South Eastern Province

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South Eastern Province
Victoria—Legislative Council
State Victoria
Created 1882
Abolished 2006

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]

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.

Member 1 Party Term Member 2 Party Term
James Buchanan     Nov. 1882 – Sep. 1898 Frank Dobson     Nov. 1882 – June 1895
William Knox     Sep. 1898 – June? 1901[r] James Campbell     June 1895[b] – Jan.? 1910
Duncan McBryde     June 1901 – June 1919
Alfred Chandler   Nationalist ; UAP June 1919 – Feb. 1935 William Adamson   Liberal ; Nationalist June 1910 – May 1922
William Tyner   Nationalist ; UAP May 1922 – June 1940
Sir Gilbert Chandler   Liberal Mar. 1935[b] – June 1937 Cyril Isaac   Liberal Country June 1940 – June 1952[d]
Charles Gartside   Liberal Country / Ind. June 1937 – June 1955[d] George Tilley   Labor 21 June 1952 – 20 June 1958[d]
Charles Bridgford   Liberal 18 June 1955 – 14 July 1961 William Mair   Liberal 21 June 1958 – 30 Aug. 1964
Alan John Hunt   Liberal 15 July 1961 – 2 Oct. 1992 Ian Cathie   Labor 10 Oct. 1964[b] – June 1970[d]
Hector Ward   Liberal 30 May 1970 – 30 Sep. 1988
Ron Bowden   Liberal 3 Oct. 1992 – 24 Nov. 2006 Ken Smith   Liberal 1 Oct. 1988 – 29 Nov. 2002

  b = by-election
  d = defeated
  r = resigned

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "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. ↑ "The Legislative Council Act 1881". Australasian Legal Information Institute. Retrieved 16 June 2013. 
Former electoral provinces of the Victorian Legislative Council (1856 – 2006)

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