Southern Province (Victoria)
Southern Province (also known as South Province)[1] was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council.[2][3]
| Southern Province Victoria—Legislative Council | |
|---|---|
 South Province, 1856 | |
| State | Victoria |
| Created | 1856 |
| Abolished | 1970 |
Victoria was a colony in Australia when South Province was created in 1856.
South Province was one of the six original upper house Provinces of the bi-cameral Victorian Parliament created in November 1856.[1][2] South Province was finally abolished in 1970 after Boronia Province and Templestowe Province were created in 1967.[3]
Members for Southern Province
These were members of the upper house province of the Victorian Legislative Council. Five members initially,[2][3] three from the redistribution of provinces in 1882 when South Eastern, South Yarra, North Yarra, North Eastern, North Central, Melbourne East, Melbourne North, Melbourne South, Melbourne West and Wellington Provinces were created,[3] two from 1904 when more provinces were created.[4][5]
Donald Kennedy had been a nominated member of the unicameral Victorian Legislative Council from September 1854 to March 1856.[3]
In 1882 new provinces were created, James Balfour went on to represent South Western Province from 1882 to 1904. James Buchanan went on to represent South Eastern Province from 1882 to 1898.
Raymond Garrett represented Templestowe Province from 1970 to 1976 after Southern Province was abolished.[3]
| Member 1 | Party | Year | Member 2 | Party | Member 3 | Party | Member 4 | Party | Member 5 | Party | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Bennett | 1856 | William J. T. Clarke | Thomas Power | Thomas McCombie | Donald Kennedy | ||||||||||
| 1858 | |||||||||||||||
| 1859 | Gideon Rutherford | ||||||||||||||
| 1860 | William Degraves | ||||||||||||||
| 1861 | Joseph Sutherland | ||||||||||||||
| 1862 | William J. T. Clarke | ||||||||||||||
| John Bear | 1863 | ||||||||||||||
| 1864 | William Taylor | ||||||||||||||
| 1864 | William Pettett | ||||||||||||||
| 1866 | John Sherwin | ||||||||||||||
| 1868 | William à Beckett | ||||||||||||||
| 1868 | |||||||||||||||
| 1870 | Frank Dobson | ||||||||||||||
| 1870 | |||||||||||||||
| 1871 | Thomas Hamilton | ||||||||||||||
| 1872 | |||||||||||||||
| 1874 | James Balfour | ||||||||||||||
| 1874 | |||||||||||||||
| 1876 | James Buchanan | ||||||||||||||
| William Clarke | 1878 | ||||||||||||||
| 1880 | |||||||||||||||
| 1882 | Donald Melville | ||||||||||||||
| 1884 | Thomas Henty | ||||||||||||||
| 1886 | |||||||||||||||
| 1887 | Charles James | ||||||||||||||
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| 1890 | Thomas Brunton | ||||||||||||||
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| Rupert Clarke | 1897 | ||||||||||||||
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| William Embling | 1904 | Nicholas Fitzgerald | |||||||||||||
| 1907 | |||||||||||||||
| 1908 | George Dickie | ||||||||||||||
| 1910 | |||||||||||||||
| 1910 | Russell Clarke | ||||||||||||||
| William Angliss | 1912 | ||||||||||||||
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| Nationalist | 1917 | Nationalist | |||||||||||||
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| 1931 | |||||||||||||||
| United Australia | 1931 | United Australia | |||||||||||||
| 1934 | |||||||||||||||
| 1937 | Gilbert Chandler | ||||||||||||||
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| Liberal | 1945 | Liberal | |||||||||||||
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| Liberal and Country | 1949 | Liberal and Country | |||||||||||||
| 1949 | |||||||||||||||
| Roy Rawson | Labor | 1952 | |||||||||||||
| 1955 | |||||||||||||||
| Raymond Garrett | Liberal and Country | 1958 | |||||||||||||
| 1961 | |||||||||||||||
| 1964 | |||||||||||||||
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal and Country | Raymond Garrett | 106,429 | 43.8 | -1.8 | |
| Labor | Geraldus Den Dulk | 100,331 | 41.3 | +2.4 | |
| Democratic Labor | Raymond Studham | 36,258 | 14.9 | -0.6 | |
| Total formal votes | 243,018 | 97.0 | +0.1 | ||
| Informal votes | 7,416 | 3.0 | -0.1 | ||
| Turnout | 250,434 | 94.9 | +0.3 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Liberal and Country | Raymond Garrett | 139,352 | 57.3 | -2.0 | |
| Labor | Geraldus Den Dulk | 103,666 | 42.7 | +2.0 | |
| Liberal and Country hold | Swing | -2.0 | |||
References
- "Victoria Constitution Act 1855" (PDF). Retrieved 5 May 2013.
- Edward Sweetman (1920). Constitutional Development of Victoria, 1851-6. Whitcombe & Tombs Limited. p. 182. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
- "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
- "Electoral Provinces Boundaries Act 1903". Australasian Legal Information Institute. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
- "State Elections in Victoria". Australian Town and Country Journal. 8 June 1904.