Melbourne Province

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Melbourne Province
Victoria—Legislative Council
State Victoria
Created 1882
Abolished 2006
For district of the unicameral Legislative Council of 1851–1856, see Electoral district of City of Melbourne.

Melbourne Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council (Australia).[1]

Melbourne Province was created in 1882 when Central Province was abolished in the redistribution of Provinces. Its area included central Melbourne, Carlton, Fawkner Park and Richmond.[2]

William Hearn and James Lorimer transferred from Central to Melbourne Province that year.[1]

In 1904, another redistribution occurred and Melbourne East Province, Melbourne North Province, Melbourne South Province, Melbourne West Province were created. The number of members representing Melbourne Province were reduced from four to two that year.[1]

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

Members for Melbourne Province

Three members initially, four from 1889, two from 1904.

Member 1 Term Member 2 Term Member 3 Term
William Hearn Nov. 1882 –
Apr. 1888		 James Lorimer Nov. 1882 –
Sep. 1889 		Cornelius Job Ham Dec. 1882 –
May 1904 		Member 4 Term
James Service June 1888# –
Apr. 1899 		Sir Benjamin Benjamin Oct. 1889# –
Sep. 1892®		 George Selth Coppin Aug. 1889 –
Aug. 1895
Sir John Mark Davies June 1899 –
June 1919 		Robert Reid Oct. 1892 –
February 1903® 		Sir Arthur Snowden Sep. 1895 –
May? 1904
William Cain February 1903# –
May 1910
Sir John McWhae June 1910 –
Nov. 1921®
Sir Henry Weedon June 1919 –
Mar. 1921 		Herbert Henry Smith Dec. 1921# –
Nov. 1935
Isaac Henry Cohen May 1921# –
June 1937 		Alexander George Wales May 1936# –
July 1938®
Daniel Laurence McNamara June 1937 –
Dec. 1947 		Paul Jones Sep. 1938# –
June 1940
Frederick Miles Thomas 20 Mar. 1948# –
2 June 1960 		William James Beckett June 1940 –
June 1952
Patrick Sheehy 21 June 1952 –
20 June 1958
Douglas George Elliot 6 Aug. 1960# –
4 May 1979£		 Jack O'Connell 21 June 1958 –
Apr. 1972
Evan Walker 5 May 1979 –
2 Oct. 1992 		Ivan Trayling 9 June 1972# –
2 Apr. 1982£
Doug Walpole Oct. 1992 –
17 Sep. 1999£		 Barry Pullen Apr. 1982 –
17 Sep. 1999
Gavin Jennings 18 Sep. 1999# –
24 Nov. 2006 		Glenyys Romanes 18 Sep. 1999 –
24 Nov. 2006

      # = by-election; £ = Lost preselection; ® = Resigned

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 12 May 2013. 
  2. ↑ "The Legislative Council Act 1881". Australasian Legal Information Institute. Retrieved 14 June 2013. 
Former electoral provinces of the Victorian Legislative Council (1856 – 2006)

Coordinates: 37°49′S 144°58′E / 37.817°S 144.967°E / -37.817; 144.967

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