Monash Province
Monash Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council until 2006. It was abolished from the 2006 state election in the wake of the Bracks Labor government's reform of the Legislative Council.
| Monash Province Victoria—Legislative Council | |
|---|---|
| State | Victoria |
| Created | 1937 |
| Abolished | 2006 |
| Namesake | John Monash |
Members for Monash Province
| Member 1 | Party | Year | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Clarke | United Australia | 1937 | Member 2 | Party | ||
| 1940 | Archibald Crofts | United Australia | ||||
| 1942 | Frank Beaurepaire[r] | United Australia | ||||
| 1943 | ||||||
| 1943 | Frank Beaurepaire | United Australia | ||||
| Liberal | 1945 | Liberal | ||||
| 1946 | ||||||
| Liberal and Country | 1949 | Liberal and Country | ||||
| 1949 | ||||||
| 1952 | Thomas Brennan | Labor | ||||
| 1955 | Labor (A-C) | |||||
| Charles Gawith | Liberal and Country | 1955 | ||||
| 1955 | ||||||
| 1958 | Graham Nicol | Liberal and Country | ||||
| 1961 | ||||||
| 1964 | ||||||
| Liberal | 1965 | Liberal | ||||
| Lindsay Thompson | Liberal | 1967 | ||||
| 1970 | ||||||
| Charles Hider | Liberal | 1970 | ||||
| 1973 | ||||||
| 1976 | James Guest | Liberal | ||||
| Don Hayward | Liberal | 1979 | ||||
| 1982 | ||||||
| Reg Macey | Liberal | 1985 | ||||
| 1988 | ||||||
| Louise Asher | Liberal | 1992 | ||||
| 1996 | Peter Katsambanis | Liberal | ||||
| Andrea Coote | Liberal | 1999 | ||||
| 2002 | Johan Scheffer | Labor | ||||
- [r] Beaurepaire resigned in August 1943, re-elected in October 1943
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Peter Katsambanis | 55,855 | 43.5 | -8.1 | |
| Labor | Johan Scheffer | 46,697 | 36.3 | -1.2 | |
| Greens | Jo Lewis | 23,154 | 18.0 | +18.0 | |
| Democrats | David Zemdegs | 2,795 | 2.2 | -5.3 | |
| Total formal votes | 128,501 | 97.0 | +0.2 | ||
| Informal votes | 4,015 | 3.0 | -0.2 | ||
| Turnout | 132,516 | 89.2 | |||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Johan Scheffer | 66,740 | 51.9 | +7.5 | |
| Liberal | Peter Katsambanis | 61,761 | 48.1 | -7.5 | |
| Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +7.5 | |||
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