Jika Jika Province

Jika Jika Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council in Victoria, Australia.[1] It existed as a two-member electorate from 1985 to 2006, with members holding alternating eight-year terms. It was a safe seat for the Labor Party throughout its existence. It was abolished from the 2006 state election in the wake of the Bracks Labor government's reform of the Legislative Council.

Jika Jika
VictoriaLegislative Council
StateVictoria
Created1985
Abolished2006
Area108 km2 (41.7 sq mi)
DemographicMetropolitan
Coordinates37°43′S 145°00′E

It was located in the northern suburbs of Melbourne. In 2002, when it was last contested, it covered an area of 108 km2 and included the suburbs of Bundoora, Fairfield, Greensborough, Mill Park, Northcote, Preston, Reservoir, South Morang and Thornbury.

Members for Jika Jika Province

Member 1 Party Year
  George Crawford Labor 1985 Member 2 Party
1988   Theo Theophanous Labor
  Pat Power Labor 1992
1996
  Jenny Mikakos Labor 1999
2002

Election results

2002 Victorian state election: Jika Jika Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Theo Theophanous 78,149 59.9 -5.8
Liberal Thomas Flitner 28,160 21.6 -12.5
Greens Alexandra Bhathal 18,914 14.5 +14.5
Democrats Jess Healy 5,261 4.0 +3.9
Total formal votes 130,484 95.7 -0.3
Informal votes 5,798 4.3 +0.3
Turnout 136,282 92.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Theo Theophanous 98,031 75.1 +9.2
Liberal Thomas Flitner 32,424 24.9 -9.2
Labor hold Swing+9.2

References

  1. "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 25 May 2014.


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