South Eastern Province was an electorate of the
Victorian Legislative Council
The Victorian Legislative Council is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of Victoria, Australia, the lower house being the Victorian Legislative Assembly, Legislative Assembly. Both houses sit at Parliament House, Melbourne, Parliament ...
from November 1882. It was created in the redistribution of provinces in 1882 when the original provinces
of
Central and
Eastern
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were abolished. The new South Eastern,
South Yarra
South Yarra is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 4 km south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the Cities of Melbourne and Stonnington local government areas. South Yarra recorded a populati ...
,
North Yarra,
North Eastern,
North Central,
Melbourne East,
Melbourne North,
Melbourne South and
Melbourne West Province
Melbourne West Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council from 1904 until 2006.
It was created in June 1904 when Melbourne Province
Melbourne Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council (Australia) ...
s were then created.
[
The Legislative Council Act, 1881, created and defined the South Eastern Province as consisting of the following Divisions: Alexandra, Yea, Eltham, Lilydale, Bulleen, Boroondara, Nunawading, Malvern, Caulfield, Oakleigh, Moorabbin, Dandenong, Berwick, Cranbourne, Mornington, Flinders, Phillip Island and Brighton.][
]
It was abolished at the 2006 state election in the wake of the Bracks Labor government's reform of the Legislative Council.
Members for South Eastern Province
These were members of the upper house province of the Victorian Legislative Council. Three members initially,[ two after the implementation in 1904 of the Electoral Provinces Boundaries Act 1903.][
]
Election results
References
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Former electoral provinces of Victoria (state)
1882 establishments in Australia
2006 disestablishments in Australia