Melbourne Province
{{Short description|Former electoral province of the Victorian Legislative Council, Australia}}
{{for|district of the unicameral Legislative Council of 1851–1856|Electoral district of City of Melbourne}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
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| name = Melbourne Province
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| created = 1882
| abolished = 2006
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Melbourne Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council (Australia).
{{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=12 May 2013}}
Melbourne Province was created in 1882 when Central Province was abolished in the redistribution of Provinces. Its area included central Melbourne, Carlton, Fawkner Park and Richmond.
{{cite web
|url=http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/vic/hist_act/tlca1881231/
|title=The Legislative Council Act 1881
|publisher=Australasian Legal Information Institute
|access-date=14 June 2013
}}
William Hearn and James Lorimer transferred from Central to Melbourne Province that year.
In 1904, another redistribution occurred and Melbourne East Province, Melbourne North Province, Melbourne South Province, Melbourne West Province were created. The number of members representing Melbourne Province were reduced from four to two that year.
Melbourne Province was abolished at the 2006 state election in the wake of the Bracks Labor government's reform of the Legislative Council.
Members for Melbourne Province
Three members initially, four from 1889, two from 1904.
| class="wikitable" |
| colspan=2 | Member 1
! Party ! Year ! colspan=2 | Member 2 ! Party ! colspan=2 | Member 3 ! Party |
|---|
| rowspan=3 {{Australian party style|Other}} |
| rowspan=3 | William Hearn | rowspan=3 | |1882 | rowspan=6 {{Australian party style|Other}} | | rowspan=6 | James Lorimer | rowspan=6 | | rowspan=19 {{Australian party style|Other}} | | rowspan=19 | Cornelius Ham | rowspan=19 | |
| 1884 |
| 1886 |
| rowspan=11 {{Australian party style|Other}} |
| rowspan=11 | James Service | rowspan=11 | | 1888 |
| 1888
! colspan=2 | Member 4 ! Party |
| 1889
| rowspan=6 {{Australian party style|Other}} | | rowspan=6 | George Coppin | rowspan=6 | |
| 1889
| rowspan=3 {{Australian party style|Other}} | | rowspan=3 | Benjamin Benjamin | rowspan=3 | |
| 1890 |
| 1892 |
| 1892
| rowspan=9 {{Australian party style|Other}} | | rowspan=9 | Robert Reid | rowspan=9 | |
| 1894 |
| 1895
| rowspan=8 {{Australian party style|Other}} | | rowspan=8 | Arthur Snowden | rowspan=8 | |
| 1896 |
| 1898 |
| rowspan=11 {{Australian party style|Other}} |
| rowspan=11 | John Mark Davies | rowspan=11 | | 1899 |
| 1900 |
| 1901 |
| 1902 |
| 1903
| rowspan=3 {{Australian party style|Other}} | | rowspan=3 | William Cain | rowspan=3 | Non-Labor |
| 1904
| rowspan=43 colspan=6 bgcolor=#DFDFDF | |
| 1907 |
| 1910
| rowspan=3 {{Australian party style|Other}} | | rowspan=6 | John McWhae | rowspan=3 | |
| 1913 |
| 1916 |
| 1917
| rowspan=3 {{Australian party style|Nationalist}} | | rowspan=3 | Nationalist |
| {{Australian party style|Nationalist}} |
|1919 |
| rowspan=6 {{Australian party style|Nationalist}} |
| rowspan=9 | Henry Cohen | rowspan=6 | Nationalist | 1921 |
| 1921
| rowspan=5 {{Australian party style|Nationalist}} | | rowspan=7 | Herbert Smith | rowspan=5 | Nationalist |
| 1922 |
| 1925 |
| 1928 |
| 1931 |
| rowspan=3 {{Australian party style|UAP}} |
| rowspan=3 | United Australia | 1931 | rowspan=2 {{Australian party style|UAP}} | | rowspan=2 | United Australia |
| 1934 |
| 1936
| rowspan=2 {{Australian party style|UAP}} | | rowspan=2 | George Wales | rowspan=2 | United Australia |
| rowspan=5 {{Australian party style|Labor}} |
| rowspan=5 | Daniel McNamara | rowspan=5 | Labor |1937 |
| 1938
| {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | Labor |
| 1940
| rowspan=5 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | rowspan=5 | William Beckett | rowspan=5 | Labor |
| 1943 |
| 1946 |
| rowspan=6 {{Australian party style|Labor}} |
| rowspan=6 | Fred Thomas | rowspan=6 | Labor | 1948 |
| 1949 |
| 1952
| {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | rowspan=3 | Patrick Sheehy | Labor |
| 1955
| rowspan=2 {{Australian party style|Labor (Anti-Communist)}}| | rowspan=2 | Labor (A-C) |
| 1955 |
| 1958
| rowspan=6 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | rowspan=6 | Jack O'Connell | rowspan=6 | Labor |
| rowspan=8 {{Australian party style|Labor}} |
| rowspan=8 | Doug Elliot | rowspan=8 | Labor | 1960 |
| 1961 |
| 1964 |
| 1967 |
| 1970 |
| 1972
| rowspan=4 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | rowspan=4 | Ivan Trayling | rowspan=4 | Labor |
| 1973 |
| 1976 |
| rowspan=4 {{Australian party style|Labor}} |
| rowspan=4 | Evan Walker | rowspan=4 | Labor |1979 |
| 1982
| rowspan=5 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | rowspan=5 | Barry Pullen | rowspan=5 | Labor |
| 1985 |
| 1988 |
| rowspan=2 {{Australian party style|Labor}} |
| rowspan=2 | Doug Walpole | rowspan=2 | Labor |1992 |
| 1996 |
| rowspan=2 {{Australian party style|Labor}} |
| rowspan=2 | Gavin Jennings | rowspan=2 | Labor |1999 | rowspan=2 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | rowspan=2 | Glenyys Romanes | rowspan=2 | Labor |
| 2002 |
Election results
{{main|Electoral results for the Melbourne Province}}
{{Election box begin
|title = 2002 Victorian state election: Melbourne Province
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Labor VIC
|candidate = Gavin Jennings
|votes = 61,810
|percentage = 48.7
|change = -6.7
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Greens VIC
|candidate = Robyn Evans
|votes = 31,481
|percentage = 24.8
|change = +24.8
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Liberal VIC
|candidate = Michael Christo
|votes = 30,771
|percentage = 24.2
|change = -10.0
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Democrats
|candidate = Danii Coric
|votes = 2,878
|percentage = 2.3
|change = -8.0
}}
{{Election box formal
|votes = 126,940
|percentage = 96.5
|change = +0.4
}}
{{Election box informal
|votes = 4,652
|percentage = 3.5
|change = -0.4
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 131,592
|percentage = 90.0
|change =
}}
{{Election box 2pp}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Labor VIC
|candidate = Gavin Jennings
|votes = 67,059
|percentage = 52.8
|change = -10.6
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Greens VIC
|candidate = Robyn Evans
|votes = 59,881
|percentage = 47.2
|change = +47.2
}}
{{Election box hold AU party
|winner = Labor VIC
|swing = -10.6
}}
{{Election box end}}
References
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{{Electoral provinces of Victoria}}
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Category:Former electoral provinces of Victoria (state)
Category:1882 establishments in Australia