ALP 11.0%
Incumbent MP
Julianna Addison, since 2018.
Geography
Wendouree covers the western suburbs of Ballarat, including Wendouree, Sebastopol, Brown Hill, Delacombe, Alfredton and Redan. The seat lies entirely within the City of Ballarat.
Redistribution
Wendouree shifted slightly south, losing the northern end to Ripon and gaining Sebastopol from Buninyong. These changes increased the Labor margin from 10.3% to 11.0%.
The seat of Ballarat West was renamed as Wendouree in 2014 after a long history under the former name.
Ballarat West first existed as an electoral district from 1859 to 1927, and again since 1992. The original district elected two members from 1859 until 1904, when it became a single-member district. Conservative parliamentarian Matthew Baird held the seat from 1911 to 1927.
The new Ballarat West was created at the 1992 election, and was won by the Liberal Party’s Paul Jenkins. He was re-elected in 1996, but retired in 1999, and the seat was lost to the ALP’s Karen Overington. Overington was re-elected in 2002 and 2006. She increased her margin to 9% in 2002, before it fell to 6.5% in 2006.
Overington retired in 2010, and Ballarat West was won by Labor’s Sharon Knight. Knight was re-elected in the renamed seat of Wendouree in 2014.
Knight retired in 2018, and Labor candidate Juliana Addison won the seat.
- Ian Harkness (Family First)
- Bryn Hills (Animal Justice)
- Samantha McIntosh (Liberal)
- Juliana Addison (Labor)
- Bren Eckel (Independent)
- Dianne Colbert (Democratic Labour)
- Ellen Burns (Greens)
Assessment
Wendouree is a safe Labor seat.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Redist |
| Juliana Addison | Labor | 18,616 | 49.4 | +6.2 | 50.4 |
| Amy Johnson | Liberal | 13,270 | 35.2 | -4.5 | 34.0 |
| Alice Barnes | Greens | 3,647 | 9.7 | -0.3 | 9.0 |
| Bryn Hills | Animal Justice | 1,303 | 3.5 | +3.5 | 3.6 |
| Alison May Smith | Independent | 473 | 1.3 | +1.3 | 1.9 |
| Jeremy Smith | Socialists | 382 | 1.0 | +1.0 | 1.0 |
| Others | 0.9 | ||||
| Informal | 2,246 | 5.6 | +0.8 |
2018 two-party-preferred result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Redist |
| Juliana Addison | Labor | 22,751 | 60.3 | +4.5 | 61.0 |
| Amy Johnson | Liberal | 15,005 | 39.7 | -4.5 | 39.0 |
Booths have been divided into three areas: central, north and south-west.
Labor won a majority of the two-party-preferred vote in all three areas, ranging from 63.1% in the south-west to 64.3% in the north.
The Greens came third, with a primary vote ranging from 6.5% in the south-west to 13.1% in the central.
| Voter group | GRN prim % | ALP 2PP % | Total votes | % of votes |
| North | 10.0 | 64.3 | 7,586 | 18.6 |
| South-West | 6.5 | 63.1 | 5,709 | 14.0 |
| Central | 13.1 | 64.2 | 3,864 | 9.5 |
| Pre-poll | 8.5 | 58.4 | 19,610 | 48.1 |
| Other votes | 9.5 | 61.2 | 4,031 | 9.9 |
Election results in Wendouree at the 2018 Victorian state election
Toggle between two-party-preferred votes and primary votes for Labor, the Liberal Party and the Greens.
I wonder how much longer it will be before we see a zoomed in version of this seat labelled Ballarat on political maps, like what you see with Melbourne and the Geelong seat.