Electoral district of Polwarth

Polwarth
Victoria—Legislative Assembly

Location of Polwarth (dark green) in Victoria
State Victoria
Created 1889
MP Terry Mulder
Party Liberal Party of Australia
Electors 42,079 (2010)
Area 11,008 km2 (4,250.2 sq mi)
Demographic Rural

The Electoral district of Polwarth is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It covers much of the rural territory west of Geelong and includes the towns of Anglesea, Lorne, Lismore, Colac, Camperdown, Terang and Mortlake.[1]

The seat has existed since 1889 and has always been held by conservative parties. The Liberal Party of Australia has held the seat continuously since 1970, although the Nationals have provided strong challenges on occasions, such as at the 1999 election when election night figures suggested retired AFL Footballer Paul Couch would win the seat. Although ultimately Couch failed to finish ahead of the Labor Party candidate and the Liberals Terry Mulder won after receiving preferences from Couch.

The 2014 Victorian election saw the Liberal's Terry Mulder retain his seat,[2] with a 3.2% swing to Labor.[3]

Members for Polwarth

MemberPartyTerm
  Charles Forrest Unaligned 1889–1894
  Thomas Baker Unaligned 1894–1897
  Charles Forrest Unaligned 1897–1911
  John Johnstone Commonwealth Liberal 1911–1917
  James McDonald Nationalist 1917–1929
  Economy 1929–1931
  United Australia 1931–1933
  Allan McDonald United Australia 1933–1940
  Edward Guye Country 1940–1950
  Liberal and Country 1950–1958
  Tom Darcy Liberal and Country 1958–1959
  Liberal 1959–1970
  Cec Burgin Liberal 1970–1985
  Ian Smith Liberal 1985–1999
  Terry Mulder Liberal 1999–present

Election results

Victorian state election, 2014: Polwarth[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Terry Mulder 21,861 55.4 −0.5
Labor Libby Coker 11,045 28.0 +1.1
Greens Simon Northeast 4,352 11.0 +2.8
Country Alliance Philip Edge 2,206 5.6 +1.7
Total formal votes 39,464 96.1 −0.1
Informal votes 1,599 3.9 +0.1
Turnout 41,063 94.9 +1.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Terry Mulder 23,944 60.6 −3.2
Labor Libby Coker 15,541 39.4 +3.2
Liberal hold Swing −3.2

Historical maps

References

  1. ↑ "Victorian Electoral Commission". Polworth District Profile. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  2. ↑ "Victorian Electoral Commission". State Election 2014 : Polwarth District. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  3. ↑ "ABC Victoria Votes". Victoria Votes. Retrieved February 2015.
  4. ↑ State Election 2014: Polwarth District, VEC.

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