Electoral district of South-West Coast

State electoral district of Victoria, Australia

Australian electorate

South-West Coast
Victoria—Legislative Assembly

Location of South-West Coast (dark green) in Victoria

State| Victoria
Created| 2002
MP| Roma Britnell
Party| Liberal
Namesake| Barwon South West
Electors| 47,500 (2018)
Area| 6,576 km2 (2,539.0 sq mi)
Demographic| Rural
| 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

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| Member  | Party  | Term

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| Denis Napthine | Liberal | 2002–2015
| Roma Britnell | Liberal | 2015–present

## Election results

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Main article: Electoral results for the district of South-West Coast

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  | %  | ±%

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| 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

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* 2015 South-West Coast state by-election

## References

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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.

## External links

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* Electorate profile: South-West Coast, Victorian Electoral Commission

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Electoral districts of the Victorian Legislative Assembly

Labor (54)|

* Albert Park
* Ashwood
* Bass
* Bayswater
* Bellarine
* Bendigo East
* Bendigo West
* Bentleigh
* Box Hill
* Broadmeadows
* Bundoora
* Carrum
* Clarinda
* Cranbourne
* Dandenong
* Eltham
* Essendon
* Eureka
* Footscray
* Frankston
* Geelong
* Glen Waverley
* Greenvale
* Hastings
* Ivanhoe
* Kalkallo
* Kororoit
* Lara
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* Ripon
* St Albans
* Sunbury
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Coalition (29)|

| Liberal (20)|

* Benambra
* Berwick
* Brighton
* Bulleen
* Caulfield
* Croydon
* Eildon
* Evelyn
* Hawthorn
* Kew
* Malvern
* Mornington
* Narracan
* Nepean
* Polwarth
* Prahran
* Rowville
* Sandringham
* South-West Coast
* Warrandyte

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National (9)|

* Euroa
* Gippsland East
* Gippsland South
* Lowan
* Mildura
* Morwell
* Murray Plains
* Ovens Valley
* Shepparton

Greens (3)|

* Brunswick
* Melbourne
* Richmond

Independent (1)|

* Ringwood

Independent Labor (1)|

* South Barwon

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Electoral districts of the Western Victoria Region

District|

* Bellarine
* Eureka
* Geelong
* Lara
* Lowan
* Melton
* Polwarth
* Ripon
* South Barwon
* South-West Coast
* Wendouree

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