Chelsea Province

Chelsea Province; Victoria—Legislative Council
State	Victoria
Created	1976
Abolished	2006
Demographic	Metropolitan

Chelsea Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council. It existed as a two-member electorate from 1976 to 2006, with members holding alternating eight-year terms. It was a marginal seat throughout its existence, and was won by the party that won government at each election from 1982 to 2006. It was abolished from the 2006 state election in the wake of the Bracks Labor government's reform of the Legislative Council.

It was located in the south-east of Melbourne. In 2002, when it was last contested, it covered an area of 266 km² and included the suburbs of Carrum, Carrum Downs, Chelsea, Cranbourne, Frankston, Hampton Park, Keysborough, Seaford and Springvale.

Members for Chelsea Province

	Party	Year
Neil Stacey	Liberal	1976	Member 2		Party
Neil Stacey	Liberal	1979		Eric Kent	Labor
Mal Sandon	Labor	1982		Eric Kent	Labor
Mal Sandon	Labor	1985		Maureen Lyster	Labor
Burwyn Davidson	Labor	1988		Maureen Lyster	Labor
Burwyn Davidson	Labor	1992		Sue Wilding	Liberal
Cameron Boardman	Liberal	1996		Sue Wilding	Liberal
Cameron Boardman	Liberal	1999		Bob Smith	Labor
Matt Viney	Labor	2002		Bob Smith	Labor

Election results

2002 Victorian state election: Chelsea Province
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Matt Viney	69,508	54.0	+5.5
	Liberal	Vanthida Lao	42,715	33.2	-11.9
	Greens	Hilary Bray	11,904	9.3	+8.7
	Democrats	Wendy Thacker	4,525	3.5	-0.5
Total formal votes			128,652	96.1	-0.2
Informal votes			5,234	3.9	+0.2
Turnout			133,886	92.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Matt Viney	80,160	61.7	+8.9
	Liberal	Vanthida Lao	49,825	38.3	-8.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+8.9

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