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class="infobox-label" style="width:35%;">Created</th><td class="infobox-data">1901</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:35%;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_parliament" title="Member of parliament">MP</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Catherine_King_(politician)" title="Catherine King (politician)">Catherine King</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:35%;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Australia" title="List of political parties in Australia">Party</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party" title="Australian Labor Party">Labor</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:35%;">Namesake</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ballarat" title="Ballarat">Ballarat</a> (historically spelled "Ballaarat", from a <a href="/wiki/Wathaurong" class="mw-redirect" title="Wathaurong">Wathaurong</a> <a href="/wiki/Australian_Aboriginal_languages" title="Australian Aboriginal languages">Aboriginal word</a>: <i>balla arat</i>, thought to mean "resting place".)<sup id="cite_ref-aecprofile_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aecprofile-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:35%;"><a href="/wiki/Voting" title="Voting">Electors</a></th><td class="infobox-data">110,704 (<a href="/wiki/2022_Australian_federal_election" title="2022 Australian federal election">2022</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:35%;">Area</th><td class="infobox-data">4,322 km<sup>2</sup> (1,668.7 sq mi)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:35%;">Demographic</th><td class="infobox-data">Provincial</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Division of Ballarat</b> (spelt <b>Ballaarat</b> from 1901 until the 1977 election<sup id="cite_ref-aecprofile_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aecprofile-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) is an <a href="/wiki/Divisions_of_the_Australian_House_of_Representatives" class="mw-redirect" title="Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives">Australian electoral division</a> in the <a href="/wiki/States_and_territories_of_Australia" title="States and territories of Australia">state</a> of <a href="/wiki/Victoria_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Victoria (Australia)">Victoria</a>. The division was proclaimed in 1900, and was one of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_electorates_contested_at_every_election" title="List of Australian electorates contested at every election">original 65 divisions</a> to be contested at the <a href="/wiki/1901_Australian_federal_election" title="1901 Australian federal election">first federal election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-aecprofile_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aecprofile-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was named for the provincial city of <a href="/wiki/Ballarat" title="Ballarat">the same name</a> by Scottish squatter Archibald Yuille, who established the first settlement − his <a href="/wiki/Sheep_station" title="Sheep station">sheep run</a> called <b>Ballaarat</b> − in 1837,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with the name derived from a local <a href="/wiki/Wathawurrung_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Wathawurrung language">Wathawurrung</a> word for the area, <i>balla arat</i>, thought to mean "resting place". </p><p>The division currently takes in the regional City of <a href="/wiki/Ballarat" title="Ballarat">Ballarat</a> and the smaller towns of <a href="/wiki/Gordon,_Victoria" title="Gordon, Victoria">Gordon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Meredith,_Victoria" title="Meredith, Victoria">Meredith</a>, <a href="/wiki/Buninyong" title="Buninyong">Buninyong</a>, <a href="/wiki/Clunes,_Victoria" title="Clunes, Victoria">Clunes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Creswick,_Victoria" title="Creswick, Victoria">Creswick</a>, <a href="/wiki/Daylesford,_Victoria" title="Daylesford, Victoria">Daylesford</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Trentham,_Victoria" title="Trentham, Victoria">Trentham</a> and part of <a href="/wiki/Burrumbeet,_Victoria" title="Burrumbeet, Victoria">Burrumbeet</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The towns of <a href="/wiki/Ballan,_Victoria" title="Ballan, Victoria">Ballan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bacchus_Marsh" title="Bacchus Marsh">Bacchus Marsh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Blackwood,_Victoria" title="Blackwood, Victoria">Blackwood</a> and <a href="/wiki/Myrniong" title="Myrniong">Myrniong</a> were previously in the division before the division of <a href="/wiki/Division_of_Hawke" title="Division of Hawke">Hawke</a> was formed for the 2022 Federal Election.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The current Member for Ballarat, since the <a href="/wiki/2001_Australian_federal_election" title="2001 Australian federal election">2001 federal election</a>, is <a href="/wiki/Catherine_King_(politician)" title="Catherine King (politician)">Catherine King</a>, a member of the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party" title="Australian Labor Party">Australian Labor Party</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Division_of_Ballarat&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Since 1984, federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Electoral_Commission" title="Australian Electoral Commission">Australian Electoral Commission</a>. Redistributions occur for the boundaries of divisions in a particular state, and they occur every seven years, or sooner if a state's representation entitlement changes or when divisions of a state are malapportioned.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Division_of_Ballarat&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ballarat_from_the_Black_Hill_Lookout.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Ballarat_from_the_Black_Hill_Lookout.jpg/150px-Ballarat_from_the_Black_Hill_Lookout.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Ballarat_from_the_Black_Hill_Lookout.jpg/225px-Ballarat_from_the_Black_Hill_Lookout.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Ballarat_from_the_Black_Hill_Lookout.jpg/300px-Ballarat_from_the_Black_Hill_Lookout.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2848" data-file-height="2136" /></a><figcaption>The city of <a href="/wiki/Ballarat" title="Ballarat">Ballarat</a>, the division's namesake</figcaption></figure> <p>At various times in its existence the division has included other towns such as <a href="/wiki/Ararat,_Victoria" title="Ararat, Victoria">Ararat</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maryborough,_Victoria" title="Maryborough, Victoria">Maryborough</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Stawell,_Victoria" title="Stawell, Victoria">Stawell</a>. </p><p>Ballarat used to be a <a href="/wiki/Bellwether" title="Bellwether">marginal</a> seat, changing hands at intervals between the Labor Party and the non-Labor parties. Unlike most marginal seats, it was not a barometer for winning government; since 1955, all but one of its members has spent at least one term in opposition. </p><p>Its most prominent member has been <a href="/wiki/Alfred_Deakin" title="Alfred Deakin">Alfred Deakin</a>, who was <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Australia" title="Prime Minister of Australia">Prime Minister of Australia</a> three times. <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Australia" title="Liberal Party of Australia">Liberal</a> senator <a href="/wiki/Michael_Ronaldson" title="Michael Ronaldson">Michael Ronaldson</a> was the grandson of <a href="/wiki/Archibald_Fisken" title="Archibald Fisken">Archibald Fisken</a>, a former Member for Ballarat.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ballarat also holds the distinction of seeing the closest seat result in Australian history. <a href="/wiki/Nationalist_Party_(Australia)" title="Nationalist Party (Australia)">Nationalist</a> <a href="/wiki/Edwin_Kerby" title="Edwin Kerby">Edwin Kerby</a> unseated Labor incumbent <a href="/wiki/Charles_McGrath_(politician)" title="Charles McGrath (politician)">Charles McGrath</a> by a single vote in <a href="/wiki/1919_Australian_federal_election" title="1919 Australian federal election">1919</a>. However, McGrath alleged irregularities, and the result was thrown out in 1920, forcing a <a href="/wiki/1920_Ballaarat_by-election" title="1920 Ballaarat by-election">by-election</a> that was won by McGrath.<sup id="cite_ref-void_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-void-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Since 2001, the seat has been held by <a href="/wiki/Catherine_King_(politician)" title="Catherine King (politician)">Catherine King</a>, a member of the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party" title="Australian Labor Party">Australian Labor Party</a>. It has been a safe Labor seat since 2007 except for a 6.8 percent swing towards the <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Australia" title="Liberal Party of Australia">Liberal Party</a> at the <a href="/wiki/2013_Australian_federal_election" title="2013 Australian federal election">2013 election</a> turning it marginal for one term. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Members">Members</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Division_of_Ballarat&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Members"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th> </th> <th>Image </th> <th>Member </th> <th>Party </th> <th>Term </th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#1E90FF;">  </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Alfred_Deakin_crop.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Alfred_Deakin_crop.jpg/100px-Alfred_Deakin_crop.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="138" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Alfred_Deakin_crop.jpg/150px-Alfred_Deakin_crop.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Alfred_Deakin_crop.jpg/200px-Alfred_Deakin_crop.jpg 2x" data-file-width="399" data-file-height="551" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Alfred_Deakin" title="Alfred Deakin">Alfred Deakin</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1856–1919)</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Protectionist_Party" title="Protectionist Party">Protectionist</a> </td> <td nowrap=""><a href="/wiki/1901_Australian_federal_election" title="1901 Australian federal election">30 March 1901</a> –<br />26 May 1909 </td> <td rowspan="2">Previously held the <a href="/wiki/Victorian_Legislative_Assembly" title="Victorian Legislative Assembly">Victorian Legislative Assembly</a> seat of <a href="/wiki/Electoral_district_of_Essendon_and_Flemington" title="Electoral district of Essendon and Flemington">Essendon and Flemington</a>. Served as minister under <a href="/wiki/Barton_Government" class="mw-redirect" title="Barton Government">Barton</a>. Served as <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Australia" title="Prime Minister of Australia">Prime Minister</a> from <a href="/wiki/Deakin_Government_(1903%E2%80%931904)" class="mw-redirect" title="Deakin Government (1903–1904)">1903 to 1904</a>, <a href="/wiki/Deakin_Government_(1905%E2%80%931908)" class="mw-redirect" title="Deakin Government (1905–1908)">1905 to 1908</a> and <a href="/wiki/Third_Deakin_Ministry" class="mw-redirect" title="Third Deakin Ministry">1909 to 1910</a>. Served as <a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_Leaders_of_the_Opposition" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Australian Leaders of the Opposition">Opposition Leader</a> in 1909, and from 1910 to 1913. Retired </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#8CB4D2;">  </td> <td nowrap=""><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(Australia,_1909)" title="Liberal Party (Australia, 1909)">Liberal</a> </td> <td nowrap="">26 May 1909 –<br /><a href="/wiki/1913_Australian_federal_election" title="1913 Australian federal election">23 April 1913</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#F00011;">  </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:David_Charles_McGrath_-_Richard_%26_Co_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/David_Charles_McGrath_-_Richard_%26_Co_%28cropped%29.jpg/100px-David_Charles_McGrath_-_Richard_%26_Co_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/David_Charles_McGrath_-_Richard_%26_Co_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-David_Charles_McGrath_-_Richard_%26_Co_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/David_Charles_McGrath_-_Richard_%26_Co_%28cropped%29.jpg/200px-David_Charles_McGrath_-_Richard_%26_Co_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1467" data-file-height="2055" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charles_McGrath_(politician)" title="Charles McGrath (politician)">Charles McGrath</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1872–1934)</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party" title="Australian Labor Party">Labor</a> </td> <td nowrap=""><a href="/wiki/1913_Australian_federal_election" title="1913 Australian federal election">31 May 1913</a> –<br /><a href="/wiki/1919_Australian_federal_election" title="1919 Australian federal election">13 December 1919</a> </td> <td>Lost seat by one vote </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#6495ED;">  </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Edwin_Kerby.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Edwin_Kerby.png/100px-Edwin_Kerby.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="135" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Edwin_Kerby.png/150px-Edwin_Kerby.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Edwin_Kerby.png/200px-Edwin_Kerby.png 2x" data-file-width="968" data-file-height="1304" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Edwin_Kerby" title="Edwin Kerby">Edwin Kerby</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1885–1971)</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nationalist_Party_(Australia)" title="Nationalist Party (Australia)">Nationalist</a> </td> <td nowrap=""><a href="/wiki/1919_Australian_federal_election" title="1919 Australian federal election">13 December 1919</a> –<br /><a href="/wiki/1920_Ballaarat_by-election" title="1920 Ballaarat by-election">2 June 1920</a> </td> <td>1919 election results declared void. Lost seat in subsequent <a href="/wiki/1920_Ballaarat_by-election" title="1920 Ballaarat by-election">by-election</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#F00011;">  </td> <td rowspan="3"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:David_Charles_McGrath_-_Richard_%26_Co_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/David_Charles_McGrath_-_Richard_%26_Co_%28cropped%29.jpg/100px-David_Charles_McGrath_-_Richard_%26_Co_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/David_Charles_McGrath_-_Richard_%26_Co_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-David_Charles_McGrath_-_Richard_%26_Co_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/David_Charles_McGrath_-_Richard_%26_Co_%28cropped%29.jpg/200px-David_Charles_McGrath_-_Richard_%26_Co_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1467" data-file-height="2055" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Charles_McGrath_(politician)" title="Charles McGrath (politician)">Charles McGrath</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1872–1934)</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party" title="Australian Labor Party">Labor</a> </td> <td nowrap=""><a href="/wiki/1920_Ballaarat_by-election" title="1920 Ballaarat by-election">2 June 1920</a> –<br /><a href="/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party_split_of_1931" title="Australian Labor Party split of 1931">March 1931</a> </td> <td rowspan="3">Died in office </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#888888;">  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td nowrap=""><a href="/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party_split_of_1931" title="Australian Labor Party split of 1931">March 1931</a> –<br />7 May 1931 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#00008B;">  </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/United_Australia_Party" title="United Australia Party">United Australia</a> </td> <td nowrap="">7 May 1931 –<br />31 July 1934 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#00008B;">  </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Archibald_Fisken.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Archibald_Fisken.jpg/100px-Archibald_Fisken.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="152" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Archibald_Fisken.jpg/150px-Archibald_Fisken.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Archibald_Fisken.jpg/200px-Archibald_Fisken.jpg 2x" data-file-width="379" data-file-height="575" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Archibald_Fisken" title="Archibald Fisken">Archibald Fisken</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1897–1970)</span> </td> <td nowrap=""><a href="/wiki/1934_Australian_federal_election" title="1934 Australian federal election">15 September 1934</a> –<br /><a href="/wiki/1937_Australian_federal_election" title="1937 Australian federal election">23 October 1937</a> </td> <td>Retired. Grandson is <a href="/wiki/Michael_Ronaldson" title="Michael Ronaldson">Michael Ronaldson</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#F00011;">  </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Reg_Pollard_1940s.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Reg_Pollard_1940s.png/100px-Reg_Pollard_1940s.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="137" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Reg_Pollard_1940s.png/150px-Reg_Pollard_1940s.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Reg_Pollard_1940s.png/200px-Reg_Pollard_1940s.png 2x" data-file-width="946" data-file-height="1298" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Reg_Pollard_(politician)" title="Reg Pollard (politician)">Reg Pollard</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1894–1981)</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party" title="Australian Labor Party">Labor</a> </td> <td nowrap=""><a href="/wiki/1937_Australian_federal_election" title="1937 Australian federal election">23 October 1937</a> –<br /><a href="/wiki/1949_Australian_federal_election" title="1949 Australian federal election">10 December 1949</a> </td> <td>Previously held the <a href="/wiki/Victorian_Legislative_Assembly" title="Victorian Legislative Assembly">Victorian Legislative Assembly</a> seat of <a href="/wiki/Electoral_district_of_Bulla_and_Dalhousie" title="Electoral district of Bulla and Dalhousie">Bulla and Dalhousie</a>. Served as minister under <a href="/wiki/Chifley_Government" class="mw-redirect" title="Chifley Government">Chifley</a>. Transferred to the Division of <a href="/wiki/Division_of_Lalor" title="Division of Lalor">Lalor</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;">  </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Alan_Pittard.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Alan_Pittard.png/100px-Alan_Pittard.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Alan_Pittard.png/150px-Alan_Pittard.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Alan_Pittard.png/200px-Alan_Pittard.png 2x" data-file-width="1018" data-file-height="1354" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alan_Pittard" title="Alan Pittard">Alan Pittard</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1902–1992)</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Australia" title="Liberal Party of Australia">Liberal</a> </td> <td nowrap=""><a href="/wiki/1949_Australian_federal_election" title="1949 Australian federal election">10 December 1949</a> –<br /><a href="/wiki/1951_Australian_federal_election" title="1951 Australian federal election">28 April 1951</a> </td> <td>Lost seat </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#F00011;">  </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bob_Joshua.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Bob_Joshua.png/100px-Bob_Joshua.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="135" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Bob_Joshua.png/150px-Bob_Joshua.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Bob_Joshua.png/200px-Bob_Joshua.png 2x" data-file-width="894" data-file-height="1210" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Bob_Joshua" title="Bob Joshua">Bob Joshua</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1906–1970)</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party" title="Australian Labor Party">Labor</a> </td> <td nowrap=""><a href="/wiki/1951_Australian_federal_election" title="1951 Australian federal election">28 April 1951</a> –<br /><a href="/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party_split_of_1955" title="Australian Labor Party split of 1955">April 1955</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">Lost seat </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#008080;">  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party_(Anti-Communist)" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Labor Party (Anti-Communist)">Labor (Anti-Communist)</a> </td> <td nowrap=""><a href="/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party_split_of_1955" title="Australian Labor Party split of 1955">April 1955</a> –<br /><a href="/wiki/1955_Australian_federal_election" title="1955 Australian federal election">10 December 1955</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;">  </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:DudleyErwin1961.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/DudleyErwin1961.jpg/100px-DudleyErwin1961.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/DudleyErwin1961.jpg/150px-DudleyErwin1961.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/DudleyErwin1961.jpg/200px-DudleyErwin1961.jpg 2x" data-file-width="333" data-file-height="425" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dudley_Erwin" title="Dudley Erwin">Dudley Erwin</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1917–1984)</span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Australia" title="Liberal Party of Australia">Liberal</a> </td> <td nowrap=""><a href="/wiki/1955_Australian_federal_election" title="1955 Australian federal election">10 December 1955</a> –<br /><a href="/wiki/1975_Australian_federal_election" title="1975 Australian federal election">11 November 1975</a> </td> <td>Served as <a href="/wiki/List_of_whips_in_the_Australian_House_of_Representatives#Liberal_Party_of_Australia" title="List of whips in the Australian House of Representatives">Chief Government Whip in the House</a> under <a href="/wiki/Harold_Holt" title="Harold Holt">Holt</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_McEwen" title="John McEwen">McEwen</a> and <a href="/wiki/John_Gorton" title="John Gorton">Gorton</a>. Served as minister under <a href="/wiki/Gorton_Government" class="mw-redirect" title="Gorton Government">Gorton</a>. Retired </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;">  </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Liberal_Placeholder.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Liberal_Placeholder.png/100px-Liberal_Placeholder.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Liberal_Placeholder.png/150px-Liberal_Placeholder.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Liberal_Placeholder.png/200px-Liberal_Placeholder.png 2x" data-file-width="772" data-file-height="1080" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jim_Short_(Australian_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jim Short (Australian politician)">Jim Short</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1936–)</span> </td> <td nowrap=""><a href="/wiki/1975_Australian_federal_election" title="1975 Australian federal election">13 December 1975</a> –<br /><a href="/wiki/1980_Australian_federal_election" title="1980 Australian federal election">18 October 1980</a> </td> <td>Lost seat. Later elected to the Senate in <a href="/wiki/1984_Australian_federal_election" title="1984 Australian federal election">1984</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#F00011;">  </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Labor_Placeholder.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Labor_Placeholder.png/100px-Labor_Placeholder.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Labor_Placeholder.png/150px-Labor_Placeholder.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Labor_Placeholder.png/200px-Labor_Placeholder.png 2x" data-file-width="772" data-file-height="1080" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Mildren" title="John Mildren">John Mildren</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1932–2024)</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party" title="Australian Labor Party">Labor</a> </td> <td nowrap=""><a href="/wiki/1980_Australian_federal_election" title="1980 Australian federal election">18 October 1980</a> –<br /><a href="/wiki/1990_Australian_federal_election" title="1990 Australian federal election">24 March 1990</a> </td> <td>Lost seat </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;">  </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Michael_Ronaldson.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Michael_Ronaldson.jpg/100px-Michael_Ronaldson.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ea/Michael_Ronaldson.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="150" data-file-height="211" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Michael_Ronaldson" title="Michael Ronaldson">Michael Ronaldson</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1954–)</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Australia" title="Liberal Party of Australia">Liberal</a> </td> <td nowrap=""><a href="/wiki/1990_Australian_federal_election" title="1990 Australian federal election">24 March 1990</a> –<br /><a href="/wiki/2001_Australian_federal_election" title="2001 Australian federal election">8 October 2001</a> </td> <td>Served as <a href="/wiki/List_of_whips_in_the_Australian_House_of_Representatives#Liberal_Party_of_Australia" title="List of whips in the Australian House of Representatives">Chief Government Whip in the House</a> under <a href="/wiki/John_Howard" title="John Howard">Howard</a>. Retired. Later elected to the Senate in <a href="/wiki/2004_Australian_federal_election" title="2004 Australian federal election">2004</a>. Grandfather was <a href="/wiki/Archibald_Fisken" title="Archibald Fisken">Archibald Fisken</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#F00011;">  </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Catherine_King.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Catherine_King.jpg/100px-Catherine_King.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="134" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Catherine_King.jpg/150px-Catherine_King.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Catherine_King.jpg/200px-Catherine_King.jpg 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="534" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Catherine_King_(politician)" title="Catherine King (politician)">Catherine King</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1966–)</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party" title="Australian Labor Party">Labor</a> </td> <td nowrap=""><a href="/wiki/2001_Australian_federal_election" title="2001 Australian federal election">10 November 2001</a> –<br />present </td> <td>Served as minister under <a href="/wiki/Gillard_Government" class="mw-redirect" title="Gillard Government">Gillard</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rudd_Government_(2013)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rudd Government (2013)">Rudd</a>. Incumbent. Currently a minister under <a href="/wiki/Albanese_Government" class="mw-redirect" title="Albanese Government">Albanese</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Election_results">Election results</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Division_of_Ballarat&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Election results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Electoral_results_for_the_Division_of_Ballarat" title="Electoral results for the Division of Ballarat">Electoral results for the Division of Ballarat</a></div> <div class="excerpt-block"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1066933788">.mw-parser-output .excerpt-hat .mw-editsection-like{font-style:normal}</style><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable dablink excerpt-hat selfref">This section is an excerpt from <a href="/wiki/Results_of_the_2022_Australian_federal_election_in_Victoria#Ballarat" title="Results of the 2022 Australian federal election in Victoria">Results of the 2022 Australian federal election in Victoria § Ballarat</a>.<span class="mw-editsection-like plainlinks"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Results_of_the_2022_Australian_federal_election_in_Victoria&action=edit">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div><div class="excerpt"> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/2022_Australian_federal_election" title="2022 Australian federal election">2022 Australian federal election</a>: Ballarat<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color:#F00011;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 170px"><a href="/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party" title="Australian Labor Party">Labor</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Catherine_King_(politician)" title="Catherine King (politician)">Catherine King</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">43,171 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">44.74 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−2.15 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 170px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Australia" title="Liberal Party of Australia">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn">Ben Green </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">26,142 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">27.09 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−4.57 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color:#10C25B;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 170px"><a href="/wiki/Australian_Greens" title="Australian Greens">Greens</a> </td> <td class="fn">John Barnes </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">14,076 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">14.59 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+5.61 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color:#FFED00;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 170px"><a href="/wiki/United_Australia_Party_(2013)" title="United Australia Party (2013)">United Australia</a> </td> <td class="fn">Terri Pryse-Smith </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,693 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3.83 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−0.77 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color:#f36c21;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 170px"><a href="/wiki/Pauline_Hanson%27s_One_Nation" title="Pauline Hanson's One Nation">One Nation</a> </td> <td class="fn">Rosalie Taxis </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,476 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3.60 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+3.60 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color:#fec327;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 170px"><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_(Australia)" title="Libertarian Party (Australia)">Liberal Democrats</a> </td> <td class="fn">Julia McGrath </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,216 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3.33 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+3.33 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color:#888888;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 170px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politicians_in_Australia" title="Independent politicians in Australia">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn">Alex Graham </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,044 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2.12 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+0.85 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color:#E3A02D;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 170px"><a href="/wiki/Australian_Federation_Party" title="Australian Federation Party">Federation</a> </td> <td class="fn">Kerryn Sedgman </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">682 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.71 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+0.71 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total formal votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;">96,500 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">94.97 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">−0.83 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F6F6F6"> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Informal votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;">5,109 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">5.03 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+0.83 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">101,609 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">91.90 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−1.92 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#E9E9E9"> <th colspan="6" style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Two-party-preferred_vote" title="Two-party-preferred vote">Two-party-preferred</a> result </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color:#F00011;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 170px"><a href="/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party" title="Australian Labor Party">Labor</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Catherine_King_(politician)" title="Catherine King (politician)">Catherine King</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">60,770 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">62.97 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+2.74 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color:#080CAB;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 170px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Australia" title="Liberal Party of Australia">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn">Ben Green </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">35,730 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">37.03 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−2.74 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F6F6F6"> <td style="background-color:#F00011;"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party" title="Australian Labor Party">Labor</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b><a href="/wiki/Swing_(Australian_politics)" title="Swing (Australian politics)">Swing</a></b></td> <td style="text-align:right;">+2.74</td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2022_Australian_federal_election_Ballarat_alluvial_diagram.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/2022_Australian_federal_election_Ballarat_alluvial_diagram.svg/930px-2022_Australian_federal_election_Ballarat_alluvial_diagram.svg.png" decoding="async" width="930" height="492" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/2022_Australian_federal_election_Ballarat_alluvial_diagram.svg/1395px-2022_Australian_federal_election_Ballarat_alluvial_diagram.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/2022_Australian_federal_election_Ballarat_alluvial_diagram.svg/1860px-2022_Australian_federal_election_Ballarat_alluvial_diagram.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1700" data-file-height="900" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Alluvial_diagram" title="Alluvial diagram">Alluvial diagram</a> for preference flows in the seat of Ballarat in the <a href="/wiki/2022_Australian_federal_election" title="2022 Australian federal election">2022 federal election</a>. <span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="check" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Light_green_check.svg/20px-Light_green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Light_green_check.svg/30px-Light_green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Light_green_check.svg/40px-Light_green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> indicates at what stage the winning candidate had over 50% of the votes and was declared the winner.</figcaption></figure><div style="clear:both;" class=""></div></div></div> <div class="center"><div class="thumb tnone" style=""><div class="thumbinner" style="width:-moz-fit-content; 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