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

Member		Party	Term
	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		Swing	N/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		Swing	N/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.