Koonung Province

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Koonung
VictoriaLegislative Council
State Victoria
Created1992
Abolished2006
Area134 km2 (51.7 sq mi)
DemographicMetropolitan

Koonung Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council. [1] It existed as a two-member electorate from 1992 to 2006, with members serving alternating eight-year terms. It replaced the abolished Boronia Province. It was a safe seat for the Liberal Party for most of its history, but was won by Labor Party candidate Helen Buckingham in Labor's landslide victory at the 2002 state election. The electorate was abolished from the 2006 state election in the wake of the Bracks Labor government's reform of the Legislative Council.

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It was located in the outer east of Melbourne. In 2002, when it was last contested, it covered an area of 134 km2 and included the suburbs of Blackburn, Boronia, Ferntree Gully, Mitcham, Nunawading, Rowville, Scoresby, Vermont and Wheelers Hill.

Members for Koonung Province

Member 1PartyYear
  Bruce Atkinson Liberal 1992 Member 2Party
1996   Gerald Ashman Liberal
1999
2002   Helen Buckingham Labor

Election results

2002 Victorian state election: Koonung Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Helen Buckingham 64,75747.2+9.7
Liberal Gerald Ashman 58,33842.5-11.4
Greens Mick Kir12,5989.2+6.2
Hope Jenny Manassa1,5831.2+1.2
Total formal votes137,27696.9-0.4
Informal votes4,4213.1+0.4
Turnout 141,69794.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Helen Buckingham 74,85354.5+11.7
Liberal Gerald Ashman 62,42345.5-11.7
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +11.7

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