Adam Carr's Election Archive
Commonwealth of Australia
Electoral Divisions of the House of Representatives
Division of Balaclava, Victoria
The Division of Balaclava was created in 1901 and abolished in 1984, when it was renamed Goldstein. It was named for the Melbourne suburb of Balaclava (after the 1854 Crimean War battlefield).
REDISTRIBUTIONS
1901: Balaclava, Brighton, Orrong, Prahran
1906: Balaclava, Brighton, Orrong, St Kilda
1913: Balaclava, Prahran Gardens, St Kilda, Toorak
1922: Alma, Caulfield, Elsternwick, St Kilda
1937: Brighton, Caulfield, Elsternwick, St Kilda
1949: Brighton, Elsternwick, Glenhuntly
1955: Brighton, Elsternwick, Hampton
1969: Brighton, Camden, Caulfield West, Hampton
1977: Brighton, Caulfield West, Moorabbin West, Sandringham
TWO-PARTY MAJORITIES
1901: Protectionist unopposed
1903: Protectionist unopposed
1906: Anti-Socialist 04.0
1910: Liberal 12.0
1913: Liberal 15.0
1914: Liberal 08.4
1917: Nationalist 16.6
1919: Nationalist 14.9
1922: Nationalist unopposed
1925: Nationalist 19.7
1928: Nationalist 13.2
1929b: Nationalist 14.1
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1929: Nationalist 08.5
1931: United Australia 26.5
1934: United Australia 22.9
1937: United Australia 17.1
1940: United Australia 18.6
1943: United Australia 06.6
1946: Liberal 08.4
1949: Liberal 13.9
1951: Liberal 13.3
1951b: Liberal 09.9
1954: Liberal 15.2
1955: Liberal 23.5
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1958: Liberal 22.7
1960b: Liberal 16.5
1961: Liberal 15.8
1963: Liberal 18.8
1966: Liberal 17.7
1969: Liberal 10.9
1972: Liberal 03.8
1974: Liberal 06.7
1975: Liberal 13.7
1977: Liberal 13.3
1980: Liberal 06.1
1983: Liberal 03.4
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ENROLMENTS
ELECTION RESULTS 1901-83
Click here to see full results for Balaclava at every election from 1901 to 1983.
MEMBERS FOR BALACLAVA
Rt Hon Sir George Turner (Prot) 1901-06
Hon Agar Wynne (Ind, Lib) 1906-14
Rt Hon Sir William Watt (Lib, Nat) 1914-29
Hon Sir Thomas White (Nat, UAP, Lib) 1929b-51
Percy Joske (Lib) 1951b-60
Ray Whittorn (Lib) 1960-74
Hon Ian Macphee (Lib) 1974-84
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Rt Hon Sir George Turner (Protectionist)
1901-06 |
Hon Agar Wynne (Anti-Socialist, Liberal)
1906-14 |
Rt Hon Sir William Watt (Liberal, Nationalist)
1914-29 |
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Hon Sir Thomas White (Nationalist,
United Australia, Liberal) 1929b-51 |
Percy Joske (Liberal) 1951b-60 |
Ray Whittorn (Liberal) 1960-74 |
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| Hon Ian Macphee (Liberal) 1974-84 |
BOUNDARIES
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