Adam Carr's Election Archive
Commonwealth of Australia
Electoral Divisions of the House of Representatives
Division of Ballarat, Victoria
The Division of Ballarat (which was spelled Ballaarat until 1977) was created in 1901. It is named for the City of Ballarat (an Indigenous word meaning "resting on elbow").
REDISTRIBUTIONS
1901: Ballarat, Ballarat West, Mt Pleasant, Soldiers Hill
1906: Ballarat, Mt Pleasant, Sebastopol, Soldiers Hill
1913: Ballarat, Mt Pleasant, Creswick, Soldiers Hill
1922: Ballarat, Creswick, Daylesford, Warrenheip
1937: Ballarat, Castlemaine, Daylesford, Warrenheip
1949: Ballarat, Daylesford, Learmonth, Warrenheip
1955: Ballarat, Daylesford, Learmonth, Warrenheip
1969: Bacchus Marsh, Ballarat, Daylesford, Learmonth
1977: Ballarat, Kyneton, Learmonth, Maryborough
1984: Ararat, Ballarat, Creswick, Skipton
1990: Avoca, Ballan, Ballarat, Stawell
1996: Avoca, Ballan, Ballarat, Stawell
2004: Avoca, Bacchus Marsh, Ballan, Ballarat
2013: Bacchus Marsh, Ballan, Ballarat, Daylesford
2018: Bacchus Marsh, Ballan, Ballarat, Daylesford
2021: Ballarat, Daylesford, Lethbridge, Linton
2025: Ballarat, Creswick, Daylesford, Linton
TWO-PARTY MAJORITIES
1901: Protectionist 24.5
1903: Protectionist unopposed
1906: Protectionist 16.2
1910: Liberal 01.1
1913: Labor 00.6
1914: Labor 01.2
1917: Labor unopposed
1919: Nationalist 00.0
1920b: Labor 06.1
1922: Labor 01.7
1925: Labor 01.3
1928: Labor 02.6
1929: Labor 07.4
1931: United Australia 13.3
1934: United Australia 03.9
1937: Labor 00.6
1940: Labor 00.3
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1943: Labor 07.9
1946: Labor 03.1
1949: Liberal 00.4
1951: Labor 01.2
1954: Labor 02.6
1955: Liberal 07.9
1958: Liberal 05.4
1961: Liberal 09.9
1963: Liberal 12.2
1966: Liberal 13.8
1969: Liberal 09.0
1972: Liberal 03.5
1974: Liberal 04.8
1975: Liberal 08.9
1977: Liberal 07.5
1980: Labor 00.7
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1983: Labor 04.1
1984: Labor 02.0
1987: Labor 01.9
1990: Liberal 01.9
1993: Liberal 02.2
1996: Liberal 03.7
1998: Liberal 02.8
2001: Labor 02.7
2004: Labor 02.2
2007: Labor 08.2
2010: Labor 11.7
2013: Labor 04.7
2016: Labor 07.3
2019: Labor 11.0
2022: Labor 13.0
2025: Labor 10.7
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ENROLMENTS
ELECTION RESULTS 1901-2025
Click here to see full results for Adelaide at every election since 1901.
MEMBERS FOR BALLARAT
Hon Alfred Deakin (Prot, Lib) 1901-13
Charles McGrath (ALP) 1913-19
Edwin Kerby (Nat) 1919-20
Charles McGrath (ALP, UAP) 1920b-34
Archibald Fisken (UAP) 1934-37
Hon Reg Pollard (ALP) 1937-49
Alan Pittard (Lib) 1949-51
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Robert Joshua (ALP, ALP-AC) 1951-55
Hon Dudley Erwin (Lib) 1955-75
Jim Short (Lib) 1975-80
John Mildren (ALP) 1980-90
Hon Michael Ronaldson (Lib) 1990-2001
Hon Catherine King (ALP) 2001-
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| Hon Alfred Deakin (Prot, Lib) 1901-13 |
Charles McGrath (ALP) 1913-19 |
Edwin Kerby (Nat) 1919-20 |
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| Charles McGrath (ALP, UAP) 1920b-34 |
Archibald Fisken (UAP) 1934-37 |
Hon Reg Pollard (ALP) 1937-49 |
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| Alan Pittard (Lib) 1949-51 |
Robert Joshua (ALP, ALP-AC) 1951-55 |
Hon Dudley Erwin (Lib) 1955-75 |
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| Jim Short (Lib) 1975-80 |
John Mildren (ALP) 1980-90 |
Hon Michael Ronaldson (Lib) 1990-2001 |
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| Hon Catherine King (ALP) 2001- |
CURRENT BOUNDARIES
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EARLIER BOUNDARIES
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