Electoral district of Wendouree

Wendouree Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Location of Wendouree (dark green) in Victoria
State	Victoria
Created	2014
MP	Sharon Knight
Party	Labor
Electors	40,549 (2014)
Area	114 km^2 (44.0 sq mi)
Demographic	Regional City

The Electoral district of Wendouree is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly in Australia. It was created in the redistribution of electoral boundaries in 2013, and came into effect at the 2014 state election.^[1]

It largely covers the area of the abolished district of Ballarat West, covering north, southwest and west suburbs of Ballarat, including Wendouree, Alfredton, Delacombe, Redan, Ballarat North, Invermay, Black Hill and Brown Hill, as well as much of the CBD. The south suburb of Sebastopol was moved to the adjoining district of Buninyong.^[2]

The abolished seat of Ballarat West was held by Labor MP Sharon Knight. While the redistribution made Wendouree notionally Liberal-held, Knight won the new seat with a swing to Labor.

Members

Member		Party	Term
	Sharon Knight	Labor	2014–present

Election results

Victorian state election, 2014: Wendouree^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Sharon Knight	15,712	43.2	+3.1
	Liberal	Craig Coltman	14,408	39.7	−5.1
	Greens	Alice Barnes	3,629	10.0	−0.5
	Sex Party	Liam Hastie	1,387	3.8	+3.8
	Family First	Cielo Fenn	653	1.8	−1.3
	Country Alliance	John Buchholz	343	0.9	−0.6
	Rise Up Australia	Sheila O'Shea	201	0.6	+0.6
Total formal votes			36,333	95.1	+0.8
Informal votes			1,862	4.9	−0.8
Turnout			38,195	94.2	+0.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Sharon Knight	20,270	55.8	+5.9
	Liberal	Craig Coltman	16,063	44.2	−5.9
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+5.9

External links

• District profile from the Victorian Electoral Commission

References

1. "Summary of Changes". Victorian Electoral Boundary Commission. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
2. "Map of Wendouree District". Victorian Electoral Boundaries Commission.
3. "State Election 2014: Wendouree". Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 10 December 2014.