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Melbourne Province

Coordinates: 37°49′S 144°58′E / 37.817°S 144.967°E / -37.817; 144.967
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Melbourne Province
VictoriaLegislative Council
StateVictoria
Created1882
Abolished2006

Melbourne Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council (Australia).[1]

Melbourne Province was created in 1882 when Central Province was abolished in the redistribution of Provinces. Its area included central Melbourne, Carlton, Fawkner Park and Richmond.[2]

William Hearn and James Lorimer transferred from Central to Melbourne Province that year.[1]

In 1904, another redistribution occurred and Melbourne East Province, Melbourne North Province, Melbourne South Province, Melbourne West Province were created. The number of members representing Melbourne Province were reduced from four to two that year.[1]

Melbourne Province was abolished at the 2006 state election in the wake of the Bracks Labor government's reform of the Legislative Council.

Members for Melbourne Province

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Three members initially, four from 1889, two from 1904.

Member 1 Party Year Member 2 Party Member 3 Party
  William Hearn   1882   James Lorimer     Cornelius Ham  
1884
1886
  James Service   1888
1888 Member 4 Party
1889   George Coppin  
1889   Benjamin Benjamin  
1890
1892
1892   Robert Reid  
1894
1895   Arthur Snowden  
1896
1898
  John Mark Davies   1899
1900
1901
1902
1903   William Cain Non-Labor
1904  
1907
1910   John McWhae  
1913
1916
1917   Nationalist
  Henry Weedon Nationalist 1919
  Henry Cohen Nationalist 1921
1921   Herbert Smith Nationalist
1922
1925
1928
1931
  United Australia 1931   United Australia
1934
1936   George Wales United Australia
  Daniel McNamara Labor 1937
1938   Paul Jones Labor
1940   William Beckett Labor
1943
1946
  Fred Thomas Labor 1948
1949
1952   Patrick Sheehy Labor
1955   Labor (A-C)
1955
1958   Jack O'Connell Labor
  Doug Elliot Labor 1960
1961
1964
1967
1970
1972   Ivan Trayling Labor
1973
1976
  Evan Walker Labor 1979
1982   Barry Pullen Labor
1985
1988
  Doug Walpole Labor 1992
1996
  Gavin Jennings Labor 1999   Glenyys Romanes Labor
2002

Election results

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2002 Victorian state election: Melbourne Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Gavin Jennings 61,810 48.7 -6.7
Greens Robyn Evans 31,481 24.8 +24.8
Liberal Michael Christo 30,771 24.2 -10.0
Democrats Danii Coric 2,878 2.3 -8.0
Total formal votes 126,940 96.5 +0.4
Informal votes 4,652 3.5 −0.4
Turnout 131,592 90.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Gavin Jennings 67,059 52.8 -10.6
Greens Robyn Evans 59,881 47.2 +47.2
Labor hold Swing -10.6

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
  2. ^ "The Legislative Council Act 1881". Australasian Legal Information Institute. Retrieved 14 June 2013.

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