Higinbotham Province

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Higinbotham Province is an electoral province for the Victorian Legislative Council in Australia. It elects two members for eight year terms, with one member coming up for election every four years. Traditionally it has been a Liberal seat, but at the 2002 Victorian election Labor candidate Noel Pullen won the seat, and now holds it alongside Liberal Chris Strong.

Former Members include The Honourable Geoffrey Connard, a former Chairman of Fairfield Infectious Diseases Hospital.

[edit] Monash Province election history

Member	Party affiliation	Term began	Term ended
James Kennedy	Liberal Party of Australia	1937	1954
James Disney	Liberal Party of Australia	1940	1946
Arthur George	Liberal Party of Australia	1946	1964
Lindsay Thompson	Liberal Party of Australia	1955	1967
Sir David Snider	Liberal Party of Australia	1964	1966
Harold Hamilton	Liberal Party of Australia	1967	1982
William Fry	Liberal Party of Australia	1967	1979
Robert Lawson	Liberal Party of Australia	1979	1992
Geoff Connard	Liberal Party of Australia	1982	1996
Chris Strong	Liberal Party of Australia	1992	2006
John Ross	Liberal Party of Australia	1996	2002
Noel Pullen	Australian Labor Party	2002	2006