South Eastern Province
| South Eastern Province Victoria—Legislative Council | |
|---|---|
| State | Victoria |
| Created | 1882 |
| Abolished | 2006 |
South Eastern Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council[1] from November 1882. It was created in the redistribution of provinces in 1882 when the original provinces[2] of Central and Eastern were abolished. The new South Eastern, South Yarra, North Yarra, North Eastern, North Central, Melbourne East, Melbourne North, Melbourne South and Melbourne West Provinces were then created.[1]
The Legislative Council Act, 1881, created and defined the South Eastern Province as consisting of the following Divisions: Alexandra, Yea, Eltham, Lilydale, Bulleen, Boroondara, Nunawading, Malvern, Caulfield, Oakleigh, Moorabbin, Dandenong, Berwick, Cranbourne, Mornington, Flinders, Phillip Island and Brighton.[3]
It was abolished at the 2006 state election in the wake of the Bracks Labor government's reform of the Legislative Council.
Members for South Eastern Province[edit]
These were members of the upper house province of the Victorian Legislative Council. Three members initially,[3] two after the implementation in 1904 of the Electoral Provinces Boundaries Act 1903.[4]
| Member 1 | Party | Year | Member 2 | Party | Member 3 | Party | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Dobson | 1882 | James Buchanan | James Balfour | none | |||||
| 1884 | |||||||||
| 1886 | |||||||||
| 1888 | |||||||||
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| 1892 | |||||||||
| 1894 | |||||||||
| James Campbell | 1895 | ||||||||
| 1896 | |||||||||
| 1898 | William Knox | ||||||||
| 1900 | |||||||||
| 1901 | Duncan McBryde | ||||||||
| 1902 | |||||||||
| 1904 | |||||||||
| 1907 | |||||||||
| William Adamson | Liberal | 1910 | |||||||
| 1913 | |||||||||
| 1916 | |||||||||
| Nationalist | 1917 | ||||||||
| 1919 | Alfred Chandler | Nationalist | |||||||
| William Tyner | Nationalist | 1922 | |||||||
| 1925 | |||||||||
| 1928 | |||||||||
| 1931 | |||||||||
| United Australia | 1931 | United Australia | |||||||
| 1934 | |||||||||
| 1935 | Gilbert Chandler | United Australia | |||||||
| 1937 | Charles Gartside | United Australia | |||||||
| Cyril Isaac | United Australia | 1940 | |||||||
| 1943 | |||||||||
| Liberal | 1945 | Liberal | |||||||
| 1946 | |||||||||
| Liberal and Country | 1949 | Liberal and Country | |||||||
| 1949 | |||||||||
| 1952 | Electoral Reform | ||||||||
| George Tilley | Labor | 1952 | |||||||
| 1955 | Charles Bridgford | Liberal and Country | |||||||
| Bill Mair | Liberal and Country | 1958 | |||||||
| 1961 | Alan Hunt | Liberal and Country | |||||||
| 1964 | |||||||||
| Ian Cathie | Labor | 1964 | |||||||
| 1965 | Liberal | ||||||||
| 1967 | |||||||||
| Roy Ward | Liberal | 1970 | |||||||
| 1973 | |||||||||
| 1976 | |||||||||
| 1979 | |||||||||
| 1982 | |||||||||
| 1985 | |||||||||
| Ken Smith | Liberal | 1988 | |||||||
| 1992 | Ron Bowden | Liberal | |||||||
| 1996 | |||||||||
| 1999 | |||||||||
Election results[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Ron Bowden | 70,597 | 52.6 | -4.0 | |
| Labor | Michael Binney | 51,147 | 38.1 | +2.7 | |
| Democrats | Richard Armstrong | 6,551 | 4.9 | 0.0 | |
| Greens | Stuart Kingsford | 5,972 | 4.4 | +4.4 | |
| Total formal votes | 134,267 | 97.2 | -0.6 | ||
| Informal votes | 3,807 | 2.8 | +0.6 | ||
| Turnout | 138,074 | 94.1 | |||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Liberal | Ron Bowden | 76,088 | 56.7 | -3.4 | |
| Labor | Michael Binney | 58,148 | 43.3 | +3.4 | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | -3.4 | |||
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
- ^ Sweetman, Edward (1920). Constitutional Development of Victoria, 1851-6. Whitcombe & Tombs Limited. p. 182. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
- ^ a b "The Legislative Council Act 1881". Australasian Legal Information Institute. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
- ^ "Electoral Provinces Boundaries Act 1903". Australasian Legal Information Institute. Retrieved 30 March 2014.