Electoral district of South-West Coast
| South-West Coast Liberal | |||||||||||||||
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| Namesake | Barwon South West | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 47,500 (2018) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 6,576 km2 (2,539.0 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Rural | ||||||||||||||
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The electoral district of South-West Coast is an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It was created prior to the 2002 election in order to replace the abolished seats of Portland and Warrnambool.
The seat is dominated by the town of
.South-West Coast is located in ancestrally
Labor landslide of that year, seeing his margin reduced to only 0.7 percent. However, it has reverted to its previous form as a safe Liberal seat. Napthine subsequently served as Premier of Victoria from 2013 to 2014. Following his government's election loss to Labor in November 2014, Napthine resigned from parliament on 3 September 2015. Roma Britnell retained the seat for the Liberals at the ensuing by-election
on 31 October.
Members for South-West Coast
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denis Napthine | Liberal
|
2002–2015 | |
| Roma Britnell | Liberal
|
2015–present |
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Roma Britnell | 19,517 | 42.9 | +8.5 | |
| Labor | Kylie Gaston | 9,640 | 21.2 | −3.4 | |
| Independent | Carol Altmann | 6,564 | 14.4 | +14.4 | |
| Independent | James Purcell | 2,737 | 6.0 | –9.4 | |
| Greens | Thomas Campbell | 2,457 | 5.4 | −0.8 | |
| Independent | Jim Doukas | 1,865 | 4.1 | +4.1 | |
| Family First | Chris Brunt | 924 | 2.0 | +2.0 | |
| Animal Justice | Jacinta Anderson | 688 | 1.5 | +1.3 | |
| Independent | Michael McCluskey | 616 | 1.4 | +0.5 | |
| Justice | James Brash Grimley | 488 | 1.1 | +1.1 | |
| Total formal votes | 45,496 | 94.3 | +0.9 | ||
| Informal votes | 2,723 | 5.7 | −0.9 | ||
| Turnout | 48,219 | 90.8 | +0.3 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Liberal | Roma Britnell | 26,410 | 58.0 | +4.8 | |
| Labor | Kylie Gaston | 19,086 | 42.0 | −4.8 | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | +4.8 | |||
See also
References
- ^ Green, Antony (11 January 2023). "VIC22 – 2-Party Preferred Results and Swings by District". Antony Green's Election Blog. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
- ^ VIC 2021 Final Redistribution, ABC News. [Retrieved 1 January 2023.
- ^ South-West Coast District results, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
External links
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