout 20,94095.5+3.9
Liberal hold Swing N/A
1945 Victorian state election: Ballarat
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Thomas Hollway 9,88452.6
Labor Stanley Glover7,85041.8
Communist Albert Black1,0365.5
Total formal votes18,77098.5
Informal votes2811.5
Turnout 19,05191.6
Liberal hold Swing
1943 Victorian state election: Ballarat
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Australia Thomas Hollway 9,73359.9−5.6
Labor Maurice Calnin4,55128.0−6.5
Communist Edward Rowe1,96712.1+12.1
Total formal votes16,25198.8−0.6
Informal votes1951.2+0.6
Turnout 16,44689.7−4.6
United Australia hold Swing N/A
1940 Victorian state election: Ballarat
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Australia Thomas Hollway 10,90265.5−1.0
Labor Thomas Jude5,72834.5+1.0
Total formal votes16,63099.4+0.2
Informal votes1070.6−0.2
Turnout 16,73794.3−1.0
United Australia hold Swing -1.0

Elections in the 1930s

1937 Victorian state election: Ballarat
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Australia Thomas Hollway 11,36366.5+10.9
Labor Arthur Loft5,72233.5−10.9
Total formal votes17,08599.2−0.1
Informal votes1420.8+0.1
Turnout 17,22795.3+0.1
United Australia hold Swing +10.9
1935 Victorian state election: Ballarat
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Australia Thomas Hollway 9,85655.6−1.1
Labor William McAdam7,64644.4+1.1
Total formal votes17,23299.3+0.2
Informal votes1220.7−0.2
Turnout 17,35495.2−0.9
United Australia hold Swing -1.1
1932 Victorian state election: Ballarat
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Australia Thomas Hollway 9,65456.7+11.6
Labor William McAdam 7,37143.3−11.6
Total formal votes17,02599.1+0.1
Informal votes1620.9−0.1
Turnout 17,18796.1+4.5
United Australia gain from Labor Swing +11.6

Elections in the 1920s

1929 Victorian state election: Ballarat
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor William McAdam 8,99254.9+1.3
Nationalist Fred Edmunds 7,39745.1−1.3
Total formal votes16,38999.1+0.1
Informal votes1480.9−0.1
Turnout 16,53796.9+2.0
Labor hold Swing +1.3
1927 Victorian state election: Ballarat
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor William McAdam 8,31353.6
Nationalist Matthew Baird 7,20346.4
Total formal votes15,51699.0
Informal votes1621.0
Turnout 15,67894.9
Labor hold Swing

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References

  1. Hughes, Colin A. (1975). Voting for the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1890-1964. Dept. of Political Science, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. ISBN   070811332X.