Geelong Province

Geelong Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council[1] until 2006, located around Geelong. It was abolished from the 2006 state election in the wake of the Bracks Labor government's reform of the Legislative Council. The area of the former Geelong Province then became part of the larger Western Victoria Region.[2]

For the electorate of the unicameral Victorian Legislative Council of 1851–1856, see Electoral district of Geelong (Victorian Legislative Council).

Geelong Province
Victoria—Legislative Council
StateVictoria
Created1976
Abolished2006
DemographicMetropolitan

Members for Geelong Province
Member 1 Party Year
  Glyn Jenkins Liberal 1976 Member 2 Party
1979   Rod Mackenzie Labor
  David Henshaw Labor 1982
1985
1987   Independent
1988
1992   Bill Hartigan Liberal
  Ian Cover Liberal 1996
1999   Elaine Carbines Labor
  John Eren Labor 2002

Eren went on to represent the Electoral district of Lara in the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 25 November 2006.[1]

Election results
Main article: Electoral results for the Geelong Province
2002 Victorian state election: Geelong Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Eren 72,683 51.2 +5.7
Liberal Ian Cover 51,059 36.0 -9.2
Greens Bruce Murray 11,904 8.4 +4.3
Democrats Erica Menheere-Thompson 3,255 2.3 -2.9
Christian Democrats Alan Barron 1,826 1.3 +1.3
Independent Val Nicholls 1,144 0.8 +0.8
Total formal votes 141,871 97.0 -0.5
Informal votes 4,395 3.0 +0.5
Turnout 146,266 94.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor John Eren 86,253 60.8 +8.8
Liberal Ian Cover 55,564 39.2 -8.8
Labor gain from Liberal Swing+8.8

References
  1. "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
  2. "Electoral Region Western Victoria" (PDF) (map). Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 18 May 2013.


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