Electoral results for the district of Ballarat South

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

Members for Ballarat South

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Member Party Term
  Gordon Scott Liberal and Country 1955–1964
  Bill Stephen Liberal and Country 1964–1965
  Liberal 1965–1979
  Joan Chambers Liberal 1979–1982
  Frank Sheehan Labor 1982–1992

Election results

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Elections in the 1980s

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1988 Victorian state election: Ballarat South[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank Sheehan 14,320 46.47 −4.90
Liberal Joan Chambers 13,385 43.44 −5.19
National Donald Phelan 1,993 6.47 +6.47
Democrats Phil Henseleit 1,116 3.62 +3.62
Total formal votes 30,814
Informal votes
Turnout
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Frank Sheehan 15,457 50.17 −1.20
Liberal Joan Chambers 15,353 49.83 +1.20
Labor hold Swing −1.20
1985 Victorian state election: Ballarat South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank Sheehan 14,780 51.8 +2.6
Liberal Clive Bubb 13,764 48.2 +2.7
Total formal votes 28,544 98.2
Informal votes 518 1.8
Turnout 29,062 94.7
Labor hold Swing −0.4
1982 Victorian state election: Ballarat South[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank Sheehan 13,069 48.76 +3.91
Liberal Joan Chambers 12,291 45.86 +0.24
Democrats Stuart Kelly 1,442 5.38 −0.86
Total formal votes 26,802 98.56 +0.63
Informal votes 391 1.44 −0.63
Turnout 27,193 95.03 +0.19
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Frank Sheehan 13,916 51.92 +2.30
Liberal Joan Chambers 12,886 48.08 −2.30
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +2.30

Elections in the 1970s

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1979 Victorian state election: Ballarat South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Joan Chambers 11,671 45.62 −8.52
Labor Frank Sheehan 11,474 44.85 −1.01
Democrats June Johnson 1,597 6.24 +6.24
Independent Glendon Ludbrook 841 3.29 +3.29
Total formal votes 25,583 97.93 +0.51
Informal votes 542 2.07 −0.51
Turnout 26,125 94.84 +0.07
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Joan Chambers 12,889 50.38 −3.76
Labor Frank Sheehan 12,694 49.62 +3.76
Liberal hold Swing −3.76
1976 Victorian state election: Ballarat South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Bill Stephen 12,985 54.1 +11.4
Labor Frank Sheehan 11,001 45.9 +4.1
Total formal votes 23,986 97.4
Informal votes 635 2.6
Turnout 24,621 94.8
Liberal hold Swing +0.3
1973 Victorian state election: Ballarat South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Bill Stephen 10,197 43.10 −1.10
Labor Frank Sheehan 9,730 41.13 +1.86
Democratic Labor John Parkin 2,117 8.95 −7.58
Country Graeme Orr 1,613 6.82 +6.82
Total formal votes 23,657 97.31 −0.31
Informal votes 654 2.69 +0.31
Turnout 24,311 94.48 −1.24
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Bill Stephen 13,010 54.99 −1.10
Labor Frank Sheehan 9,730 45.01 +1.10
Liberal hold Swing −1.10
1970 Victorian state election: Ballarat South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Bill Stephen 9,530 44.20 +0.73
Labor Tom Cullen 8,467 39.27 +0.10
Democratic Labor Francis Brown 3,563 16.53 −0.83
Total formal votes 21,560 97.62 +0.27
Informal votes 525 2.38 −0.27
Turnout 22,085 95.72 +0.03
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Bill Stephen 12,094 56.09 +0.30
Labor Tom Cullen 9,466 43.91 −0.30

Elections in the 1960s

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1967 Victorian state election: Ballarat South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Bill Stephen 9,208 43.47 +1.19
Labor Philip Gray 8,298 39.17 −0.77
Democratic Labor Francis Brown 3,678 17.36 −0.41
Total formal votes 21,184 97.35 −0.45
Informal votes 576 2.65 +0.45
Turnout 21,760 95.69 +0.28
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Bill Stephen 11,818 55.79 +1.09
Labor Philip Gray 9,366 44.21 −1.09
Liberal hold Swing +1.09
1964 Victorian state election: Ballarat South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Bill Stephen 8,635 42.28 +1.87
Labor Jack Jones 8,158 39.94 −1.45
Democratic Labor Francis Brown 3,630 17.77 −0.43
Total formal votes 20,423 97.80 −0.67
Informal votes 459 2.20 +0.67
Turnout 20,882 95.41 −0.24
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Bill Stephen 11,172 54.70 −1.96
Labor Jack Jones 9,251 45.30 +1.96
Liberal and Country hold Swing −1.96
1961 Victorian state election: Ballarat South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ron Wilson 8,394 41.39 +6.43
Liberal and Country Gordon Scott 8,194 40.41 +0.91
Democratic Labor Francis Brown 3,691 18.20 −0.90
Total formal votes 20,279 98.47 +0.30
Informal votes 316 1.53 −0.30
Turnout 20,595 95.65 −0.57
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Gordon Scott 11,491 56.66 −2.46
Labor Ron Wilson 8,788 43.34 +2.46

Elections in the 1950s

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1958 Victorian state election: Ballarat South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Gordon Scott 7,988 39.50 −1.03
Labor Max Pinkard 7,071 34.96 −7.80
Democratic Labor Leslie D'Arcy 3,864 19.10 +2.39
Country Arthur Philips 1,302 6.44 +6.44
Total formal votes 20,225 98.17 −0.48
Informal votes 377 1.83 +0.48
Turnout 20,602 96.22 +0.15
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Gordon Scott 11,957 59.12 +5.11
Labor Max Pinkard 8,268 40.88 −5.11
Liberal and Country hold Swing +5.11
1955 Victorian state election: Ballarat South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jack Sheehan 8,317 42.76
Liberal and Country Gordon Scott 7,883 40.53
Labor (A-C) Alfred Purdue 3,249 16.71
Total formal votes 19,449 98.65
Informal votes 267 1.35
Turnout 19,716 96.07
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Gordon Scott 10,506 54.01
Labor Jack Sheehan 8,943 45.99
Liberal and Country win (new seat)

References

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  1. ^ Cleary, Colin (2007). Ballarat Labor. Epsom, Victoria: Colin Cleary. ISBN 9780646475264.
  2. ^ Hughes, Colin A., Don Aitken (1987). Voting for the Australian state lower houses, 1975–1984. Canberra: Dept. of Political Science, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. ISBN 0909779244.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)