Electoral results for the district of Ballarat South

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

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Members for Ballarat South

MemberPartyTerm
  Gordon Scott Liberal and Country 1955–1964
  Bill Stephen Liberal and Country 1964–1965
  Liberal 1965–1979
  Joan Chambers Liberal 1979–1982
  Frank Sheehan Labor 1982–1992

Election results

Elections in the 1980s

1988 Victorian state election: Ballarat South [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Frank Sheehan 14,32046.47−4.90
Liberal Joan Chambers 13,38543.44−5.19
National Donald Phelan1,9936.47+6.47
Democrats Phil Henseleit1,1163.62+3.62
Total formal votes30,814
Informal votes
Turnout
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Frank Sheehan 15,45750.17−1.20
Liberal Joan Chambers 15,35349.83+1.20
Labor hold Swing −1.20
1985 Victorian state election: Ballarat South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Frank Sheehan 14,78051.8+2.6
Liberal Clive Bubb 13,76448.2+2.7
Total formal votes28,54498.2
Informal votes5181.8
Turnout 29,06294.7
Labor hold Swing −0.4
1982 Victorian state election: Ballarat South [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Frank Sheehan 13,06948.76+3.91
Liberal Joan Chambers 12,29145.86+0.24
Democrats Stuart Kelly1,4425.38−0.86
Total formal votes26,80298.56+0.63
Informal votes3911.44−0.63
Turnout 27,19395.03+0.19
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Frank Sheehan 13,91651.92+2.30
Liberal Joan Chambers 12,88648.08−2.30
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +2.30

Elections in the 1970s

1979 Victorian state election: Ballarat South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Joan Chambers 11,67145.62−8.52
Labor Frank Sheehan 11,47444.85−1.01
Democrats June Johnson1,5976.24+6.24
Independent Glendon Ludbrook8413.29+3.29
Total formal votes25,58397.93+0.51
Informal votes5422.07−0.51
Turnout 26,12594.84+0.07
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Joan Chambers 12,88950.38−3.76
Labor Frank Sheehan 12,69449.62+3.76
Liberal hold Swing −3.76
1976 Victorian state election: Ballarat South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Bill Stephen 12,98554.1+11.4
Labor Frank Sheehan 11,00145.9+4.1
Total formal votes23,98697.4
Informal votes6352.6
Turnout 24,62194.8
Liberal hold Swing +0.3
1973 Victorian state election: Ballarat South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Bill Stephen 10,19743.10−1.10
Labor Frank Sheehan 9,73041.13+1.86
Democratic Labor John Parkin2,1178.95−7.58
Country Graeme Orr1,6136.82+6.82
Total formal votes23,65797.31−0.31
Informal votes6542.69+0.31
Turnout 24,31194.48−1.24
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Bill Stephen 13,01054.99−1.10
Labor Frank Sheehan 9,73045.01+1.10
Liberal hold Swing −1.10
1970 Victorian state election: Ballarat South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Bill Stephen 9,53044.20+0.73
Labor Tom Cullen8,46739.27+0.10
Democratic Labor Francis Brown3,56316.53−0.83
Total formal votes21,56097.62+0.27
Informal votes5252.38−0.27
Turnout 22,08595.72+0.03
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Bill Stephen 12,09456.09+0.30
Labor Tom Cullen9,46643.91−0.30

Elections in the 1960s

1967 Victorian state election: Ballarat South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Bill Stephen 9,20843.47+1.19
Labor Philip Gray8,29839.17−0.77
Democratic Labor Francis Brown3,67817.36−0.41
Total formal votes21,18497.35−0.45
Informal votes5762.65+0.45
Turnout 21,76095.69+0.28
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Bill Stephen 11,81855.79+1.09
Labor Philip Gray9,36644.21−1.09
Liberal hold Swing +1.09
1964 Victorian state election: Ballarat South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal and Country Bill Stephen 8,63542.28+1.87
Labor Jack Jones8,15839.94−1.45
Democratic Labor Francis Brown3,63017.77−0.43
Total formal votes20,42397.80−0.67
Informal votes4592.20+0.67
Turnout 20,88295.41−0.24
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Bill Stephen 11,17254.70−1.96
Labor Jack Jones9,25145.30+1.96
Liberal and Country hold Swing −1.96
1961 Victorian state election: Ballarat South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Ron Wilson8,39441.39+6.43
Liberal and Country Gordon Scott 8,19440.41+0.91
Democratic Labor Francis Brown3,69118.20−0.90
Total formal votes20,27998.47+0.30
Informal votes3161.53−0.30
Turnout 20,59595.65−0.57
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Gordon Scott 11,49156.66−2.46
Labor Ron Wilson8,78843.34+2.46

Elections in the 1950s

1958 Victorian state election: Ballarat South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal and Country Gordon Scott 7,98839.50−1.03
Labor Max Pinkard7,07134.96−7.80
Democratic Labor Leslie D'Arcy3,86419.10+2.39
Country Arthur Philips1,3026.44+6.44
Total formal votes20,22598.17−0.48
Informal votes3771.83+0.48
Turnout 20,60296.22+0.15
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Gordon Scott 11,95759.12+5.11
Labor Max Pinkard8,26840.88−5.11
Liberal and Country hold Swing +5.11
1955 Victorian state election: Ballarat South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Jack Sheehan 8,31742.76
Liberal and Country Gordon Scott 7,88340.53
Labor (A-C) Alfred Purdue3,24916.71
Total formal votes19,44998.65
Informal votes2671.35
Turnout 19,71696.07
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Gordon Scott 10,50654.01
Labor Jack Sheehan 8,94345.99
Liberal and Country win(new seat)

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References

  1. ↑ Cleary, Colin (2007). Ballarat Labor. Epsom, Victoria: Colin Cleary. ISBN   9780646475264.
  2. ↑ Hughes, Colin A., Don Aitken (1987). Voting for the Australian state lower houses, 1975–1984. Canberra: Dept. of Political Science, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. ISBN   0909779244.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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