Map of Ballarat West District showing the suburbs of Wendouree, Sebastopol and Ballarat. The district boundaries include Springs Road in the north east, and Heinz Lane in the south west.

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Features of the District

Location:	Ballarat West District is an urbanised rural electorate located north-west of Melbourne.
Area:	135 square kilometres.
Region:	Western Victoria Region
Suburbs:	Alfredton, the northern and western sections of Ballarat, Delacombe, Nerrina, Sebastopol and Wendouree.
Features:	Ballarat East District is largely comprised of the urban area of Ballarat, Victoria’s largest inland city and one of Australia’s principal goldmining centres in the nineteenth century. The outer reaches of the electorate are mainly agricultural. Natural features include Creswick State Forest, part of the Great Dividing Range, and Lake Wendouree.
Member:	Karen Overington

A statistical profile (external link) based on 2006 Census data is available from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

Election results

2006 State election results for Ballarat West District.
2002 State election results for Ballarat West District.


Seat position within the swing.

Historical pattern

1859-75	Unaffiliated
1875-99	Liberal
1899-1902	Conservative Liberal
1902-04	Conservative
1904-07	ALP
1907-08	Fusion
1908	Conservative
1908-11	ALP
1911-17	Liberal
1917-18	Economy
1918-27*	NP
1992-99	Liberal
1999-present	ALP
	*Abolished in 1927, and re-established in 1992