Templestowe 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 = Templestowe
| state = vic
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| created = 1967
| abolished = 2006
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| area = 123
| class = Metropolitan
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Templestowe Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council. It existed as a two-member electorate from 1967 to 2006, with members serving alternating eight-year terms. It was traditionally held by the Liberal Party, but was held by the Labor Party on two occasions: from 1982 to 1988 and again from 2002 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 north-east of Melbourne. In 2002, when it was last contested, it covered an area of 123 km2 and included the suburbs of Bulleen, Doncaster, Eltham, Heidelberg, Ivanhoe, Montmorency, Rosanna and Templestowe.
Members for Templestowe Province
| class="wikitable" | ||
| colspan="2"|Member 1 | Party | Year |
|---|---|---|
| rowspan=6 {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|
|rowspan=6 | Vasey Houghton |rowspan=6 |Liberal |1967 !colspan="2"|Member 2!!Party | ||
| 1970
|rowspan=2 {{Australian party style|Liberal}}| |rowspan=2 |Raymond Garrett |rowspan=2 |Liberal | ||
| 1973 | ||
| 1976
|rowspan=2 {{Australian party style|Liberal}}| |rowspan=2 |Ralph Howard |rowspan=2 |Liberal | ||
| 1979 | ||
| 1982
|rowspan=2 {{Australian party style|Labor}}| |rowspan=2 |Mike Arnold |rowspan=2 |Labor | ||
| rowspan=2 {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|
|rowspan=2 |John Miles |rowspan=2 |Liberal |1985 | ||
| 1988
|rowspan=2 {{Australian party style|Liberal}}| |rowspan=2 |Bruce Skeggs |rowspan=2 |Liberal | ||
| rowspan=4 {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|
|rowspan=4 | Bill Forwood |rowspan=4 |Liberal |1992 | ||
| 1996
|rowspan=2 {{Australian party style|Liberal}}| |rowspan=2 |Carlo Furletti |rowspan=2 |Liberal | ||
| 1999 | ||
| 2002
|{{Australian party style|Labor}}| |
Election results
{{main|Electoral results for the Templestowe Province}}
{{Election box begin
|title = 2002 Victorian state election: Templestowe Province
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{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Labor VIC
|candidate = Lidia Argondizzo
|votes = 56,952
|percentage = 43.5
|change = +42.1
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Liberal VIC
|candidate = Carlo Furletti
|votes = 54,670
|percentage = 41.7
|change = -11.8
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Greens VIC
|candidate = Robyn Roberts
|votes = 17,469
|percentage = 13.3
|change = -21.5
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Independent
|candidate = Reginald Temple
|votes = 1,079
|percentage = 0.8
|change = +0.8
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Hope
|candidate = Lee-Anne Poynton
|votes = 893
|percentage = 0.7
|change = +0.7
}}
{{Election box formal
|votes = 131,063
|percentage = 96.2
|change = -0.8
}}
{{Election box informal
|votes = 5,195
|percentage = 3.8
|change = +0.8
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 136,258
|percentage = 93.7
|change =
}}
{{Election box 2pp}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Labor VIC
|candidate = Lidia Argondizzo
|votes = 70,611
|percentage = 53.9
|change = +9.6
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Liberal VIC
|candidate = Carlo Furletti
|votes = 60,452
|percentage = 46.1
|change = -9.6
}}
{{Election box gain AU party
|winner = Labor VIC
|loser = Liberal VIC
|swing = +9.6
}}
{{Election box end}}
References
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20051227125057/http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/states/vicindex.shtml Psephos Election Results for Victoria] — Adam Carr's Election Archive
- [http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/handbook/detail_elect.cfm?menuid=2&prov=Templestowe Province of Templestowe] — Parliamentary Handbook for the 55th Parliament of Victoria
- Newspaper articles:
- "Preselection – Another Lib MP Dumped", Sunday Age, 1991-06-02
- "Judges Seek Justice", The Age, 1994-03-10
- Obituary for Sir Raymond Garrett, The Age, 1994-10-25
- "Libs Dump Veteran MP", Paul Robinson, Sunday Age, 1995-12-03
- "Man Of Vision Gets Honorable Send-off", Meaghan Shaw, The Age, 2001-01-17
- Victorian Electoral Commission (correspondence)
{{Electoral provinces of Victoria}}
Category:Former electoral provinces of Victoria (state)
Category:1967 establishments in Australia
Category:2006 disestablishments in Australia
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