| Central Province Victoria—Legislative Council | |
|---|---|
 Central Province, 1855 map | |
| State | Victoria |
| Created | 1856 |
| Abolished | 1882 |
| Electors | 7506 (in 1856) [1] |
| Demographic | Metropolitan |
Central Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council. [2] [3] Coordinates: 37°48′S144°55′E / 37.800°S 144.917°E
Central was one of the six original upper house Provinces of the bi-cameral Victorian Parliament created in November 1856. [2] The area of the province, centered on Melbourne was defined in the Victoria Constitution Act 1855. [4] Central Province included the Electoral Districts of Melbourne, St Kilda, Collingwood, South Melbourne, Richmond and Williamstown as well as parts of other adjoining districts. [5]
Central Province was abolished in the redistribution of provinces in 1882. James Lorimer and William Edward Hearn transferred from Central to Melbourne Province; Theodotus Sumner transferred to North Yarra Province; James MacBain and James Graham transferred to South Yarra Province that year. [3]
These were members of the upper house province of the Victorian Legislative Council. [2]
| Year | Member 1 | Party | Member 2 | Party | Member 3 | Party | Member 4 | Party | Member 5 | Party | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1856 | Nehemiah Guthridge | John Hood | Henry Miller [6] | John Pascoe Fawkner | John Hodgson | ||||||||||
| 1858 | Thomas Fellows | ||||||||||||||
| 1858 | Thomas à Beckett [7] | ||||||||||||||
| 1859 | George Cole | ||||||||||||||
| 1860 | William Henry Hull | ||||||||||||||
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| 1862 | |||||||||||||||
| 1864 | |||||||||||||||
| 1866 | James Graham [8] | ||||||||||||||
| 1868 | John O'Shanassy | ||||||||||||||
| 1868 | |||||||||||||||
| 1869 | Henry Walsh | ||||||||||||||
| 1870 | |||||||||||||||
| 1871 | Archibald Michie [9] | ||||||||||||||
| 1872 | |||||||||||||||
| 1873 | Theodotus Sumner [10] | ||||||||||||||
| 1874 | Frederick Sargood | ||||||||||||||
| 1874 | |||||||||||||||
| 1876 | |||||||||||||||
| 1878 | William Edward Hearn | ||||||||||||||
| 1879 | James Lorimer [11] | ||||||||||||||
| 1880 | James MacBain | ||||||||||||||
| 1880 | |||||||||||||||
| Candidate [1] | Votes [1] |
|---|---|
| Hodgson* | 1204 |
| Fawkner* | 1196 |
| Miller* | 863 |
| Hood* | 736 |
| Guthridge* | 689 |
| Smith | 688 |
| a'Beckett | 598 |
| Fellows | 577 |
| Wiklie | 516 |
| Mayne | 439 |
| Total | 7506 |
First five elected.
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