Ballarat Province

Ballarat Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council[1] from 1937 until 2006, located around Ballarat.

Ballarat Province
VictoriaLegislative Council
StateVictoria
Created1937
Abolished2006
NamesakeBallarat

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

Members for Ballarat Province
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

2002 Victorian state election: Ballarat Province[2]
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

  1. "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
  2. Green, Antony. "2002 Victorian State Election Summary of Results" (PDF).


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