Electoral district of Ballarat West

Ballarat West
Victoria—Legislative Assembly
State or territory: Victoria
Created: 1904, 1992
Abolished: 1927
MP: Sharon Knight
Party: Australian Labor Party
Electors: 43,964 (2010)
Area: 135 km² (52 sq mi)
Demographic: Urbanised Rural

The Electoral district of Ballarat West is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly in Australia. It has had two periods of existence, firstly between 1859 and 1927 and since 1992. Unlike Ballarat East which has a rural character, Ballarat West is mostly urban, taking in much of Ballarat itself and its southern and western suburbs.

The seat is currently narrowly held by the Labor Party. It was held by the Liberal Party during the years of the Kennett government.

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Members for Ballarat West

First incarnation (1859–1904)
Member Party Term
  John Bailey Unaligned 1859–1861
  Robert Serjeant Unaligned 1859–1861
  Duncan Gillies Unaligned 1861–1868
  William Collard Smith Unaligned 1861–1864
  Robert Lewis Unaligned 1864
  William Vale Unaligned 1864–65, 1865–69
  Charles Jones Unaligned 1868–69, 1869, 1869–71
  John James Unaligned 1869–1870
  Sir Archibald Michie Unaligned 1870–1871
  Joseph Jones Unaligned 1871–1875
  William Collard Smith Unaligned 1871–1892
  George Fincham Unaligned 1875–1886
  Henry Bell Unaligned 1877–1886
  Charles Jones Unaligned 1886–1889
  Richard Vale Unaligned 1886–1889
  Joseph Kirton Unaligned 1889–1894
  Richard Vale Unaligned 1892–1902
  William Collard Smith Unaligned 1894
  Joseph Kirton Unaligned 1894–1904
  Richard Vale Unaligned 1892–1902
  Charles Shoppee Ministerialist 1902–1904
Second incarnation (1904–1927)
Member Party Term
  Harry Bennett Labor 1904–1907
  Joseph Kirton Unaligned 1907–1908
  Andrew McKissock Labor 1908–1911
  Matthew Baird Commonwealth Liberal 1911–1917
  Economy 1917–1918
  Nationalist 1918–1927
Third incarnation (1992–present)
Member Party Term
  Paul Jenkins Liberal 1992–1999
  Karen Overington Labor 1999–2010
  Sharon Knight Labor 2010–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Ballarat West
Victorian state election, 2010: Ballarat West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Craig Coltman 17,230 43.60 +5.66
Labor Sharon Knight 16,446 41.62 −5.49
Greens Leon Dwyer 3,876 9.81 −0.08
Family First Dale Butterfield 1,284 3.25 −1.78
Country Alliance Carl Wesley 681 1.72 +1.72
Total formal votes 39,517 95.78 −0.56
Informal votes 1,740 4.22 +0.56
Turnout 41,257 93.84 +1.55
Two-candidate preferred result
Labor Sharon Knight 20,175 51.05 −5.55
Liberal Craig Coltman 19,342 48.95 +5.55
Labor hold Swing −5.55

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