Nunawading Province

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Nunawading Province
VictoriaLegislative Council
State Victoria
Created1976
Abolished1996
Namesake Nunawading
DemographicMetropolitan

Nunawading Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council. [1] It was created in 1976, based in the outer eastern Melbourne suburbs including Nunawading. It was finally abolished 29 March 1996. [1] Much of its area was replaced by Koonung Province.

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In the 1985 election, the result for this province was subject to much controversy when the vote ended with a complete dead heat after preferences. Both the Labor candidate Bob Ives and the Liberal candidate Rosemary Varty received 54,821 votes each. The returning officer, Kathleen Leonard, was required by law to make a casting vote, which she did so by drawing a name from a ballot box. The name drawn was Bob Ives and he was declared elected. [2]

This result did not stand, and a by-election was called, in which the Liberal candidate Varty won with a swing to her.

Members for Nunawading Province

Member 1PartyYear
  Vernon Hauser Liberal 1976 Member 2Party
1979   Peter Block Liberal
  Laurie McArthur Labor 1982
1985   Bob Ives Labor
1985   Rosemary Varty Liberal
  George Cox Liberal 1988
 

Election results

1988 Victorian state election: Nunawading Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal George Cox 56,76451.1+5.0
Labor Laurie McArthur 54,30848.9+3.1
Total formal votes111,07296.7-1.0
Informal votes3,7823.3+1.0
Turnout 114,85493.4-0.6
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +1.1

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References

  1. 1 2 "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
  2. Broadbent, David; Colebatch, Tim; Hawker, Philippa (14 March 1985). "'Raffle' gives Labor Victory". The Age.

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