Electoral results for the district of Ballarat West

This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Ballarat West in Victorian state elections.

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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

Elections in the 2010s

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

Elections in the 2000s

Victorian state election, 2006: Ballarat West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Karen Overington 17,292 47.11 -5.33
Liberal Shane Brennan 13,934 37.96 +1.23
Greens Belinda Coates 3,631 9.89 +2.93
Family First Dale Butterfield 1,847 5.03 +5.03
Total formal votes 36,704 96.34 -1.19
Informal votes 1,395 3.66 +1.19
Turnout 38,099 92.29 -2.34
Two-candidate preferred result
Labor Karen Overington 20,761 56.56 -2.44
Liberal Shane Brennan 15,948 43.44 +2.44
Labor hold Swing -2.44
Victorian state election, 2002: Ballarat West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Karen Overington 19,221 52.44 +1.43
Liberal Judy Verlin 13,461 36.73 -12.26
Greens Faye Backstrom 2,552 6.96 +6.96
Independent Geoff Sullivan 912 2.49 +2.49
Christian Democrats Rob Donker 507 1.38 +1.38
Total formal votes 36,653 97.53 -0.08
Informal votes 929 2.47 +0.08
Turnout 37,582 94.63 -0.17
Two-candidate preferred result
Labor Karen Overington 21,625 59.00 +7.99
Liberal Judy Verlin 15,027 41.00 -7.99
Labor hold Swing +7.99

Elections in the 1990s

Victorian state election, 1999: Ballarat West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Karen Overington 15,527 51.0 +2.4
Liberal Judy Verlin 14,910 49.0 -2.4
Total formal votes 30,437 97.6 -0.6
Informal votes 744 2.4 +0.6
Turnout 31,181 94.8
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +2.4
Victorian state election, 1996: Ballarat West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Paul Jenkins 14,706 49.5 +0.7
Labor Robyn Mason 13,623 45.8 +3.6
Call to Australia Jodie Rickard 871 2.9 +2.9
Natural Law Peter Smith 530 1.8 +1.8
Total formal votes 29,730 98.2 +1.0
Informal votes 550 1.8 -1.0
Turnout 30,280 94.9
Two-candidate preferred result
Liberal Paul Jenkins 15,265 51.4 -1.3
Labor Robyn Mason 14,446 48.6 +1.3
Liberal hold Swing -1.3
Victorian state election, 1992: Ballarat West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Paul Jenkins 14,091 48.8 +2.9
Labor Karen Overington 12,204 42.3 -3.4
Independent Joan Chambers 1,456 5.0 +5.0
Independent David White 721 2.5 +2.5
Independent Noel Vodden 410 1.4 +1.4
Total formal votes 28,882 97.2 -0.9
Informal votes 833 2.8 +0.9
Turnout 29,715 96.6
Two-candidate preferred result
Liberal Paul Jenkins 15,210 52.7 +1.0
Labor Karen Overington 13,640 47.3 -1.0
Liberal hold Swing +1.0

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