Ballarat Province
| Ballarat Province Victoria—Legislative Council | |
|---|---|
| State | Victoria |
| Created | 1937 |
| Abolished | 2006 |
| Namesake | Ballarat |
Ballarat Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council[1] from 1937 until 2006, located around Ballarat.
Ballarat, along with Doutta Galla, Higinbotham and Monash Provinces was created in the expansion of the Legislative Council in 1937. Ballarat was abolished from the 2006 state election in the wake of the Bracks Labor government's reform of the Legislative Council.
Members
| Year | Member | Party | Member | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | John McQuilten | 72,519 | 52.5 | +3.0 | |
| Liberal | Helen Bath | 48,645 | 35.2 | −10.5 | |
| Greens | Cherie Bridges | 14,182 | 10.3 | +10.3 | |
| Democrats | Geoff Lutz | 2,809 | 2.0 | −2.3 | |
| Total formal votes | 138,155 | 97.0 | 0.0 | ||
| Informal votes | 4,317 | 3.0 | 0.0 | ||
| Turnout | 142,472 | 94.5 | |||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | John McQuilten | 84,713 | 61.3 | +9.0 | |
| Liberal | Helen Bath | 53,426 | 38.7 | −9.0 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | +9.0 | |||
References
- ^ "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
- ^ Green, Antony. "2002 Victorian State Election Summary of Results" (PDF). Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
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