Ballarat Province
{{Short description|Former electoral province of the Victorian Legislative Council, Australia}}
{{for|the district (1855–1856) of the old unicameral Victorian Legislative Council|Electoral district of Ballaarat}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Infobox Australian electorate
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| name = Ballarat Province
| state = vic
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| created = 1937
| abolished = 2006
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| namesake = Ballarat
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Ballarat Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council
{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/re-member/bioregsearch.cfm
|title=Re-Member (Former Members)
|publisher=State Government of Victoria
|access-date=10 October 2012}}
from 1937 until 2006, located around Ballarat.
Ballarat, along with Doutta Galla, Higinbotham and Monash Provinces was created in the expansion of the Legislative Council in 1937. Ballarat was abolished from the 2006 state election in the wake of the Bracks Labor government's reform of the Legislative Council.
Members
| class="wikitable"
|+ Members for Ballarat Province |
| Year
! colspan="2"|Member ! Party ! colspan="2"|Member ! Party |
|---|
| 1937
| rowspan="3" {{Australian party style|UAP}}| | rowspan="6"|Alfred Pittard | rowspan="3"|United Australia ! colspan="3"| |
| 1940
| rowspan="2" {{Australian party style|UAP}}| | rowspan="3"|George Bolster | rowspan="2"|United Australia |
| 1943 |
| 1945
| rowspan="2" {{Australian party style|Liberal}}| | rowspan="2"|Liberal | {{Australian party style|Liberal}}| | Liberal |
| 1946
| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}| | rowspan="3"|James Kittson | Liberal |
| 1949
| {{Australian party style|Liberal and Country}}| | rowspan="2" {{Australian party style|Liberal and Country}}| | rowspan="2"|Liberal and Country |
| 1949
| rowspan="3" {{Australian party style|Liberal and Country}}| | rowspan="3"|Herbert Ludbrook | rowspan="3"|Liberal and Country |
| 1952
| rowspan="3" {{Australian party style|Labor}}| | rowspan="3"|Jack Jones | rowspan="3"|Labor |
| 1955 |
| 1956
| rowspan="4" {{Australian party style|Liberal and Country}}| | rowspan="9"|Pat Dickie | rowspan="4"|Liberal and Country |
| 1958
| rowspan="3" {{Australian party style|Liberal and Country}}| | rowspan="7"|Murray Byrne | rowspan="3"|Liberal and Country |
| 1961 |
| 1964 |
| 1965
| rowspan="5" {{Australian party style|Liberal}}| | rowspan="5"|Liberal | rowspan="4" {{Australian party style|Liberal}}| | rowspan="4"|Liberal |
| 1967 |
| 1970 |
| 1973 |
| 1976
| rowspan="8" {{Australian party style|Liberal}}| | rowspan="8"|Rob Knowles | rowspan="8"|Liberal |
| 1978
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}| | Labor |
| 1979
| rowspan="2" {{Australian party style|Liberal}}| | rowspan="2"|Clive Bubb | rowspan="2"|Liberal |
| 1982 |
| 1985
| rowspan="4" {{Australian party style|Liberal}}| | rowspan="4"|Dick de Fegely | rowspan="4"|Liberal |
| 1988 |
| 1992 |
| 1996 |
| 1999
| rowspan="2" {{Australian party style|Labor}}| | rowspan="2"|Dianne Hadden | rowspan="2"|Labor | rowspan="2" {{Australian party style|Labor}}| | rowspan="2"|John McQuilten | rowspan="2"|Labor |
| 2002 |
Election results
{{main|Electoral results for the Ballarat Province}}
{{Election box begin
|title = 2002 Victorian state election: Ballarat Province{{cite web|last=Green|first=Antony|title=2002 Victorian State Election Summary of Results|website=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |url=http://www.abc.net.au/elections/archive/vic/VIC2002_Results.pdf}}
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Labor VIC
|candidate = John McQuilten
|votes = 72,519
|percentage = 52.5
|change = +3.0
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Liberal VIC
|candidate = Helen Bath
|votes = 48,645
|percentage = 35.2
|change = -10.5
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Greens VIC
|candidate = Cherie Bridges
|votes = 14,182
|percentage = 10.3
|change = +10.3
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Democrats
|candidate = Geoff Lutz
|votes = 2,809
|percentage = 2.0
|change = -2.3
}}
{{Election box formal
|votes = 138,155
|percentage = 97.0
|change = 0.0
}}
{{Election box informal
|votes = 4,317
|percentage = 3.0
|change = 0.0
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 142,472
|percentage = 94.5
|change =
}}
{{Election box 2pp}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Labor VIC
|candidate = John McQuilten
|votes = 84,713
|percentage = 61.3
|change = +9.0
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Liberal VIC
|candidate = Helen Bath
|votes = 53,426
|percentage = 38.7
|change = -9.0
}}
{{Election box hold AU party
|winner = Labor VIC
|swing = +9.0
}}
{{Election box end}}
References
{{Reflist}}
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{{Electoral provinces of Victoria}}
Category:Former electoral provinces of Victoria (state)
Category:1937 establishments in Australia
Category:2006 disestablishments in Australia
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