Victoria Electoral Rolls
Discover your Australian ancestor in Victoria electoral rolls. Search the rolls for 1939 and 1946 to find the details of tens of thousands of voters, in the nearest thing Australia has to census records.
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Discover your Australian ancestor in Victoria electoral rolls. Search the rolls for 1939 and 1946 to find the details of tens of thousands of voters, in the nearest thing Australia has to census records.
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The rolls cover the following Victorian regions:
- Balaclava
- Ballarat
- Batman
- Bendigo
- Bourke
- Corangamite
- Corio
- Deakin
- Fawkner
- Flinders
- Gippsland
- Henty
- Indi
- Kooyong
- Maribyrnong
- Melbourne
- Melbourne Ports
- Wannon
- Wimmera
- Yarra.
The following information is included for many (but not all) entries:
- No. on Roll
- Name in full
- Place of living
- Occupation
- Sex
- Commonwealth Division and Subdivision, State Assembly District
Entries are arranged alphabetically within each subdivision. You will find the details of tens of thousands of voters who resided in Victoria at this time, and who were entitled (and registered) to vote. Importantly, the roll includes the names of many women qualified to vote for the election of members of the Commonwealth parliament.
SUBDIVISIONS WITHIN REGIONS
The electoral subdivisions of Balaclava covered are: Brighton, Caulfield, Caulfield West, Elsternwick and St Kilda.
The electoral subdivisions of Ballaarat covered by this collection are: Bacchus Marsh, Ballaarat, Ballaarat East, Ballaarat North, Ballaarat West, Ballan, Castlemaine, Creswick, Daylesford, Gong Gong, Kyneton, Learmonth, Meredith, Mount Pleasant, Sebastopol, Soldiers’ Hill, Warrenheip, and Woodend.
The electoral subdivisions of Batman covered by this collection are: Alphington, Fitzroy North, Northcote, Preston, Preston East, and Westgarth.
The electoral subdivisions of Bendigo covered by this collection are: Bendigo, Charlton, Cohuna, Dunolly, Eaglehawk, Echuca, Elmore, Golden Square, Heathcote, Inglewood, Lancefield, Marong, Mitiamo, Murchison, Pyramid Hill, Raywood, Rochester, Rushworth, Sandhurst East, Strathfieldsaye, and Wedderburn.
The electoral subdivisions of Bourke covered by this collection are: Blyth, Brunswick South, Brunswick West, Coburg, Edward, and Mitchell.
The electoral subdivisions of Corangamite covered by this collection are: Allansford, Ararat, Avoca, Bannockburn, Beaufort, Beeac, Beech Forest, Birregurra, Camperdown, Carisbrook, Clunes, Cobden, Colac, Krambruk, Landsborough, Linton, Maldon, Maryborough, Mortlake, Penshurst, Port Campbell, Smythesdale, Terang, and Willaura.
The electoral subdivisions of Corio covered by this collection are: Altona, Broadmeadows, Drysdale, Essendon North, Fawkner, Geelong, Geelong North, Geelong West, Gisborne, Newtown and Chilwell, Queenscliff, Sunbury, Sunshine, and Werribee.
The electoral subdivisions of Deakin covered by this collection are: Alexandra, Avenel, Box Hill, Box Hill South, Croydon, Diamond Creek, Doncaster, Healesville, Heidelberg, Ivanhoe, Kangaroo Ground, Kilmore, Lilydale, Mansfield, Mitcham, Ringwood, Seymour, Surrey Hills, Warburton, and Yea.
The electoral subdivisions of Fawkner covered by this collection are: Armadale, Darling, Malvern, Prahran, St Kilda North, South Yarra, and Toorak.
The electoral subdivisions of Flinders covered by this collection are: Berwick, Burwood, Burwood South, Carrum, Cranbourne, Dandenong, Dromana, Drouin, Ferntree Gully, Frankston, Kooweerup, Loch, Mentone, Oakleigh East, Pakenham, and Warragul.
The electoral subdivisions of Gippsland covered by this collection are: Bairnsdale, Bruthen, Foster, Korumburra, Leongatha, Lindenow, Lucknow, Maffra, Morwell, Neerim South, Omeo, Orbost, Rosedale, Sale, Stratford, Toongabbie, Trafalgar, Traralgon, Walhalla, Wonthaggi, Yallourn, and Yarram.
The electoral subdivisions of Henty covered by this collection are: Bentleigh, Caulfield East, Cheltenham, Glenhuntly, Hampton, Malvern East, Malvern South, Oakleigh, and Sandringham.
The electoral subdivisions of Indi covered by this collection are: Beechworth, Benalla, Chiltern, Cobram, Corryong, Euroa, Kyabram, Moyhu, Nagambie, Nathalia, Numurkah, Ovens, Rutherglen, Shepparton, Tallangatta, Tatura, Tungamah, Violet Town, Wangaratta, Wodonga, Yackandandah, and Yarrawonga.
The electoral subdivisions of Kooyong covered by this collection are: Auburn, Balwyn, Camberwell, Canterbury, Deepdene, Glen Iris, Kew, and Kew North.
The electoral subdivisions of Maribyrnong covered by this collection are: Ascot Vale, Essendon, Footscray, Footscray North, Footscray South, Kingsville, Moonee Ponds, and Yarraville.
The electoral subdivisions of Melbourne covered by this collection are: Carlton, Carlton South, Fitzroy, Melbourne, Newmarket, North Melbourne, and Parkville.
The electoral subdivisions of Melbourne Ports covered by this collection are: Albert Park, Newport, Port Melbourne, St Kilda West, South Melbourne, and Williamstown.
The electoral subdivisions of Wannon covered by this collection are: Branxholme, Casterton, Dimboola, Goroke, Hamilton, Harrow, Horsham, Horsham South, Jeparit, Kaniva, Koroit, Murtoa, Nhill, Port Fairy, Portland, Stawell, and Warrnambool.
The electoral subdivisions of Wimmera covered by this collection are: Birchip, Boort, Donald, Hopetoun, Kerang, Mildura, Minyip, Ouyen, Quambatook, Rainbow, St Arnaud, Sea Lake, Swan Hill, Ultima, Warracknabeal, and Wycheproof.
The electoral subdivisions of Yarra covered by this collection are: Abbotsford, Clifton Hill, Collingwood, Hawthorn, and Richmond.
Where applicable, each roll also lists the particulars regarding electors enrolled by virtue of a property qualification as electors for the State Assembly only.
Search tips for the Victoria Commonwealth electoral rolls
The electoral rolls come in the form of a PDF document, which will mean that they will be a little different from using our standard search. The key thing to remember is that PDF documents will only accept precise text search terms but we’ve provided a few tips to help you find your ancestor.
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You must search for the exact words or phrases as they would appear within the text. It’s important to use the spelling that would be used in the document. The search result will bring you to the page where the name or other search term you were looking for is found.
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To search for your ancestor by name you will have to search for the name as it appears on the roll. For example, if you were looking for a Bobby Bill Smith you could look for Robert William Smith or simply Robert Smith.
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You can use the keyword search to look for any other information you might have, that could be included in the electoral roll - an address, for example.