Monash Province
{{Short description|Former electoral province of the Victorian Legislative Council, Australia}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Infobox Australian electorate
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| name = Monash Province
| state = vic
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| created = 1937
| abolished = 2006
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| namesake = John Monash
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Monash Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council until 2006. It was abolished from the 2006 state election in the wake of the Bracks Labor government's reform of the Legislative Council.
Members for Monash Province
| class="wikitable" |
| colspan=2|Member 1
!Party !Year |
|---|
| rowspan=5 {{Australian party style|UAP}}|
|rowspan=11 | Frank Clarke |rowspan=5 | United Australia |1937 !colspan=2|Member 2 !Party |
| 1940
|{{Australian party style|UAP}}| |
| 1942
|rowspan=2 {{Australian party style|UAP}}| |rowspan=2 | Frank Beaurepaire{{ref label|r|r}} |rowspan=2 | United Australia |
| 1943 |
| 1943
|{{Australian party style|UAP}}| |rowspan=5 | Frank Beaurepaire |
| rowspan=2 {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|
|rowspan=2 | Liberal |1945 |rowspan=2 {{Australian party style|Liberal}}| |rowspan=2 | Liberal |
| 1946 |
| rowspan=4 {{Australian party style|Liberal and Country}}|
|rowspan=4 | Liberal and Country |1949 |rowspan=2 {{Australian party style|Liberal and Country}}| |rowspan=2 | Liberal and Country |
| 1949 |
| 1952
|{{Australian party style|Labor}}| |rowspan=4 | Thomas Brennan |
| 1955
|rowspan=3 {{Australian party style|Labor (Anti-Communist)}}| |rowspan=3 | Labor (A-C) |
| rowspan=5 {{Australian party style|Liberal and Country}}|
|rowspan=6 | Charles Gawith |rowspan=5 | Liberal and Country | 1955 |
| 1955 |
| 1958
|rowspan=3 {{Australian party style|Liberal and Country}}| |rowspan=8 | Graham Nicol |rowspan=3 | Liberal and Country |
| 1961 |
| 1964 |
| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|
|1965 |rowspan=5 {{Australian party style|Liberal}}| |rowspan=5 | Liberal |
| rowspan=2 {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|
|rowspan=2 | Lindsay Thompson |rowspan=2 | Liberal |1967 |
| 1970 |
| rowspan=3 {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|
|rowspan=3 | Charles Hider |rowspan=3 | Liberal | 1970 |
| 1973 |
| 1976
|rowspan=6 {{Australian party style|Liberal}}| |rowspan=6 |James Guest |rowspan=6 |Liberal |
| rowspan=2 {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|
|rowspan=2 | Don Hayward |rowspan=2 | Liberal |1979 |
| 1982 |
| rowspan=2 {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|
|rowspan=2 | Reg Macey |rowspan=2 | Liberal |1985 |
| 1988 |
| rowspan=2 {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|
|rowspan=2 | Louise Asher |rowspan=2 | Liberal |1992 |
| 1996
|rowspan=2 {{Australian party style|Liberal}}| |rowspan=2 | Peter Katsambanis |rowspan=2 | Liberal |
| rowspan=2 {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|
|rowspan=2 | Andrea Coote |rowspan=2 | Liberal |1999 |
| 2002
|{{Australian party style|Labor}}| |
:{{ref label|r|r}} Beaurepaire resigned in August 1943, re-elected in October 1943
Election results
{{main|Electoral results for the Monash Province}}
{{Election box begin
|title = 2002 Victorian state election: Monash Province
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Liberal VIC
|candidate = Peter Katsambanis
|votes = 55,855
|percentage = 43.5
|change = -8.1
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Labor VIC
|candidate = Johan Scheffer
|votes = 46,697
|percentage = 36.3
|change = -1.2
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Greens VIC
|candidate = Jo Lewis
|votes = 23,154
|percentage = 18.0
|change = +18.0
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Democrats
|candidate = David Zemdegs
|votes = 2,795
|percentage = 2.2
|change = -5.3
}}
{{Election box formal
|votes = 128,501
|percentage = 97.0
|change = +0.2
}}
{{Election box informal
|votes = 4,015
|percentage = 3.0
|change = -0.2
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 132,516
|percentage = 89.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box 2pp}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Labor VIC
|candidate = Johan Scheffer
|votes = 66,740
|percentage = 51.9
|change = +7.5
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Liberal VIC
|candidate = Peter Katsambanis
|votes = 61,761
|percentage = 48.1
|change = -7.5
}}
{{Election box gain AU party
|winner = Labor VIC
|loser = Liberal VIC
|swing = +7.5
}}
{{Election box end}}
References
- http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/re-member/bioregsearch.cfm
{{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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