South-West Coast
Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Location of South-West Coast (dark green) in Victoria
StateVictoria
Created2002
MPRoma Britnell
PartyLiberal
Electors47,500 (2018)
Area6,576 km2 (2,539.0 sq mi)
DemographicRural
Electorates around South-West Coast:
South Australia Lowan Lowan
South Australia South-West Coast Polwarth
Great Australian Bight Great Australian Bight Bass Strait

The electoral district of South-West Coast is an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It was created prior to the 2002 election in order to replace the abolished seats of Portland and Warrnambool.

The seat is dominated by the town of Warrnambool, but also includes Portland, Port Fairy, Koroit, Heywood and Macarthur.

South-West Coast is located in ancestrally Liberal territory, and was thus a natural choice for Portland's former member, Denis Napthine, to transfer for the 2002 election. He barely held onto his seat in the Labor landslide of that year, seeing his margin reduced to only 0.7 percent. However, it has reverted to its previous form as a safe Liberal seat. Napthine subsequently served as Premier of Victoria from 2013 to 2014. Following his government's election loss to Labor in November 2014, Napthine resigned from parliament on 3 September 2015. Roma Britnell retained the seat for the Liberals at the ensuing by-election on 31 October.

Members for South-West Coast

Member Party Term
  Denis Napthine Liberal 2002–2015
  Roma Britnell Liberal 2015–present

Election results

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly) § South-West Coast.[edit]
2022 Victorian state election: South-West Coast[1][2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Roma Britnell 19,517 42.9 +8.5
Labor Kylie Gaston 9,640 21.2 −3.4
Independent Carol Altmann 6,564 14.4 +14.4
Independent James Purcell 2,737 6.0 –9.4
Greens Thomas Campbell 2,457 5.4 −0.8
Independent Jim Doukas 1,865 4.1 +4.1
Family First Chris Brunt 924 2.0 +2.0
Animal Justice Jacinta Anderson 688 1.5 +1.3
Independent Michael McCluskey 616 1.4 +0.5
Justice James Brash Grimley 488 1.1 +1.1
Total formal votes 45,496 94.3 +0.9
Informal votes 2,723 5.7 −0.9
Turnout 48,219 90.8 +0.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Roma Britnell 26,410 58.0 +4.8
Labor Kylie Gaston 19,086 42.0 −4.8
Liberal hold Swing+4.8

See also

References

  1. ↑ Green, Antony (11 January 2023). "VIC22 – 2-Party Preferred Results and Swings by District". Antony Green's Election Blog. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  2. ↑ VIC 2021 Final Redistribution, ABC News. [Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  3. ↑ South-West Coast District results, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 December 2022.


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