South Eastern Province

South Eastern Province
VictoriaLegislative 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. Three members initially,[3] two after the implementation in 1904 of the Electoral Provinces Boundaries Act 1903.[4]

Member 1 Party Term Member 2 Party Term Member 3 Party Term
James Buchanan     Nov 1882 – Sep 1898 Frank Dobson     Nov. 1882 – Jun 1895 James Balfour[5]   none Nov 1882 – Jun 1904
William Knox     Sep. 1898 – June? 1901[r] James C. Campbell     Jun 1895[b] – Jan? 1910
Duncan McBryde     Jun 1901 – Jun 1919        
Alfred Chandler   Nationalist /
UAP
Jun 1919 – Feb 1935 William Adamson   Liberal /
Nationalist
Jun 1910 – May 1922
William Tyner   Nationalist /
UAP
May 1922 – Jun 1940
Sir Gilbert Chandler   Liberal Mar 1935[b] – Jun 1937 Cyril Isaac   Liberal Country Jun 1940 – Jun 1952[d]
Charles Gartside   Liberal Country /
Ind.
Jun 1937 – Jun 1955[d] George Tilley   Labor 21 Jun 1952 – 20 Jun 1958[d]
Charles Bridgford   Liberal 18 Jun 1955 – 14 Jul 1961 William Mair   Liberal 21 Jun 1958 – 30 Aug 1964
Alan Hunt   Liberal 15 Jul 1961 – 2 Oct 1992 Ian Cathie   Labor 10 Oct 1964[b] – Jun 1970[d]
Roy 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. 3.0 3.1 "The Legislative Council Act 1881". Australasian Legal Information Institute. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
  4. "Electoral Provinces Boundaries Act 1903". Australasian Legal Information Institute. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
  5. Victorian Hansard, Session 1883 (PDF) 42. John Ferres, Melb. 1883.

Coordinates: 38°0′S 145°15′E / 38.000°S 145.250°E