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

Members for Ballarat Province

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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

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Elections in the 2000s

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2002 Victorian state election: Ballarat Province[1]
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

Elections in the 1990s

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1999 Victorian state election: Ballarat by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John McQuilten 58,904 48.4 +6.8
Liberal Helen Bath 55,191 45.3 −6.3
Greens Charmaine Clarke 5,233 4.3 +4.3
Independent Jim Patterson 2,423 2.0 +2.0
Total formal votes 121,751 97.1 −1.1
Informal votes 3,631 2.9 +1.1
Turnout 125,382 93.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor John McQuilten 63,589 52.2 +6.6
Liberal Helen Bath 58,162 47.8 −6.6
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +6.6

This election was caused by the vacancy following the resignation of Rob Knowles, who unsuccessfully contested the lower house seat of Gisborne.

1999 Victorian state election: Ballarat Province[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Dianne Hadden-Tregear 57,655 47.9 +6.4
Liberal David Clark 55,834 46.4 −5.3
Democrats Geoff Lutz 6,853 5.7 +1.8
Total formal votes 120,342 97.3 −0.9
Informal votes 3,383 2.7 +0.9
Turnout 123,725 92.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Dianne Hadden-Tregear 61,774 51.3 +5.7
Liberal David Clark 58,568 48.7 −5.7
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +5.7
1996 Victorian state election: Ballarat Province[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Rob Knowles 62,107 51.7 −2.2
Labor Catherine Laffey 49,943 41.5 +0.7
Democrats Myrna Rance 4,687 3.9 +3.9
Call to Australia David Cocking 2,163 1.8 +1.8
Democratic Labor Brian Lugar 1,343 1.1 −4.2
Total formal votes 120,243 98.2 +1.1
Informal votes 2,258 1.8 −1.1
Turnout 122,501 94.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Rob Knowles 65,312 54.4 −0.9
Labor Catherine Laffey 54,796 45.6 +0.9
Liberal hold Swing −0.9
1992 Victorian state election: Ballarat Province[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Dick de Fegely 62,482 53.9 +5.2
Labor Geoff Howard 47,384 40.9 −3.3
Democratic Labor Brian Lugar 6,110 5.3 +5.3
Total formal votes 115,976 97.1 −0.5
Informal votes 3,488 2.9 +0.5
Turnout 119,464 96.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Dick de Fegely 64,166 55.3 +0.9
Labor Geoff Howard 51,763 44.7 −0.9
Liberal hold Swing +0.9

Elections in the 1980s

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1988 Victorian state election: Ballarat Province[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Rob Knowles 59,963 49.2 +0.2
Labor Glendon Ludbrook 53,807 44.1 +0.1
National Anne Scott 8,170 6.7 +6.7
Total formal votes 121,940 97.5 −0.5
Informal votes 3,143 2.5 +0.5
Turnout 125,083 94.2 −0.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Rob Knowles 66,508 54.5 +3.6
Labor Glendon Ludbrook 55,429 45.5 −3.6
Liberal hold Swing +3.6
1985 Victorian state election: Ballarat Province[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Dick de Fegely 55,702 49.0
Labor Roger Lowrey 49,966 44.0
Democrats William Ross 8,009 7.0
Total formal votes 113,677 98.0
Informal votes 2,347 2.0
Turnout 116,024 94.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Dick de Fegely 57,851 50.9 −1.0
Labor Roger Lowrey 55,806 49.1 +1.0
Liberal hold Swing −1.0
1982 Victorian state election: Ballarat Province[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Rob Knowles 42,653 48.3 −3.7
Labor Stephen Blomeley 39,352 44.6 −3.4
Democrats June Johnson 6,319 7.2 +7.2
Total formal votes 88,234 98.0 +0.5
Informal votes 1,834 2.0 −0.5
Turnout 90,158 95.0 +0.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Rob Knowles 45,637 51.7 −0.3
Labor Stephen Blomeley 42,687 48.3 +0.3
Liberal hold Swing −0.3

Elections in the 1970s

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1979 Victorian state election: Ballarat Province[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Clive Bubb 43,501 52.0 −6.9
Labor David Williams 40,198 48.0 +6.9
Total formal votes 83,699 97.5 +0.1
Informal votes 2,154 2.5 −0.1
Turnout 85,853 94.9 −0.1
Liberal hold Swing −6.9
  • This seat was won by Labor in the 1978 by-election, but is recorded as a Liberal party hold.
1978 Ballarat Province state by-election[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor David Williams 31,354 46.1 +5.0
Liberal Robert Vinecombe 28,152 41.4 −17.5
Democrats June Johnson 5,498 8.1 +8.1
Democratic Labor Stan Keon 2,339 3.4 +3.4
Independent Edward Campion 667 1.0 +1.0
Total formal votes 68,010 98.3 +0.9
Informal votes 1,202 1.7 −0.9
Turnout 69,212 92.6 −2.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor David Williams 34,251 50.4 +9.3
Liberal Robert Vinecombe 33,759 49.6 −9.3
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +9.3

This by-election was caused by the resignation of Vance Dickie.

1976 Victorian state election: Ballarat Province[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Rob Knowles 45,545 58.9
Labor Ronald Corbett 31,783 41.1
Total formal votes 77,328 97.4
Informal votes 2,056 2.6
Turnout 79,384 95.0
Liberal hold Swing
1973 Victorian state election: Ballarat Province[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Vance Dickie 27,500 44.8 −3.0
Labor Ronald Corbett 24,259 39.5 −0.1
Democratic Labor William Griffin 5,317 8.6 −4.0
Country Patrick Hope 4,318 7.0 +7.0
Total formal votes 61,394 97.1 −0.6
Informal votes 1,862 2.9 +0.6
Turnout 63,256 95.0 −0.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Vance Dickie 35,871 58.4 −1.1
Labor Ronald Corbett 25,523 41.6 +1.1
Liberal hold Swing −1.1
1970 Victorian state election: Ballarat Province[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Murray Byrne 27,013 47.8 +6.4
Labor Jack Jones 22,349 39.6 +6.5
Democratic Labor William Bruty 7,106 12.6 −2.1
Total formal votes 56,468 97.7 −0.5
Informal votes 1,313 2.3 +0.5
Turnout 57,781 95.9 −0.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Murray Byrne 33,568 59.5 −2.3
Labor Jack Jones 22,900 40.5 +2.3
Liberal hold Swing −2.3

Elections in the 1960s

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1967 Victorian state election: Ballarat Province[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Pat Dickie 22,970 41.4
Labor Kevin Healy 18,755 33.1
Democratic Labor James Burns 8,118 14.7
Country Robert Cooper 5,626 10.1
Total formal votes 55,469 98.2
Informal votes 1,515 1.8
Turnout 56,984 96.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Pat Dickie 34,227 61.8
Labor Kevin Healy 21,192 38.2
Liberal hold Swing
1964 Victorian state election: Ballarat Province[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Murray Byrne 27,833 50.7 +10.4
Labor Gordon Campbell 18,935 34.5 −7.8
Democratic Labor William Bruty 8,134 14.8 −2.7
Total formal votes 54,902 98.2 +0.2
Informal votes 1,017 1.8 −0.2
Turnout 55,919 96.2 +0.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Murray Byrne 64.0 +7.9
Labor Gordon Campbell 36.0 −7.9
Liberal and Country hold Swing +7.9
  • Two party preferred vote was estimated.
1961 Victorian state election: Ballarat Province[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jack Jones 22,663 42.3 −1.3
Liberal and Country Pat Dickie 21,603 40.3 +0.6
Democratic Labor William Bruty 9,368 17.5 +6.8
Total formal votes 53,634 98.0 −0.7
Informal votes 1,092 2.0 +0.7
Turnout 54,726 95.8 −0.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Pat Dickie 30,105 56.1 +5.2
Labor Jack Jones 23,529 43.9 −5.2
Liberal and Country hold Swing +5.2

Elections in the 1950s

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1958 Victorian Legislative Council election: Ballarat Province[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jack Jones 23,336 43.6 +0.5
Liberal and Country Murray Byrne 21,227 39.7 −17.2
Democratic Labor Maurice Calnin 5,692 10.7 +10.7
Independent David Milburn 3,214 6.0 +6.0
Total formal votes 53,649 98.7 −0.3
Informal votes 682 1.3 +0.3
Turnout 54,151 95.9 +1.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Murray Byrne 27,210 50.9 −6.0
Labor Jack Jones 26,259 49.1 +6.0
Liberal and Country gain from Labor Swing −6.0

References

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  1. ^ Green, Antony. "2002 Victorian State Election Summary of Results" (PDF).
  2. ^ Green, Antony. "1999 Victorian State Election" (PDF). ABC.
  3. ^ Green, Antony. "1996 Victorian state election" (PDF).
  4. ^ Green, Antony. "1992 Victorian state election" (PDF).
  5. ^ Statistics for the General Election Held on Saturday, 1 October 1988. Victoria: Government Printer. 1988.
  6. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1985". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  7. ^ Aitkin, Colin A. Hughes, Don (1986). Voting for the Australian upper houses, 1890-1984. Canberra: Dept. of Political Science, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. ISBN 090977918X.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1979". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  9. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1976". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  10. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1976". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  11. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1973". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  12. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1970". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  13. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1967". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  14. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1964". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  15. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1961". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  16. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Legislative Council election of 21 June 1958". Psephos.
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