Western Port Province

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Western Port Province
VictoriaLegislative Council
State Victoria
Created2002
Abolished2006
Namesake Western Port

Western Port Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council. [1] It was created in 2002 as a replacement for the abolished South Eastern Province. It was intended to be a two-member electorate, but it was abolished in 2006 as part of the Bracks Labor government's reform of the Legislative Council, before the second member was due to be elected. The electorate would have normally been expected to be reasonably safe for the Liberal Party, but it was narrowly won by the Labor Party in their landslide victory at the 2002 state election.

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It was located in the south-east of the state. In 2002, when it was last contested, it covered an area of 2,866 km2 and included the towns of Cowes, Hastings, Inverloch, Mornington, Mount Eliza, Pakenham, Rosebud, Rye, Sorrento and Wonthaggi.

Members for Western Port Province

YearMemberParty
2002 Geoff Hilton [1]   Labor Party

Election results

2002 Victorian state election: Western Port Province
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Cameron Boardman 61,36447.0−7.1
Labor Geoff Hilton 53,78141.2+4.8
Greens Ian Hutchison15,33411.8+7.9
Total formal votes130,47997.0−0.3
Informal votes3,9973.0+0.3
Turnout 134,47693.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Geoff Hilton 65,44150.2+8.5
Liberal Cameron Boardman 65,03049.8−8.5
Labor notional  gain from Liberal Swing +8.5

References

  1. 1 2 "John Geoffrey Hilton". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 17 July 2025.