Higinbotham Province
{{Short description|Former electoral province of the Victorian Legislative Council, Australia}}
{{about|the federal electorate|the state electoral province|Division of Higinbotham}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Infobox Australian electorate
| upper = yes
| name = Higinbotham
| state = vic
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| created = 1937
| abolished = 2006
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| area = 108
| class = Metropolitan
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Higinbotham Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council.
{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/re-member/bioregsearch.cfm
|title=Re-Member (Former Members)
|publisher=State Government of Victoria
|access-date=25 May 2014}}
It existed as a two-member electorate from 1937 to 2006, with members serving alternating eight-year terms. It was considered a safe seat for the Liberal throughout its history, though it was won by Labor candidate Noel Pullen in Labor's landslide victory at the 2002 state election. 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 108 km2 and included the suburbs of Bentleigh, Black Rock, Brighton, Cheltenham, Mentone, Moorabbin, Mordialloc and Sandringham.
Members for Higinbotham Province
| class="wikitable" |
| colspan=2|Member 1
!Party !Year |
|---|
| rowspan=3 {{Australian party style|uap}}|
|rowspan=8 |James Kennedy |rowspan=3 |United Australia |1937 !colspan=2|Member 2 !Party |
| 1940
|rowspan=2 {{Australian party style|UAP}}| |rowspan=3 |James Disney |rowspan=2 |United Australia |
| 1943 |
| rowspan=2 {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|
|rowspan=2 |Liberal | 1945 |{{Australian party style|Liberal}}| |
| 1946
|{{Australian party style|Liberal}}| |rowspan=8 |Arthur Warner |
| rowspan=3 {{Australian party style|Liberal and Country}}|
|rowspan=3 |Liberal and Country | 1949 |rowspan=7 {{Australian party style|Liberal and Country}}| |rowspan=7 |Liberal and Country |
| 1949 |
| 1952 |
| rowspan=5 {{Australian party style|Liberal and Country}}|
|rowspan=7 |Lindsay Thompson |rowspan=5 |Liberal and Country | 1954 |
| 1955 |
| 1958 |
| 1961 |
| 1964
|{{Australian party style|Liberal and Country}}| |rowspan=2 |Baron Snider |
| rowspan=2 {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|
|rowspan=2 |Liberal | 1965 |{{Australian party style|Liberal}}| |
| 1967
|rowspan=6 {{Australian party style|Liberal}}| |rowspan=6 |Murray Hamilton |rowspan=6 |Liberal |
| rowspan=4 {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|
|rowspan=4 |William Fry |rowspan=4 |Liberal |1967 |
| 1970 |
| 1973 |
| 1976 |
| rowspan=4 {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|
|rowspan=4 |Robert Lawson |rowspan=4 |Liberal |1979 |
| 1982
|rowspan=4 {{Australian party style|Liberal}}| |rowspan=4 |Geoffrey Connard |rowspan=4 |Liberal |
| 1985 |
| 1988 |
| rowspan=4 {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|
|rowspan=4 |Chris Strong |rowspan=4 |Liberal |1992 |
| 1996
|rowspan=2 {{Australian party style|Liberal}}| |rowspan=2 |John Ross |rowspan=2 |Liberal |
| 1999 |
| 2002
|{{Australian party style|Labor}}| |
Election results
{{main|Electoral results for the Higinbotham Province}}
{{Election box begin
|title = 2002 Victorian state election: Higinbotham Province
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Liberal VIC
|candidate = Michael Heffernan
|votes = 60,580
|percentage = 45.7
|change = -10.1
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Labor VIC
|candidate = Noel Pullen
|votes = 52,445
|percentage = 39.6
|change = +36.9
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Greens VIC
|candidate = Tony McDermott
|votes = 16,451
|percentage = 12.4
|change = +12.4
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Democrats
|candidate = Derek Wilson
|votes = 2,952
|percentage = 2.2
|change = -39.1
}}
{{Election box formal
|votes = 132,428
|percentage = 97.2
|change = +0.3
}}
{{Election box informal
|votes = 3,845
|percentage = 2.8
|change = -0.3
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 136,273
|percentage = 92.7
|change =
}}
{{Election box 2pp}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Labor VIC
|candidate = Noel Pullen
|votes = 66,711
|percentage = 50.4
|change = +6.5
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Liberal VIC
|candidate = Michael Heffernan
|votes = 65,717
|percentage = 49.6
|change = -6.5
}}
{{Election box gain AU party
|winner = Labor VIC
|loser = Liberal VIC
|swing = +6.5
}}
{{Election box end}}
References
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{{Electoral provinces of Victoria}}
Category:Former electoral provinces of Victoria (state)
Category:1937 establishments in Australia
Category:2006 disestablishments in Australia
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