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Electoral results for the district of Geelong West

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This is a list of electoral results for the electoral district of Geelong West in Victorian state elections.

Members

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First incarnation (1859–1877, 2 members)
Member 1 Term Member 2 Term
John Henry Brooke 1859 – 1864 James Harrison 1859  –  1860
Nicholas Foott 1860[b] – 1868[d]
George Brown 1864 – 1865
Richard Heath 1866 – 1867
James Gattie Carr 1868 – 1870 Graham Berry 1868[b] – 1877
Robert de Bruce Johnstone 1870[b] – 1877
[d] Foott died 24 September 1868, replaced by Graham Berry in October 1868.[1]
Johnstone and Berry went on to represent the re-created Geelong from 1877.
Second incarnation (1955–1967)
Member Party Term
  Colin MacDonald Labor 1955–1958
  Max Gillett Liberal and Country 1958–1964
  Neil Trezise Labor 1964–1967
Third incarnation (1976–1985)
Member Party Term
  Hayden Birrell Liberal 1976–1982
  Hayden Shell Labor 1982–1985

Election results

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Elections in the 1980s

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1982 Victorian state election: Geelong West[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Hayden Shell 11,814 49.6 +4.5
Liberal Michael Henderson 10,367 43.5 -5.4
Democrats Penelope Collet 1,662 7.0 +1.0
Total formal votes 23,843 98.1 +0.4
Informal votes 464 1.9 −0.4
Turnout 24,307 94.2 +0.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Hayden Shell 12,610 52.9 +3.7
Liberal Michael Henderson 11,233 47.1 -3.7
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +3.7

Elections in the 1970s

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1979 Victorian state election: Geelong West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Hayden Birrell 11,640 48.9 -6.3
Labor Hayden Shell 10,725 45.1 +0.3
Democrats Guenter Sahr 1,436 6.0 +6.0
Total formal votes 23,801 97.7 0.0
Informal votes 561 2.3 0.0
Turnout 24,362 93.8 −1.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Hayden Birrell 12,092 50.8 -4.4
Labor Hayden Shell 11,709 49.2 +4.4
Liberal hold Swing -4.4
1976 Victorian state election: Geelong West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Hayden Birrell 13,111 55.2 +10.9
Labor Kevin Kirby 10,658 44.8 -0.6
Total formal votes 23,769 97.7
Informal votes 551 2.3
Turnout 24,320 95.1
Liberal hold Swing +2.5

Elections in the 1960s

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1964 Victorian state election: Geelong West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Neil Trezise 12,794 48.5 +0.5
Liberal and Country Max Gillett 10,029 38.0 -0.6
Democratic Labor James Mahoney 3,585 13.6 +0.2
Total formal votes 26,408 98.1 +0.1
Informal votes 508 1.9 −0.1
Turnout 26,916 95.5 +1.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Neil Trezise 13,236 50.1 +0.3
Liberal and Country Max Gillett 13,172 49.9 -0.3
Labor gain from Liberal and Country Swing +0.3
1961 Victorian state election: Geelong West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Neil Trezise 11,510 48.0 +0.5
Liberal and Country Max Gillett 9,244 38.6 -0.8
Democratic Labor James Mahoney 3,207 13.4 +0.3
Total formal votes 23,961 98.0 −0.5
Informal votes 496 2.0 +0.5
Turnout 24,457 94.5 +1.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Max Gillett 12,032 50.2 +0.1
Labor Neil Trezise 11,929 49.8 -0.1
Liberal and Country hold Swing +0.1

Elections in the 1950s

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1958 Victorian state election: Geelong West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Colin MacDonald 10,107 47.5
Liberal and Country Max Gillett 8,388 39.4
Democratic Labor James Mahoney 2,797 13.1
Total formal votes 21,292 98.5
Informal votes 331 1.5
Turnout 21,623 93.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Max Gillett 10,658 50.1
Labor Colin MacDonald 10,634 49.9
Liberal and Country gain from Labor Swing
1955 Victorian state election: Geelong West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Geoffrey Thom 8,237 38.2
Labor Colin MacDonald 6,921 32.1
Independent James Dunn 2,720 12.6
Labor (A-C) James Mahoney 2,359 10.9
Independent James Dowsett 1,315 6.1
Total formal votes 21,552 97.4
Informal votes 585 2.6
Turnout 22,137 93.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Colin MacDonald 11,589 53.8
Liberal and Country Geoffrey Thom 9,963 46.2
Labor hold Swing

References

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  1. ^ "Geelong West Election". The Ballarat Star. 17 October 1868. p. 2.
  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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)