Melbourne Province
Melbourne Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council (Australia).[1]
| Melbourne Province Victoria—Legislative Council | |
|---|---|
| State | Victoria |
| Created | 1882 |
| Abolished | 2006 |
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
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 | ||||||
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| 1886 | |||||||||
| James Service | 1888 | ||||||||
| 1888 | Member 4 | Party | |||||||
| 1889 | George Coppin | ||||||||
| 1889 | Benjamin Benjamin | ||||||||
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| 1892 | |||||||||
| 1892 | Robert Reid | ||||||||
| 1894 | |||||||||
| 1895 | Arthur Snowden | ||||||||
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| John Mark Davies | 1899 | ||||||||
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| 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
| 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 | |||