Electoral results for the district of Ballarat West explained

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
				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 1910s

References

• Web site: Ballarat West District results . https://archive.today/20121129162001/http://www.vec.vic.gov.au/Results/BallaratWestDistrictResults.html . dead . 29 November 2012 . Victorian Electoral Commission . 3 November 2011 .