North Eastern Province (Victoria)

North Eastern Province (originally North-Eastern Province) was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council. It was created in the redistribution of provinces in 1882 when the original provinces[1] of Central and Eastern Provinces were abolished. The new North Eastern, North Central, Melbourne East, Melbourne North, Melbourne South and Melbourne West Provinces were then created.[2]

North Eastern Province
VictoriaLegislative Council
StateVictoria
Created1882
Abolished2006

North Eastern Province was created and defined by the Legislative Council Act 1881 (taking effect from the 1882 elections) as consisting of the following divisions: Chiltern, Rutherglen, North Ovens, Beechworth, Bright, Oxley, Benalla, Euroa, Yarrawonga, Shepparton, Mansfield, Howqua, Goulburn and Seymour .[3]

North Eastern Province was abolished at the 2006 state election in the wake of the Bracks Labor government's reform of the Legislative Council.

Members for North Eastern Province

Three members initially, two after the 1904 redistribution of provinces, Melbourne East Province and others were created.[2]

Member 1 Party Year Member 2 Party Member 3 Party
  Robert Anderson   1882   Patrick Hanna     John Wallace  
  Frederick Brown   1883
1884
1886
1888   John Turner  
1888   James Butters  
1890
1892   Arthur Sachse  
1892
1894
1896
1898
1900
1901   William Orr  
1902
  Willis Little   1903
1904  
1907
1910
1913
  William Kendell Non-Labor 1916
1916
  Nationalist 1917   Nationalist
1919
1920   John Harris Country
1922
  Albert Zwar Country 1922
1925
1928
1931
1934
  Percival Inchbold Country 1935
1937
  Liberal Country 1938
1940
  Country 1943
1946   Ivan Swinburne Country
1949
1952
  Keith Bradbury Country 1953
1955
1958
1961
1964
1967
1970
1973
1976   David Evans National
  Bill Baxter National 1978
1979
1982
  Bill Baxter National 1985
1985
1988
1992
1996   Jeanette Powell National
1999
2002   Wendy Lovell Liberal

Election results

2002 Victorian state election: North Eastern Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Wendy Lovell 41,725 33.3 +32.4
Labor Jackie Crothers 40,279 32.2 -3.4
National Kerrin Chambers 30,134 24.1 -31.4
Greens Carol Kunert 7,243 5.8 +5.8
Democrats Leanne Pleash 3,465 2.8 -5.2
Christian Democrats Phil Seymour 2,332 1.9 +1.9
Total formal votes 125,178 95.7 -1.2
Informal votes 5,576 4.3 +1.2
Turnout 130,754 93.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Wendy Lovell 73,538 58.7 +58.7
Labor Jackie Crothers 51,640 41.3 +1.4
Liberal gain from National SwingN/A

References

  1. Edward Sweetman (1920). Constitutional Development of Victoria, 1851-6. Whitcombe & Tombs Limited. p. 182. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  2. "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  3. "The Legislative Council Act 1881". Australasian Legal Information Institute. Retrieved 14 June 2013.

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