Electoral results for the district of Ballarat South

This is a list of electoral results for the electoral district of Ballarat South in Victorian state elections.

Members for Ballarat South

Member		Party	Term
	Gordon Scott	Liberal and Country	1955-1964
	Bill Stephen	Liberal and Country	1964-1965
		Liberal	1965-1979
	Joan Chambers	Liberal	1979-1982
	Frank Sheehan	Labor	1982-1992

Election results

Elections in the 1980s

Victorian state election, 1988: Ballarat South^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Frank Sheehan	14,320	46.47	-4.90
	Liberal	Joan Chambers	13,385	43.44	-5.19
	National	Donald Phelan	1,993	6.47	+6.47
	Democrats	Phil Henseleit	1,116	3.62	+3.62
Total formal votes			30,814
Informal votes
Turnout
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Frank Sheehan	15,457	50.17	-1.20
	Liberal	Joan Chambers	15,353	49.83	+1.20
	Labor hold		Swing	-1.20

Victorian state election, 1985: Ballarat South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Frank Sheehan	14,780	51.8	+2.6
	Liberal	Clive Bubb	13,764	48.2	+2.7
Total formal votes			28,544	98.2
Informal votes			518	1.8
Turnout			29,062	94.7
	Labor hold		Swing	-0.4

Victorian state election, 1982: Ballarat South^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Frank Sheehan	13,069	48.76	+3.91
	Liberal	Joan Chambers	12,291	45.86	+0.24
	Democrats	Stuart Kelly	1,442	5.38	-0.86
Total formal votes			26,802	98.56	+0.63
Informal votes			391	1.44	-0.63
Turnout			27,193	95.03	+0.19
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Frank Sheehan	13,916	51.92	+2.30
	Liberal	Joan Chambers	12,886	48.08	-2.30
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+2.30

Elections in the 1970s

Victorian state election, 1979: Ballarat South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Joan Chambers	11,671	45.62	-8.52
	Labor	Frank Sheehan	11,474	44.85	-1.01
	Democrats	June Johnson	1,597	6.24	+6.24
	Independent	Glendon Ludbrook	841	3.29	+3.29
Total formal votes			25,583	97.93	+0.51
Informal votes			542	2.07	-0.51
Turnout			26,125	94.84	+0.07
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Joan Chambers	12,889	50.38	-3.76
	Labor	Frank Sheehan	12,694	49.62	+3.76
	Liberal hold		Swing	-3.76

Victorian state election, 1976: Ballarat South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Bill Stephen	12,985	54.1	+11.4
	Labor	Frank Sheehan	11,001	45.9	+4.1
Total formal votes			23,986	97.4
Informal votes			635	2.6
Turnout			24,621	94.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.3

Victorian state election, 1973: Ballarat South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Bill Stephen	10,197	43.10	-1.10
	Labor	Frank Sheehan	9,730	41.13	+1.86
	Democratic Labor	John Parkin	2,117	8.95	-7.58
	Country	Graeme Orr	1,613	6.82	+6.82
Total formal votes			23,657	97.31	-0.31
Informal votes			654	2.69	+0.31
Turnout			24,311	94.48	-1.24
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bill Stephen	13,010	54.99	-1.10
	Labor	Frank Sheehan	9,730	45.01	+1.10
	Liberal hold		Swing	-1.10

Victorian state election, 1970: Ballarat South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Bill Stephen	9,530	44.20	+0.73
	Labor	Tom Cullen	8,467	39.27	+0.10
	Democratic Labor	Francis Brown	3,563	16.53	-0.83
Total formal votes			21,560	97.62	+0.27
Informal votes			525	2.38	-0.27
Turnout			22,085	95.72	+0.03
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bill Stephen	12,094	56.09	+0.30
	Labor	Tom Cullen	9,466	43.91	-0.30

Elections in the 1960s

Victorian state election, 1967: Ballarat South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Bill Stephen	9,208	43.47	+1.19
	Labor	Philip Gray	8,298	39.17	-0.77
	Democratic Labor	Francis Brown	3,678	17.36	-0.41
Total formal votes			21,184	97.35	-0.45
Informal votes			576	2.65	+0.45
Turnout			21,760	95.69	+0.28
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bill Stephen	11,818	55.79	+1.09
	Labor	Philip Gray	9,366	44.21	-1.09
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.09

Victorian state election, 1964: Ballarat South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal and Country	Bill Stephen	8,635	42.28	+1.87
	Labor	Jack Jones	8,158	39.94	-1.45
	Democratic Labor	Francis Brown	3,630	17.77	-0.43
Total formal votes			20,423	97.80	-0.67
Informal votes			459	2.20	+0.67
Turnout			20,882	95.41	-0.24
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Bill Stephen	11,172	54.70	-1.96
	Labor	Jack Jones	9,251	45.30	+1.96
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	-1.96

Victorian state election, 1961: Ballarat South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Ron Wilson	8,394	41.39	+6.43
	Liberal and Country	Gordon Scott	8,194	40.41	+0.91
	Democratic Labor	Francis Brown	3,691	18.20	-0.90
Total formal votes			20,279	98.47	+0.30
Informal votes			316	1.53	-0.30
Turnout			20,595	95.65	-0.57
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Gordon Scott	11,491	56.66	-2.46
	Labor	Ron Wilson	8,788	43.34	+2.46

Elections in the 1950s

Victorian state election, 1958: Ballarat South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal and Country	Gordon Scott	7,988	39.50	-1.03
	Labor	Max Pinkard	7,071	34.96	-7.80
	Democratic Labor	Leslie D'Arcy	3,864	19.10	+2.39
	Country	Arthur Philips	1,302	6.44	+6.44
Total formal votes			20,225	98.17	-0.48
Informal votes			377	1.83	+0.48
Turnout			20,602	96.22	+0.15
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Gordon Scott	11,957	59.12	+5.11
	Labor	Max Pinkard	8,268	40.88	-5.11
	Liberal and Country hold		Swing	+5.11

Victorian state election, 1955: Ballarat South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Jack Sheehan	8,317	42.76
	Liberal and Country	Gordon Scott	7,883	40.53
	Labor (A-C)	Alfred Purdue	3,249	16.71
Total formal votes			19,449	98.65
Informal votes			267	1.35
Turnout			19,716	96.07
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal and Country	Gordon Scott	10,506	54.01
	Labor	Jack Sheehan	8,943	45.99
	Liberal and Country win		(new seat)

References

1. Cleary, Colin (2007). Ballarat Labor. Epsom, Victoria: Colin Cleary. ISBN 978-0-646-47526-4.
2. Hughes, Colin A., Don Aitken (1987). Voting for the Australian state lower houses, 1975-1984. Canberra: Dept. of Political Science, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. ISBN 0909779244.