Electoral district of South-West Coast
| South-West Coast Victoria—Legislative Assembly | |
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Location of South-West Coast (dark green) in Victoria | |
| State | Victoria |
| Created | 2002 |
| MP | Denis Napthine |
| Party | Liberal Party of Australia |
| Electors | 43,344 (2010) |
| Area | 5,834 km2 (2,252.5 sq mi) |
| Demographic | Rural |
The Electoral district of South-West Coast is an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It was created prior to the 2002 election in order to replace the abolished seats of Portland and Warrnambool.
The seat covers much of Victoria's western district, including the towns of Warrnambool, Portland, Port Fairy, and Macarthur.
South-West Coast is located in ancestrally Liberal territory, and was thus a natural choice for Portland's former member, Denis Napthine, to transfer for the 2002 election. He barely held onto his seat in the Labor landslide of that year, seeing his margin reduced to only 0.7 percent. However, it has reverted to its previous form as a safe Liberal seat. Napthine subsequently served as Premier of Victoria from 2013 to 2014.
Members for South-West Coast
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denis Napthine | Liberal | 2002–present | |
Election results
| Victorian state election, 2014: South-West Coast[1] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Denis Napthine | 23,234 | 57.0 | +7.7 | |
| Labor | Roy Reekie | 11,507 | 28.2 | +3.6 | |
| Greens | Thomas Campbell | 3,993 | 9.8 | +1.6 | |
| Country Alliance | Steven Moore | 945 | 2.3 | −1.2 | |
| Independent | Michael McCluskey | 654 | 1.6 | +1.6 | |
| Independent | Linda K. Smith | 449 | 1.1 | +1.1 | |
| Total formal votes | 40,782 | 96.0 | −0.0 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,715 | 4.0 | +0.0 | ||
| Turnout | 42,497 | 94.9 | +1.8 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Liberal | Denis Napthine | 24,914 | 61.0 | −0.9 | |
| Labor | Roy Reekie | 15,947 | 39.0 | +0.9 | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | −0.9 | |||