Chelsea Province
{{Short description|Former electoral province in Australia}}
{{Unreferenced|date=May 2022}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Infobox Australian electorate
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| name = Chelsea Province
| state = vic
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| created = 1976
| abolished = 2006
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Chelsea Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council. It existed as a two-member electorate from 1976 to 2006, with members holding alternating eight-year terms. It was a marginal seat throughout its existence, and was won by the party that won government at each election from 1982 to 2006. It was abolished from the 2006 state election in the wake of the Bracks Labor government's reform of the Legislative Council.
It was located in the south-east of Melbourne. In 2002, when it was last contested, it covered an area of 266 km2 and included the suburbs of Carrum, Carrum Downs, Chelsea, Cranbourne, Frankston, Hampton Park, Keysborough, Seaford and Springvale.
Members for Chelsea Province
| class="wikitable" |
| colspan="2"|Member 1
!Party !Year |
|---|
| rowspan="2" {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|
|rowspan="2"|Neil Stacey |rowspan="2"|Liberal |1976 !colspan="2"|Member 2 !Party |
| 1979
|rowspan="2" {{Australian party style|Labor}}| |rowspan="2"|Eric Kent |rowspan="2"|Labor |
| rowspan="2" {{Australian party style|Labor}}|
|rowspan="2"|Mal Sandon |rowspan="2"|Labor |1982 |
| 1985
|rowspan="2" {{Australian party style|Labor}}| |rowspan="2"|Maureen Lyster |rowspan="2"|Labor |
| rowspan="2" {{Australian party style|Labor}}|
|rowspan="2"|Burwyn Davidson |rowspan="2"|Labor |1988 |
| 1992
|rowspan="2" {{Australian party style|Liberal}}| |rowspan="2"|Sue Wilding |rowspan="2"|Liberal |
| rowspan="2" {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|
|rowspan="2"|Cameron Boardman |rowspan="2"|Liberal |1996 |
| 1999
|rowspan="2" {{Australian party style|Labor}}| |rowspan="2"|Bob Smith |rowspan="2"|Labor |
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|
|2002 |
Election results
{{main|Electoral results for the Chelsea Province}}
{{Election box begin
|title = 2002 Victorian state election: Chelsea Province
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{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Labor VIC
|candidate = Matt Viney
|votes = 69,508
|percentage = 54.0
|change = +5.5
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Liberal VIC
|candidate = Vanthida Lao
|votes = 42,715
|percentage = 33.2
|change = -11.9
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Greens VIC
|candidate = Hilary Bray
|votes = 11,904
|percentage = 9.3
|change = +8.7
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Democrats
|candidate = Wendy Thacker
|votes = 4,525
|percentage = 3.5
|change = -0.5
}}
{{Election box formal
|votes = 128,652
|percentage = 96.1
|change = -0.2
}}
{{Election box informal
|votes = 5,234
|percentage = 3.9
|change = +0.2
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 133,886
|percentage = 92.9
|change =
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{{Election box 2pp}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Labor VIC
|candidate = Matt Viney
|votes = 80,160
|percentage = 61.7
|change = +8.9
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Liberal VIC
|candidate = Vanthida Lao
|votes = 49,825
|percentage = 38.3
|change = -8.9
}}
{{Election box hold AU party
|winner = Labor VIC
|swing = +8.9
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Electoral provinces of Victoria}}
Category:Former electoral provinces of Victoria (state)
Category:1976 establishments in Australia
Category:2006 disestablishments in Australia
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