Monash Province

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Monash Province
VictoriaLegislative Council
State Victoria
Created1937
Abolished2006
Namesake John Monash

Monash Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council until 2006. It 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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Members for Monash Province

Member 1PartyYear
  Frank Clarke United Australia 1937 Member 2Party
1940   Archibald Crofts United Australia
1942   Frank Beaurepaire [r] United Australia
1943
1943   Frank Beaurepaire United Australia
  Liberal 1945  Liberal
1946
  Liberal and Country 1949  Liberal and Country
1949
1952   Thomas Brennan Labor
1955  Labor (A-C)
  Charles Gawith Liberal and Country 1955
1955
1958   Graham Nicol Liberal and Country
1961
1964
  Liberal 1965  Liberal
  Lindsay Thompson Liberal 1967
1970
  Charles Hider Liberal 1970
1973
1976   James Guest Liberal
  Don Hayward Liberal 1979
1982
  Reg Macey Liberal 1985
1988
  Louise Asher Liberal 1992
1996   Peter Katsambanis Liberal
  Andrea Coote Liberal 1999
2002   Johan Scheffer Labor
[r] Beaurepaire resigned in August 1943, re-elected in October 1943

Election results

2002 Victorian state election: Monash Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Peter Katsambanis 55,85543.5-8.1
Labor Johan Scheffer 46,69736.3-1.2
Greens Jo Lewis23,15418.0+18.0
Democrats David Zemdegs2,7952.2-5.3
Total formal votes128,50197.0+0.2
Informal votes4,0153.0-0.2
Turnout 132,51689.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Johan Scheffer 66,74051.9+7.5
Liberal Peter Katsambanis 61,76148.1-7.5
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +7.5

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