Electoral results for the district of Ballarat

This is a list of electoral results for the electoral district of Ballarat in Victorian state elections.

Members for Ballarat

MemberPartyTerm
  William McAdam Labor 1927-1932
  Thomas Hollway United Australia 1932-1945
  Liberal / LCP 1945-1952
  Independent 1952
  Electoral Reform 1952
  John Sheehan Labor 1952-1955

Election results

Elections in the 1950s

1952 Victorian state election: Ballarat[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Sheehan 11,042 54.0 +7.2
Liberal and Country William Roff 9,424 46.0 -7.2
Total formal votes 20,466 99.0 -0.2
Informal votes 211 1.0 +0.2
Turnout 20,677 96.2 -0.6
Labor gain from Liberal and Country Swing+7.2
1950 Victorian state election: Ballarat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Thomas Hollway 10,646 51.2 -3.0
Labor John Sheehan 9,735 46.8 +1.0
Independent Albert Nicholls 421 2.0 +2.0
Total formal votes 20,802 99.2 0.0
Informal votes 163 0.8 0.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Thomas Hollway 11,025 53.0 -1.2
Labor John Sheehan 9,777 47.0 +1.2
Liberal and Country hold Swing-1.2

Elections in the 1940s

1947 Victorian state election: Ballarat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Thomas Hollway 11,267 54.2 +1.6
Labor James Miller 9,516 45.8 +4.0
Total formal votes 20,783 99.2 +0.7
Informal votes 157 0.8 -0.7
Turnout 20,940 95.5 +3.9
Liberal hold SwingN/A
1945 Victorian state election: Ballarat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Thomas Hollway 9,884 52.6
Labor Stanley Glover 7,850 41.8
Communist Albert Black 1,036 5.5
Total formal votes 18,770 98.5
Informal votes 281 1.5
Turnout 19,051 91.6
Liberal hold Swing
  • Preferences were not distributed.
1943 Victorian state election: Ballarat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia Thomas Hollway 9,733 59.9 -5.6
Labor Maurice Calnin 4,551 28.0 -6.5
Communist Edward Rowe 1,967 12.1 +12.1
Total formal votes 16,251 98.8 -0.6
Informal votes 195 1.2 +0.6
Turnout 16,446 89.7 -4.6
United Australia hold SwingN/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.
1940 Victorian state election: Ballarat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia Thomas Hollway 10,902 65.5 -1.0
Labor Thomas Jude 5,728 34.5 +1.0
Total formal votes 16,630 99.4 +0.2
Informal votes 107 0.6 -0.2
Turnout 16,737 94.3 -1.0
United Australia hold Swing-1.0

Elections in the 1930s

1937 Victorian state election: Ballarat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia Thomas Hollway 11,363 66.5 +10.9
Labor Arthur Loft 5,722 33.5 -10.9
Total formal votes 17,085 99.2 -0.1
Informal votes 142 0.8 +0.1
Turnout 17,227 95.3 +0.1
United Australia hold Swing+10.9
1935 Victorian state election: Ballarat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia Thomas Hollway 9,856 55.6 -1.1
Labor William McAdam 7,646 44.4 +1.1
Total formal votes 17,232 99.3 +0.2
Informal votes 122 0.7 -0.2
Turnout 17,354 95.2 -0.9
United Australia hold Swing-1.1
1932 Victorian state election: Ballarat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia Thomas Hollway 9,654 56.7 +11.6
Labor William McAdam 7,371 43.3 -11.6
Total formal votes 17,025 99.1 +0.1
Informal votes 162 0.9 -0.1
Turnout 17,187 96.1 +4.5
United Australia gain from Labor Swing+11.6

Elections in the 1920s

1929 Victorian state election: Ballarat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William McAdam 8,992 54.9 +1.3
Nationalist Fred Edmunds 7,397 45.1 -1.3
Total formal votes 16,389 99.1 +0.1
Informal votes 148 0.9 -0.1
Turnout 16,537 96.9 +2.0
Labor hold Swing+1.3
1927 Victorian state election: Ballarat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William McAdam 8,313 53.6
Nationalist Matthew Baird 7,203 46.4
Total formal votes 15,516 99.0
Informal votes 162 1.0
Turnout 15,678 94.9
Labor hold Swing

References

  1. Hughes, Colin A. (1975). Voting for the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1890-1964. Dept. of Political Science, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. ISBN 070811332X.
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