Electoral district of Polwarth

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The electoral district of Polwarth is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It is located in south-west rural Victoria, west of Geelong, and covers the Colac and Corangamite local government areas (LGA), parts of the Moyne, Golden Plains and Surf Coast LGAs, and slivers of the Ararat and Greater Geelong LGAs, running along the Great Ocean Road taking in Anglesea, Cape Otway, Peterborough, Aireys Inlet, Lorne, Wye River, Apollo Bay and Port Campbell, covering the inland towns of Winchelsea, Colac, Camperdown and Terang along the Princes Highway, and Inverleigh, Cressy, Lismore and Mortlake on the Hamilton Highway, and finally, includes the Otway Ranges and Lake Corangamite.[1]

The seat has existed since 1889 and has always been held by conservative parties. The Liberal Party has held the seat continuously since 1970, although the Nationals have provided strong challenges on occasions, such as at the 1999 election when election night figures suggested retired AFL Footballer Paul Couch would win the seat.[2] Ultimately, however, Couch failed to finish ahead of the Labor Party candidate and the Liberal candidate, Terry Mulder, won after receiving preferences from Couch.[3]

The 2014 Victorian election saw the Liberal Terry Mulder retain his seat,[4] with a 3.2% swing to Labor.[5] Mulder resigned from parliament on 3 September 2015. The subsequent by-election, held on 31 October, saw Richard Riordan elected as the new member.

Members for Polwarth

Member Party Term
Template:Australian party style|  Charles Forrest Unaligned 1889–1894
Template:Australian party style|  Thomas Baker Unaligned 1894–1897
Template:Australian party style|  Charles Forrest Unaligned 1897–1911
Template:Australian party style|  John Johnstone Commonwealth Liberal 1911–1917
Template:Australian party style|  James McDonald Nationalist 1917–1929
Template:Australian party style|  Economy 1929–1931
Template:Australian party style|  United Australia 1931–1933
Template:Australian party style|  Allan McDonald United Australia 1933–1940
Template:Australian party style|  Edward Guye Country 1940–1950
Template:Australian party style|  Liberal and Country 1950–1958
Template:Australian party style|  Tom Darcy Liberal and Country 1958–1959
Template:Australian party style|  Liberal 1959–1970
Template:Australian party style|  Cec Burgin Liberal 1970–1985
Template:Australian party style|  Ian Smith Liberal 1985–1999
Template:Australian party style|  Terry Mulder Liberal 1999–2015
Template:Australian party style|  Richard Riordan Liberal 2015-

Election results

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Historical maps

See also

References

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