Electoral results for the Ballarat Province

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

Members for Ballarat Province

Year		Party		Party
1937	Alfred Pittard	United Australia
1940			George Bolster	United Australia
1943				United Australia
1945		Liberal		Liberal
1946		Liberal	James Kittson	Liberal
1949		Liberal and Country		Liberal and Country
1949	Herbert Ludbrook	Liberal and Country		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	Clive Bubb	Liberal
1985	Dick de Fegely	Liberal
1988
1992
1996
1999	Dianne Hadden	Labor	John McQuilten	Labor
2002	Dianne Hadden	Labor	John McQuilten	Labor

Election results

Elections in the 2000s

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

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

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

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	%	±%

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

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

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

Green, Antony. "2002 Victorian State Election Summary of Results" (PDF).
Green, Antony. "1999 Victorian State Election" (PDF). ABC.
Green, Antony. "1996 Victorian state election" (PDF).
Green, Antony. "1992 Victorian state election" (PDF).
Statistics for the General Election Held on Saturday, 1 October 1988. Victoria: Government Printer. 1988.
Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1985". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
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.
Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1979". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1976". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1976". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1973". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1970". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1967". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1964". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
Carr, Adam. "Victoria Legislative Council Election 1961". Psephos Election Archive. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
Carr, Adam. "Victorian Legislative Council election of 21 June 1958". Psephos.

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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.

[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.