Electoral district of South-West Coast
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.
| South-West Coast Victoria—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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_2022.svg.png.webp) Location of South-West Coast (dark green) in Victoria | |||||||||||||||
| State | Victoria | ||||||||||||||
| Created | 2002 | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Roma Britnell | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Liberal | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 47,500 (2018) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 6,576 km2 (2,539.0 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Rural | ||||||||||||||
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The seat is dominated by the town of Warrnambool, but also includes Portland, Port Fairy, Koroit, Heywood 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. Following his government's election loss to Labor in November 2014, Napthine resigned from parliament on 3 September 2015. Roma Britnell retained the seat for the Liberals at the ensuing by-election on 31 October.
Members for South-West Coast
| Member | Party | Term | |
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| Denis Napthine | Liberal | 2002–2015 | |
| Roma Britnell | Liberal | 2015–present | |
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal | Roma Britnell | 19,517 | 42.9 | +8.5 | |
| Labor | Kylie Gaston | 9,640 | 21.2 | −3.4 | |
| Independent | Carol Altmann | 6,564 | 14.4 | +14.4 | |
| Independent | James Purcell | 2,737 | 6.0 | –9.4 | |
| Greens | Thomas Campbell | 2,457 | 5.4 | −0.8 | |
| Independent | Jim Doukas | 1,865 | 4.1 | +4.1 | |
| Family First | Chris Brunt | 924 | 2.0 | +2.0 | |
| Animal Justice | Jacinta Anderson | 688 | 1.5 | +1.3 | |
| Independent | Michael McCluskey | 616 | 1.4 | +0.5 | |
| Justice | James Brash Grimley | 488 | 1.1 | +1.1 | |
| Total formal votes | 45,496 | 94.3 | +0.9 | ||
| Informal votes | 2,723 | 5.7 | −0.9 | ||
| Turnout | 48,219 | 90.8 | +0.3 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Liberal | Roma Britnell | 26,410 | 58.0 | +4.8 | |
| Labor | Kylie Gaston | 19,086 | 42.0 | −4.8 | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | +4.8 | |||
References
- Green, Antony (11 January 2023). "VIC22 – 2-Party Preferred Results and Swings by District". Antony Green's Election Blog. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
- VIC 2021 Final Redistribution, ABC News. [Retrieved 1 January 2023.
- South-West Coast District results, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 December 2022.