Electoral results for the district of Geelong West

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

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Members

First incarnation (1859–1877, 2 members)
Member 1TermMember 2Term
John Henry Brooke 1859 – 1864 James Harrison 1859   1860
Nicholas Foott 1860 [b] – 1868 [d]
George Brown 1864 – 1865
Richard Heath1866 – 1867
James Gattie Carr 1868 – 1870 Graham Berry 1868 [b] – 1877
Robert de Bruce Johnstone 1870 [b] – 1877
[d] Foott died 24 September 1868, replaced by Graham Berry in October 1868. [1]
Johnstone and Berry went on to represent the re-created Geelong from 1877.
Second incarnation (1955–1967)
MemberPartyTerm
  Colin MacDonald Labor 1955–1958
  Max Gillett Liberal and Country 1958–1964
  Neil Trezise Labor 1964–1967
Third incarnation (1976–1985)
MemberPartyTerm
  Hayden Birrell Liberal 1976–1982
  Hayden Shell Labor 1982–1985

Election results

Elections in the 1980s

1982 Victorian state election: Geelong West [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Hayden Shell 11,81449.6+4.5
Liberal Michael Henderson10,36743.5−5.4
Democrats Penelope Collet1,6627.0+1.0
Total formal votes23,84398.1+0.4
Informal votes4641.9−0.4
Turnout 24,30794.2+0.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Hayden Shell 12,61052.9+3.7
Liberal Michael Henderson11,23347.1−3.7
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +3.7

Elections in the 1970s

1979 Victorian state election: Geelong West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Hayden Birrell 11,64048.9−6.3
Labor Hayden Shell 10,72545.1+0.3
Democrats Guenter Sahr1,4366.0+6.0
Total formal votes23,80197.70.0
Informal votes5612.30.0
Turnout 24,36293.8−1.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Hayden Birrell 12,09250.8−4.4
Labor Hayden Shell 11,70949.2+4.4
Liberal hold Swing -4.4
1976 Victorian state election: Geelong West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Hayden Birrell 13,11155.2+10.9
Labor Kevin Kirby10,65844.8−0.6
Total formal votes23,76997.7
Informal votes5512.3
Turnout 24,32095.1
Liberal hold Swing +2.5

Elections in the 1960s

1964 Victorian state election: Geelong West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Neil Trezise 12,79448.5+0.5
Liberal and Country Max Gillett 10,02938.0−0.6
Democratic Labor James Mahoney3,58513.6+0.2
Total formal votes26,40898.1+0.1
Informal votes5081.9−0.1
Turnout 26,91695.5+1.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Neil Trezise 13,23650.1+0.3
Liberal and Country Max Gillett 13,17249.9−0.3
Labor gain from Liberal and Country Swing +0.3
1961 Victorian state election: Geelong West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Neil Trezise 11,51048.0+0.5
Liberal and Country Max Gillett 9,24438.6−0.8
Democratic Labor James Mahoney3,20713.4+0.3
Total formal votes23,96198.0−0.5
Informal votes4962.0+0.5
Turnout 24,45794.5+1.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Max Gillett 12,03250.2+0.1
Labor Neil Trezise 11,92949.8−0.1
Liberal and Country hold Swing +0.1

Elections in the 1950s

1958 Victorian state election: Geelong West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Colin MacDonald 10,10747.5
Liberal and Country Max Gillett 8,38839.4
Democratic Labor James Mahoney2,79713.1
Total formal votes21,29298.5
Informal votes3311.5
Turnout 21,62393.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Max Gillett 10,65850.1
Labor Colin MacDonald 10,63449.9
Liberal and Country gain from Labor Swing
1955 Victorian state election: Geelong West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal and Country Geoffrey Thom 8,23738.2
Labor Colin MacDonald 6,92132.1
Independent James Dunn 2,72012.6
Labor (A-C) James Mahoney2,35910.9
Independent James Dowsett1,3156.1
Total formal votes21,55297.4
Informal votes5852.6
Turnout 22,13793.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Colin MacDonald 11,58953.8
Liberal and Country Geoffrey Thom 9,96346.2
Labor hold Swing

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References

  1. "Geelong West Election". The Ballarat Star. 17 October 1868. p. 2.
  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)