Electoral results for the district of Ballarat West

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

Members for Ballarat West

First incarnation (1859–1904)
Member		Party	Term
	John Bailey	Unaligned	1859–1861
	Robert Serjeant	Unaligned	1859–1861
	Duncan Gillies	Unaligned	1861–1868
	William Collard Smith	Unaligned	1861–1864
	Robert Lewis	Unaligned	1864
	William Vale	Unaligned	1864–65, 1865–69
	Charles Jones	Unaligned	1868–69, 1869, 1869–71
	John James	Unaligned	1869–1870
	Sir Archibald Michie	Unaligned	1870–1871
	Joseph Jones	Unaligned	1871–1875
	William Collard Smith	Unaligned	1871–1892
	George Fincham	Unaligned	1875–1886
	Henry Bell	Unaligned	1877–1886
	Charles Jones	Unaligned	1886–1889
	Richard Vale	Unaligned	1886–1889
	Joseph Kirton	Unaligned	1889–1894
	Richard Vale	Unaligned	1892–1902
	William Collard Smith	Unaligned	1894
	Joseph Kirton	Unaligned	1894–1904
	Richard Vale	Unaligned	1892–1902
	Charles Shoppee	Ministerialist	1902–1904
Second incarnation (1904–1927)
Member		Party	Term
	Harry Bennett	Labor	1904–1907
	Joseph Kirton	Unaligned	1907–1908
	Andrew McKissock	Labor	1908–1911
	Matthew Baird	Commonwealth Liberal	1911–1917
		Economy	1917–1918
		Nationalist	1918–1927
Third incarnation (1992–2014)
Member		Party	Term
	Paul Jenkins	Liberal	1992–1999
	Karen Overington	Labor	1999–2010
	Sharon Knight	Labor	2010–2014

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

2010 Victorian state election: Ballarat West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Craig Coltman	17,230	43.60	+5.66
	Labor	Sharon Knight	16,446	41.62	−5.49
	Greens	Leon Dwyer	3,876	9.81	−0.08
	Family First	Dale Butterfield	1,284	3.25	−1.78
	Country Alliance	Carl Wesley	681	1.72	+1.72
Total formal votes			39,517	95.78	−0.56
Informal votes			1,740	4.22	+0.56
Turnout			41,257	93.84	+1.55
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Sharon Knight	20,175	51.05	−5.55
	Liberal	Craig Coltman	19,342	48.95	+5.55
	Labor hold		Swing	−5.55

Elections in the 2000s

2006 Victorian state election: Ballarat West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Karen Overington	17,292	47.11	−5.33
	Liberal	Shane Brennan	13,934	37.96	+1.23
	Greens	Belinda Coates	3,631	9.89	+2.93
	Family First	Dale Butterfield	1,847	5.03	+5.03
Total formal votes			36,704	96.34	−1.19
Informal votes			1,395	3.66	+1.19
Turnout			38,099	92.29	−2.34
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Karen Overington	20,761	56.56	−2.44
	Liberal	Shane Brennan	15,948	43.44	+2.44
	Labor hold		Swing	−2.44

2002 Victorian state election: Ballarat West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Karen Overington	19,221	52.44	+1.43
	Liberal	Judy Verlin	13,461	36.73	−12.26
	Greens	Faye Backstrom	2,552	6.96	+6.96
	Independent	Geoff Sullivan	912	2.49	+2.49
	Christian Democrats	Rob Donker	507	1.38	+1.38
Total formal votes			36,653	97.53	−0.08
Informal votes			929	2.47	+0.08
Turnout			37,582	94.63	−0.17
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Karen Overington	21,625	59.00	+7.99
	Liberal	Judy Verlin	15,027	41.00	−7.99
	Labor hold		Swing	+7.99

Elections in the 1990s

1999 Victorian state election: Ballarat West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Karen Overington	15,527	51.0	+2.4
	Liberal	Judy Verlin	14,910	49.0	−2.4
Total formal votes			30,437	97.6	−0.6
Informal votes			744	2.4	+0.6
Turnout			31,181	94.8
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+2.4

1996 Victorian state election: Ballarat West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Paul Jenkins	14,706	49.5	+0.7
	Labor	Robyn Mason	13,623	45.8	+3.6
	Call to Australia	Jodie Rickard	871	2.9	+2.9
	Natural Law	Peter Smith	530	1.8	+1.8
Total formal votes			29,730	98.2	+1.0
Informal votes			550	1.8	−1.0
Turnout			30,280	94.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Paul Jenkins	15,265	51.4	−1.3
	Labor	Robyn Mason	14,446	48.6	+1.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	−1.3

1992 Victorian state election: Ballarat West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Paul Jenkins	14,091	48.8	+2.9
	Labor	Karen Overington	12,204	42.3	−3.4
	Independent	Joan Chambers	1,456	5.0	+5.0
	Independent	David White	721	2.5	+2.5
	Independent	Noel Vodden	410	1.4	+1.4
Total formal votes			28,882	97.2	−0.9
Informal votes			833	2.8	+0.9
Turnout			29,715	96.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Paul Jenkins	15,210	52.7	+1.0
	Labor	Karen Overington	13,640	47.3	−1.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.0

Elections in the 1920s

1924 Victorian state election: Ballarat West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Matthew Baird	4,286	57.5	−9.7
	Labor	Mark Lazarus	3,163	42.5	+9.7
Total formal votes			7,449	99.4	−0.2
Informal votes			42	0.6	+0.2
Turnout			7,491	75.1	+7.7
	Nationalist hold		Swing	−9.7

1921 Victorian state election: Ballarat West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Matthew Baird	4,622	67.2	+9.7
	Labor	Thomas Wilson	2,255	32.8	+32.8
Total formal votes			6,877	99.7	+0.4
Informal votes			23	0.3	−0.4
Turnout			6,900	67.4	−8.9
	Nationalist hold		Swing	N/A

1920 Victorian state election: Ballarat West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Matthew Baird	4,567	57.5
	Independent	Charles Brind	3,372	42.5	+42.5
Total formal votes			7,939	99.3
Informal votes			59	0.7
Turnout			7,998	76.3
	Nationalist hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1910s

1917 Victorian state election: Ballarat West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Matthew Baird	unopposed
	Nationalist hold		Swing

1914 Victorian state election: Ballarat West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Matthew Baird	4,390	61.3	+4.7
	Labor	Thomas Richards	2,765	38.6	−4.7
Total formal votes			7,155	98.6	−0.5
Informal votes			104	1.4	+0.5
Turnout			7,259	67.8	−4.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	+4.7

1911 Victorian state election: Ballarat West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Matthew Baird	4,100	56.6	+8.3
	Labor	Andrew McKissock	3,146	43.4	−8.3
Total formal votes			7,246	99.1	−0.7
Informal votes			64	0.9	+0.7
Turnout			7,310	71.8	+13.6
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+8.3

References

• "Ballarat West District results". Victorian Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 29 November 2012. Retrieved 3 November 2011.