Gippsland Province

Gippsland Province
VictoriaLegislative Council
State Victoria
Created 1882
Abolished 2006

Gippsland Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council[1] from November 1882 until 2006. It was based in the Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia.

Gippsland Province was created in the redistribution of provinces in 1882 when the Central and Eastern Provinces were abolished. The new Gippsland, North Central, South Yarra, North Yarra, South Eastern and Melbourne Provinces were then created.[1]

Gippsland province was defined in The Legislative Council Act 1881 and consisted of the divisions of Buln Buln, Narracan and Traralgon, Alberton, Rosedale, Maffra, Avon, Bairnsdale, Omeo, Towong, Yackandandah, Wodonga, Wood's Point, Walhalla and Sale.[2]

Gippsland Province was abolished from the 2006 state election in the wake of the Bracks Labor government's reform of the Legislative Council. The Eastern Victoria Region now covers much of the area of the old Gippsland Province.

Members for Gippsland Province

Three members were elected to the province initially; four from the expansion of the Council in 1889;[3] two from the redistribution of 1904 when several new provinces including East Yarra and Melbourne East were created.[1]

Member 1 Term Member 2 Term Member 3 Term
John Dougharty Nov. 1882 –
Aug. 1888
William Pearson, Sr. Nov. 1882 –
Aug. 1893
William McCulloch Nov. 1882 –
Nov. 1903[r]
Member 4 Term
George Davis Sep. 1888 –
Aug. 1896
Edward Crooke Sep. 1893[b]
May 1922
Charles Sargeant Sep. 1889 –
Oct. 1898[r]
William Pearson (junior) Sep. 1896[b]
Oct. 1916
Samuel Wesley Vary Dec. 1903[b]
May 1904
Joseph Hoddinott Nov. 1898 –
May 1904
George Martley Davis Jan. 1917[b]
June 1937
Martin Robert McGregor May 1922 –
Aug. 1936
James Miller Balfour Oct. 1936[b]
July 1943
William MacAulay June 1937 –
May 1957
Trevor Harvey Oct. 1943[b]
Dec. 1952
William Fulton 21 Feb. 1953[b]
26 June 1964
Bob May 30 June 1957[b]
18 May 1973
Arthur Hewson 27 June 1964 –
29 May 1970
Eric Kent 30 May 1970 –
19 Mar. 1976
Richard John Long 19 May 1973 –
20 Sep. 1992
James Allister Taylor 20 Mar. 1976 –
2 Apr. 1982
Barry Alan Murphy 3 Apr. 1982 –
30 Sep. 1988
Peter Hall 1 Oct. 1988 –
24 Nov. 2006
Philip Davis 3 Oct. 1992 –
24 Nov. 2006

Notes

r = resigned
b = by-election


See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
  2. "The Legislative Council Act 1881". Australasian Legal Information Institute. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  3. "The Legislative Council Elections". The Argus. 30 August 1889. Retrieved 16 May 2013.

Coordinates: 37°30′S 147°30′E / 37.500°S 147.500°E