South Eastern Province

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South Eastern Province
Victoria—Legislative Council
State Victoria
Created1882
Abolished2006

South Eastern Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council [1] from November 1882. It was created in the redistribution of provinces in 1882 when the original provinces [2] of Central and Eastern were abolished. The new South Eastern, South Yarra, North Yarra, North Eastern, North Central, Melbourne East, Melbourne North, Melbourne South and Melbourne West Provinces were then created. [1]

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The Legislative Council Act, 1881, created and defined the South Eastern Province as consisting of the following Divisions: Alexandra, Yea, Eltham, Lilydale, Bulleen, Boroondara, Nunawading, Malvern, Caulfield, Oakleigh, Moorabbin, Dandenong, Berwick, Cranbourne, Mornington, Flinders, Phillip Island and Brighton. [3]

It was abolished at the 2006 state election in the wake of the Bracks Labor government's reform of the Legislative Council.

Members for South Eastern Province

These were members of the upper house province of the Victorian Legislative Council. Three members initially, [3] two after the implementation in 1904 of the Electoral Provinces Boundaries Act 1903. [4]

Member 1PartyYearMember 2PartyMember 3Party
  Frank Dobson   1882   James Buchanan    James Balfour none
1884
1886
1888
1890
1892
1894
  James Campbell   1895
1896
1898   William Knox  
1900
1901   Duncan McBryde  
1902
1904  
1907
  William Adamson Liberal 1910
1913
1916
  Nationalist 1917
1919   Alfred Chandler Nationalist
  William Tyner Nationalist 1922
1925
1928
1931
  United Australia 1931  United Australia
1934
1935   Gilbert Chandler United Australia
1937   Charles Gartside United Australia
  Cyril Isaac United Australia 1940
1943
  Liberal 1945  Liberal
1946
  Liberal and Country 1949  Liberal and Country
1949
1952  Electoral Reform
  George Tilley Labor 1952
1955   Charles Bridgford Liberal and Country
  Bill Mair Liberal and Country 1958
1961   Alan Hunt Liberal and Country
1964
  Ian Cathie Labor 1964
1965  Liberal
1967
  Roy Ward Liberal 1970
1973
1976
1979
1982
1985
  Ken Smith Liberal 1988
1992   Ron Bowden Liberal
1996
1999
 

Election results

1999 Victorian state election: South Eastern Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Ron Bowden 70,59752.6-4.0
Labor Michael Binney51,14738.1+2.7
Democrats Richard Armstrong6,5514.90.0
Greens Stuart Kingsford5,9724.4+4.4
Total formal votes134,26797.2-0.6
Informal votes3,8072.8+0.6
Turnout 138,07494.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Ron Bowden 76,08856.7-3.4
Labor Michael Binney58,14843.3+3.4
Liberal hold Swing -3.4

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References

  1. 1 2 "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  2. ↑ Sweetman, Edward (1920). Constitutional Development of Victoria, 1851-6. Whitcombe & Tombs Limited. p. 182. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  3. 1 2 "The Legislative Council Act 1881". Australasian Legal Information Institute. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
  4. ↑ "Electoral Provinces Boundaries Act 1903". Australasian Legal Information Institute. Retrieved 30 March 2014.

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