Electoral district of Ripon
| Ripon Victoria—Legislative Assembly | |
|---|---|
 Location of Ripon (dark green) in Victoria | |
| State | Victoria |
| Dates current | 1945–1955, 1976–current |
| MP | Louise Staley |
| Party | Liberal Party of Australia |
| Electors | 45,147 (2014) |
| Area | 16,761 km2 (6,471.5 sq mi) |
| Demographic | Rural |
Ripon is a single member electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It is a rural electorate based in western Victoria. In 1946 the Electoral district of Ripon was first contested but then abolished in the 1955 election after being held by Labor for seven of these years.[1] Ripon was then re-created and has existed continuously since 1976.[1]
Ripon has an area of 16,761 square kilometres.[2] It includes the towns of Ararat, Avoca, Bealiba, Beaufort, Bridgewater on Loddon, Buangor, Cardigan, Carisbrook, Charlton, Clunes, Creswick, Donald, Dunolly, Eddington, Elmhurst, Glenorchy, Great Western, Inglewood, Landsborough, Lexton, Lucas, Marnoo, Maryborough, Miners Rest, Moonambel, Newbridge, Snake Valley, St Arnaud, Stawell, Stuart Mill, Talbot, Tarnagulla and Wedderburn.[2] The main population centres are Creswick, Ararat, Maryborough, Avoca, Donald, Bridgewater, St Arnaud and Stawell.[1] This district is known for agriculture, wine making, timber industries, manufacturing, wool production, paper milling, knitting mills and tourism.[2]
For most of its history, Ripon has been held by the Liberal Party. However, it was held by the Australian Labor Party from 1999 to 2014.
Members
| First incarnation (1945–1955) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | |
| Ernie Morton | Labor | 1945–1947 | |
| Rutherford Guthrie | Liberal | 1947–1950 | |
| Ernie Morton | Labor | 1950–1955 | |
| Second incarnation (1976–present) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | |
| Tom Austin | Liberal | 1976–1992 | |
| Steve Elder | Liberal | 1992–1999 | |
| Joe Helper | Labor | 1999–2014 | |
| Louise Staley | Liberal | 2014–present | |
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Daniel McGlone | 14,059 | 35.1 | −3.7 | |
| Liberal | Louise Staley | 13,118 | 32.8 | +4.2 | |
| National | Scott Turner | 7,342 | 18.3 | −2.7 | |
| Greens | Rod May | 2,856 | 7.1 | +1.2 | |
| Family First | Danielle Fowler | 897 | 2.2 | −0.7 | |
| Country Alliance | Trevor Domaschenz | 495 | 1.2 | −1.5 | |
| Democratic Labour | Mitchell Lee | 490 | 1.2 | +1.2 | |
| Rise Up Australia | Peter Mulcahy | 448 | 1.1 | +1.1 | |
| Christians | Kevin Loiterton | 352 | 0.9 | +0.9 | |
| Total formal votes | 40,057 | 93.6 | −1.6 | ||
| Informal votes | 2,732 | 6.4 | +1.6 | ||
| Turnout | 42,789 | 94.8 | +1.8 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Liberal | Louise Staley | 20,329 | 50.8 | −0.9 | |
| Labor | Daniel McGlone | 19,728 | 49.2 | +0.9 | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | −0.9 | |||
References
- ^ a b c "Victorian Election 2014". ABC. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ^ a b c "Ripon District profile". Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ^ State Election 2014: Ripon District, VEC.