Electoral district of Ballarat West

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The Electoral district of Ballarat West is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly in Australia. It has two periods of existence, firstly between 1859 and 1927 and since 1992. Unlike Ballarat East which has a rural character, Ballarat West is mostly urban, taking in much of Ballarat itself and its southern and western suburbs.

While the seat currently is fairly safe for the Labor Party with a margin of 9%, it was held by the Liberal Party during the years of the Kennett government.

The member for Ballarat West is Karen Overington.

[edit] Members for Ballarat East

First incarnation (1859—1904)
Member		Party	Term
	John Bailey	Unaligned	1859-1861
	Robert Serjeant	Unaligned	1859-1861
	Duncan Gillies	Unaligned	1861-1868
	William Collard Smith	Unaligned	1861-1864
	Robert Lewis	Unaligned	1864
	William Vale	Unaligned	1864-65, 1865-69
	Charles Jones	Unaligned	1868-69, 1869, 1869-71
	John James	Unaligned	1869-1870
	Sir Archibald Michie	Unaligned	1870-1871
	Joseph Jones	Unaligned	1871-1875
	William Collard Smith	Unaligned	1871-1892
	George Fincham	Unaligned	1875-1886
	Henry Bell	Unaligned	1877-1886
	Charles Jones	Unaligned	1886-1889
	Richard Vale	Unaligned	1886-1889
	Joseph Kirton	Unaligned	1889-1894
	Richard Vale	Unaligned	1892-1902
	William Collard Smith	Unaligned	1894
	Joseph Kirton	Unaligned	1894-1904
	Richard Vale	Unaligned	1892-1902
	Charles Shoppee	Ministerialist	1902-1904
Second incarnation (1904—1927)
Member		Party	Term
	Harry Bennett	Labor	1904-1907
	Joseph Kirton	Unaligned	1907-1908
	Andrew McKissock	Labor	1908-1911
	Matthew Baird	Liberal/Nationalist/Economy	1911-1927
Third incarnation (1992—present)
Member		Party	Term
	Paul Jenkins	Liberal	1992-1999
	Karen Overington	Labor	1999-present