Electoral results for the district of Ballarat South
This is a list of electoral results for the electoral district of Ballarat South in Victorian state elections.
Members for Ballarat South
Member | Party | Term | |
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Gordon Scott | Liberal and Country | 1955-1964 | |
Bill Stephen | Liberal and Country | 1964-1965 | |
Liberal | 1965-1979 | ||
Joan Chambers | Liberal | 1979-1982 | |
Frank Sheehan | Labor | 1982-1992 | |
Election results
Elections in the 1980s
Victorian state election, 1988: Ballarat South[1] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labor | Frank Sheehan | 14,320 | 46.47 | -4.90 | |
Liberal | Joan Chambers | 13,385 | 43.44 | -5.19 | |
National | Donald Phelan | 1,993 | 6.47 | +6.47 | |
Democrats | Phil Henseleit | 1,116 | 3.62 | +3.62 | |
Total formal votes | 30,814 | ||||
Informal votes | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Frank Sheehan | 15,457 | 50.17 | -1.20 | |
Liberal | Joan Chambers | 15,353 | 49.83 | +1.20 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -1.20 | |||
Victorian state election, 1985: Ballarat South | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labor | Frank Sheehan | 14,780 | 51.8 | +2.6 | |
Liberal | Clive Bubb | 13,764 | 48.2 | +2.7 | |
Total formal votes | 28,544 | 98.2 | |||
Informal votes | 518 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 29,062 | 94.7 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | -0.4 | |||
Victorian state election, 1982: Ballarat South[2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labor | Frank Sheehan | 13,069 | 48.76 | +3.91 | |
Liberal | Joan Chambers | 12,291 | 45.86 | +0.24 | |
Democrats | Stuart Kelly | 1,442 | 5.38 | -0.86 | |
Total formal votes | 26,802 | 98.56 | +0.63 | ||
Informal votes | 391 | 1.44 | -0.63 | ||
Turnout | 27,193 | 95.03 | +0.19 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Frank Sheehan | 13,916 | 51.92 | +2.30 | |
Liberal | Joan Chambers | 12,886 | 48.08 | -2.30 | |
Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +2.30 | |||
Elections in the 1970s
Victorian state election, 1979: Ballarat South | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | Joan Chambers | 11,671 | 45.62 | -8.52 | |
Labor | Frank Sheehan | 11,474 | 44.85 | -1.01 | |
Democrats | June Johnson | 1,597 | 6.24 | +6.24 | |
Independent | Glendon Ludbrook | 841 | 3.29 | +3.29 | |
Total formal votes | 25,583 | 97.93 | +0.51 | ||
Informal votes | 542 | 2.07 | -0.51 | ||
Turnout | 26,125 | 94.84 | +0.07 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Joan Chambers | 12,889 | 50.38 | -3.76 | |
Labor | Frank Sheehan | 12,694 | 49.62 | +3.76 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | -3.76 | |||
Victorian state election, 1976: Ballarat South | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | Bill Stephen | 12,985 | 54.1 | +11.4 | |
Labor | Frank Sheehan | 11,001 | 45.9 | +4.1 | |
Total formal votes | 23,986 | 97.4 | |||
Informal votes | 635 | 2.6 | |||
Turnout | 24,621 | 94.8 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.3 | |||
Victorian state election, 1973: Ballarat South | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | Bill Stephen | 10,197 | 43.10 | -1.10 | |
Labor | Frank Sheehan | 9,730 | 41.13 | +1.86 | |
Democratic Labor | John Parkin | 2,117 | 8.95 | -7.58 | |
Country | Graeme Orr | 1,613 | 6.82 | +6.82 | |
Total formal votes | 23,657 | 97.31 | -0.31 | ||
Informal votes | 654 | 2.69 | +0.31 | ||
Turnout | 24,311 | 94.48 | -1.24 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Bill Stephen | 13,010 | 54.99 | -1.10 | |
Labor | Frank Sheehan | 9,730 | 45.01 | +1.10 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | -1.10 | |||
Victorian state election, 1970: Ballarat South | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | Bill Stephen | 9,530 | 44.20 | +0.73 | |
Labor | Tom Cullen | 8,467 | 39.27 | +0.10 | |
Democratic Labor | Francis Brown | 3,563 | 16.53 | -0.83 | |
Total formal votes | 21,560 | 97.62 | +0.27 | ||
Informal votes | 525 | 2.38 | -0.27 | ||
Turnout | 22,085 | 95.72 | +0.03 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Bill Stephen | 12,094 | 56.09 | +0.30 | |
Labor | Tom Cullen | 9,466 | 43.91 | -0.30 | |
Elections in the 1960s
Victorian state election, 1967: Ballarat South | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | Bill Stephen | 9,208 | 43.47 | +1.19 | |
Labor | Philip Gray | 8,298 | 39.17 | -0.77 | |
Democratic Labor | Francis Brown | 3,678 | 17.36 | -0.41 | |
Total formal votes | 21,184 | 97.35 | -0.45 | ||
Informal votes | 576 | 2.65 | +0.45 | ||
Turnout | 21,760 | 95.69 | +0.28 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Bill Stephen | 11,818 | 55.79 | +1.09 | |
Labor | Philip Gray | 9,366 | 44.21 | -1.09 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +1.09 | |||
Victorian state election, 1964: Ballarat South | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal and Country | Bill Stephen | 8,635 | 42.28 | +1.87 | |
Labor | Jack Jones | 8,158 | 39.94 | -1.45 | |
Democratic Labor | Francis Brown | 3,630 | 17.77 | -0.43 | |
Total formal votes | 20,423 | 97.80 | -0.67 | ||
Informal votes | 459 | 2.20 | +0.67 | ||
Turnout | 20,882 | 95.41 | -0.24 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal and Country | Bill Stephen | 11,172 | 54.70 | -1.96 | |
Labor | Jack Jones | 9,251 | 45.30 | +1.96 | |
Liberal and Country hold | Swing | -1.96 | |||
Victorian state election, 1961: Ballarat South | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labor | Ron Wilson | 8,394 | 41.39 | +6.43 | |
Liberal and Country | Gordon Scott | 8,194 | 40.41 | +0.91 | |
Democratic Labor | Francis Brown | 3,691 | 18.20 | -0.90 | |
Total formal votes | 20,279 | 98.47 | +0.30 | ||
Informal votes | 316 | 1.53 | -0.30 | ||
Turnout | 20,595 | 95.65 | -0.57 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal and Country | Gordon Scott | 11,491 | 56.66 | -2.46 | |
Labor | Ron Wilson | 8,788 | 43.34 | +2.46 | |
Elections in the 1950s
Victorian state election, 1958: Ballarat South | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal and Country | Gordon Scott | 7,988 | 39.50 | -1.03 | |
Labor | Max Pinkard | 7,071 | 34.96 | -7.80 | |
Democratic Labor | Leslie D'Arcy | 3,864 | 19.10 | +2.39 | |
Country | Arthur Philips | 1,302 | 6.44 | +6.44 | |
Total formal votes | 20,225 | 98.17 | -0.48 | ||
Informal votes | 377 | 1.83 | +0.48 | ||
Turnout | 20,602 | 96.22 | +0.15 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal and Country | Gordon Scott | 11,957 | 59.12 | +5.11 | |
Labor | Max Pinkard | 8,268 | 40.88 | -5.11 | |
Liberal and Country hold | Swing | +5.11 | |||
Victorian state election, 1955: Ballarat South | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labor | Jack Sheehan | 8,317 | 42.76 | ||
Liberal and Country | Gordon Scott | 7,883 | 40.53 | ||
Labor (A-C) | Alfred Purdue | 3,249 | 16.71 | ||
Total formal votes | 19,449 | 98.65 | |||
Informal votes | 267 | 1.35 | |||
Turnout | 19,716 | 96.07 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal and Country | Gordon Scott | 10,506 | 54.01 | ||
Labor | Jack Sheehan | 8,943 | 45.99 | ||
Liberal and Country win | (new division) | ||||
References
- ↑ Cleary, Colin (2007). Ballarat Labor. Epsom, Victoria: Colin Cleary. ISBN 978-0-646-47526-4.
- ↑ Hughes, Colin A., Don Aitken (1987). Voting for the Australian state lower houses, 1975-1984. Canberra: Dept. of Political Science, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. ISBN 0909779244.
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