Eastern Province (Victoria)

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Eastern Province
Victoria—Legislative Council
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Eastern Province, 1856
State Victoria
Created1856
Abolished1882

Eastern Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council, [1] [2] Victoria being a colony in the continent of Australia at the time. 37°0′S147°0′E / 37.000°S 147.000°E / -37.000; 147.000

It was one of the six original Provinces of the bi-cameral Legislative Council created in November 1856. [1]

Its area was defined in the Victoria Constitution Act 1855 (18 & 19 Vict. c. 55) as:

"Including the County of Anglesey, the proposed County of Rodney, and the Pastoral Districts of the Murray and Gipps’ Land." [3]

Eastern Province was abolished by the Legislative Council Act of 1881 [4] (taking effect at the November 1882 elections).

Eastern Province was replaced by the new provinces of North Eastern and Gippsland of three members each. [2]

Members for Eastern Province

These were members of the upper house province of the Victorian Legislative Council. [1]

YearMember 1PartyMember 2PartyMember 3PartyMember 4PartyMember 5Party
1856   Benjamin Williams    William Kaye    Robert Thomson    James Stewart    Matthew Hervey  
1857   William Highett  
1858
1860
1862
1863   James Pinnock
[5] 		 
1863   Robert Turnbull
[6] 		 
1864   Henry Murphy  
1865   William Haines  
1866   Robert S. H. Anderson  
1866
1868
1870
1872
1872   Francis Murphy  
1873   John Wallace  
1874
1875   William Wilson
[7] 		 
1876
1876   Robert Dyce Reid  
1878
1880   John Dougharty  
1880   William McCulloch  
1881   William Pearson, Sr.  

After Eastern Province was abolished in 1882, Anderson and Wallace went on to represent North Eastern from 1882; Dougharty, McCulloch and Pearson went on to represent Gippsland. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Edward Sweetman (1920). Constitutional Development of Victoria, 1851-6. Whitcombe & Tombs Limited. p.  182 . Retrieved 18 November 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 "Find a Member". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
  3. ↑ "Victoria Constitution Act 1855" (PDF). Retrieved 4 May 2013.
  4. ↑ "The Legislative Council Act 1881". Australasian Legal Information Institute. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  5. ↑ "Eastern Province Election". The Argus. Melbourne. 21 September 1863. p. 5.
  6. ↑ "Election Notices". The Argus. Melbourne. 29 December 1863. p. 8.
  7. ↑ "Political". The Argus. Melbourne. 27 January 1875. p. 1S.
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