Ballarat Province

For the district (1855–1856) of the old unicameral Victorian Legislative Council, see Electoral district of Ballaarat.

Ballarat Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council^[1] from 1937 until 2006, located around Ballarat.

Ballarat Province Victoria—Legislative Council
State	Victoria
Created	1937
Abolished	2006
Namesake	Ballarat

Ballarat, along with Doutta Galla, Higinbotham and Monash Provinces was created in the expansion of the Legislative Council in 1937. Ballarat was abolished from the 2006 state election in the wake of the Bracks Labor government's reform of the Legislative Council.

Members

Members for Ballarat Province

Year	Member		Party	Member		Party
1937		Alfred Pittard	United Australia
1940					George Bolster	United Australia
1943
1945			Liberal			Liberal
1946					James Kittson	Liberal
1949			Liberal and Country			Liberal and Country
1949		Herbert Ludbrook	Liberal and Country
1952					Jack Jones	Labor
1955
1956		Pat Dickie	Liberal and Country
1958					Murray Byrne	Liberal and Country
1961
1964
1965			Liberal			Liberal
1967
1970
1973
1976					Rob Knowles	Liberal
1978		David Williams	Labor
1979		Clive Bubb	Liberal
1982
1985		Dick de Fegely	Liberal
1988
1992
1996
1999		Dianne Hadden	Labor		John McQuilten	Labor
2002

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Ballarat Province

2002 Victorian state election: Ballarat Province^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John McQuilten	72,519	52.5	+3.0
	Liberal	Helen Bath	48,645	35.2	−10.5
	Greens	Cherie Bridges	14,182	10.3	+10.3
	Democrats	Geoff Lutz	2,809	2.0	−2.3
Total formal votes			138,155	97.0	0.0
Informal votes			4,317	3.0	0.0
Turnout			142,472	94.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John McQuilten	84,713	61.3	+9.0
	Liberal	Helen Bath	53,426	38.7	−9.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+9.0