Electoral district of Gippsland West

"Gippsland West" redirects here. For other uses, see West Gippsland (disambiguation).

The electoral district of Gippsland West was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria.^[1] It was created by the Electoral Act Amendment Act 1888^[2][3] along with Gippsland Central and Gippsland East. Gippsland North and Gippsland South were resized at the same time. The electorate was dissolved in 2002.

Gippsland West Victoria—Legislative Assembly
State	Victoria
Dates current	1889–1976, 1985–2002
Demographic	Rural

The principal towns of Gippsland West included Pakenham, Drouin, Warragul and Trafalgar.

Members for Gippsland West

First incarnation (1889–1976)
Member		Party	Term
	Arthur Groom	None	1889–1892
	George Turner	None	1892–1900
	Arthur Nichols	Ministerialist/Independent	1900–1902
	John Mackey	Ministerialist	1902–1909
		Commonwealth Liberal	1909–1917
		Nationalist	1917–1924
	Arthur Walter	Country	1924–1929
	Matthew Bennett	Country	1929–1950
	Leslie Cochrane	Country	1950–1970
	Rob Maclellan	Liberal	1970–1976
Second incarnation (1985–2002)
Member		Party	Term
	Alan Brown	Liberal	1985–1996
	Susan Davies	Independent	1997–2002

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Gippsland West