Psephos - Adam Carr's Election Archive

Adam Carr's Election Archive

Victorian state election, 2018
Legislative Council
Western Victoria Region

< Western Metropolitan Region Previous Region
Return to alphabetical list of Regions


Legislative Assembly seats of Bellarine, Buninyong, Geelong, Lara, Lowan, Melton, Polwarth, Ripon, South Barwon, South-West Coast and Wendouree

Sitting members:

  • Joshua Morris (Liberal): Elected 2014
  • Hon Jaala Pulford (Labor): Elected 2006, 2010, 2014
  • James Purcell (Vote 1 Local Jobs): Elected 2014. Retiring 2018
  • Simon Ramsay (Liberal): Appointed 2013. Elected 2010, 2014. Retiring 2018
  • Hon Gayle Tierney (Labor): Elected 2006, 2010, 2014

  • 2014 results

    Major party candidates

    Liberal Party / Nationals Coalition

  • Beverley McArthur (Lib) Joshua Morris (Lib) Jo Armstrong (Nat) Jennifer Lowe (Lib) Andrew Black (Nat)

    Australian Labor Party
    Hon Jaala Pulford Hon Gayle Tierney Dylan Wight Lorraine O'Dal Bernard Gartland

    Australian Greens
    Lloyd Davies

    Full list of candidates

    Western Victoria Region

    The Western Victoria Region takes in the western third of the state, from Bass Strait to the Wimmera, and from Geelong to the South Australian border. Despite its broad rural areas, however, most of its votes are cast in the cities of Ballarat and Geelong and in outer western suburbs of Melbourne. Of the eleven lower-house seat that make up the Region, four are in the Geelong area (Bellarine, Geelong, Lara and South Barwon), two are in Ballarat (Buninyong and Wendouree) and one is in the Melbourne fringes (Melton). Only four are genuinely rural: Lowan, Polwarth, Ripon and South-West Coast.

    Politically, the Region is finely balanced. In 2014, Labor won six of the eleven lower house seats, the Liberals four and the Nationals one. In 2006, the Region elected two Labor, two Liberal and one DLP member. In 2010 the DLP seat was won by the Nationals, giving the Coalition three seats. In 2014, the Nationals lost their seat to a group called Vote 1 Local Jobs, which polled 1.3% of the vote, thanks to complex preference deals among the parties. At this election the Vote 1 Local Jobs member is contesting the lower house seat of South-West Coast, and both Labor and the Nationals will be hoping to win his seat.

    Jaala Pulford has been Minister for Agriculture and Minister for Regional Development since 2014. Gayle Tierney has been Minister for Training and Skills and Minister for Corrections since November 2016.

    Boundaries following 2014 redistricting:





  • Back to main page