Southern Province Victoria—Legislative Council | |
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![]() Southern Province, 1856 | |
State | Victoria |
Created | 1856 |
Abolished | 1970 |
Southern Province (also known as South Province) [1] was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council. [2] [3]
Southern Province was created in 1856, after the colony of Victoria obtained self-government. It was one of the six original Legislative Council provinces of the newly established bicameral Victorian Parliament. [1] [2] Southern Province was finally abolished in 1970, after Boronia Province and Templestowe Province were created in 1967. [3]
The Victorian Legislative Council was the upper house the Victorian Parliament. The province was initially represented by five members. [2] [3] That was reduced to three after the redistribution of provinces in 1882, when South Eastern, South Yarra, North Yarra, North Eastern, North Central, Melbourne East, Melbourne North, Melbourne South, Melbourne West and Wellington Provinces were created. [3] After 1904, when more provinces were created, the representation was reduced to two. [4] [5]
Prior to self-government, Donald Kennedy had been a nominated member of the unicameral Victorian Legislative Council, from September 1854 to March 1856. [3]
In 1882, after the new provinces were created, James Balfour was elected for South Western Province from 1882 to 1904, and James Buchanan was elected for South Eastern Province from 1882 to 1898.
After Southern Province was abolished, Raymond Garrett represented Templestowe Province, from 1970 to 1976. [3]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal and Country | Raymond Garrett | 106,429 | 43.8 | -1.8 | |
Labor | Geraldus Den Dulk | 100,331 | 41.3 | +2.4 | |
Democratic Labor | Raymond Studham | 36,258 | 14.9 | -0.6 | |
Total formal votes | 243,018 | 97.0 | +0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 7,416 | 3.0 | -0.1 | ||
Turnout | 250,434 | 94.9 | +0.3 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal and Country | Raymond Garrett | 139,352 | 57.3 | -2.0 | |
Labor | Geraldus Den Dulk | 103,666 | 42.7 | +2.0 | |
Liberal and Country hold | Swing | -2.0 | |||
The Victorian Legislative Council (VLC) is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of Victoria, Australia, the lower house being the Legislative Assembly. Both houses sit at Parliament House in Spring Street, Melbourne. The Legislative Council serves as a house of review, in a similar fashion to its federal counterpart, the Australian Senate. Although, it is possible for legislation to be first introduced in the Council, most bills receive their first hearing in the Legislative Assembly.
Melbourne West Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council from 1904 until 2006.
This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Council between 1970 and 1973. As half of the Legislative Council's terms expired at each triennial election, half of these members were elected at the 1967 state election with terms expiring in 1973, while the other half were elected at the 1970 state election with terms expiring in 1976. A redistribution in 1965 had created the new provinces of Boronia and Templestowe out of the former Southern Province; the full redistribution took effect at the 1970 election.
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