Eastern Province (Victoria)

Eastern Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council,[1][2] Victoria being a colony in the continent of Australia at the time.

Eastern Province
Victoria—Legislative Council
Eastern Province, 1856
StateVictoria
Created1856
Abolished1882

It was one of the six original Provinces of the bi-cameral Legislative Council created in November 1856.[1]

Its area was defined in the Victoria Constitution Act of 1855 as

"Including the County of Anglesey, the proposed County of Rodney, and the Pastoral Districts of the Murray and Gipps’ Land."[3]

Eastern Province was abolished by the Legislative Council Act of 1881[4] (taking effect at the November 1882 elections).

Eastern Province was replaced by the new provinces of North Eastern and Gippsland of three members each.[2]

Members for Eastern Province

These were members of the upper house province of the Victorian Legislative Council.[1]

Member 1 Member 2 Member 3 Member 4 Member 5 Term
Matthew Hervey James Stewart William Kaye Robert Thomson Benjamin Williams Nov 1856 – Feb 1857
vacant
 Mar 1857 – Apr 1857
William Highett [b] May 1857 – Aug 1863
James Pinnock [b]
[5]		 Sep 1863 – Nov 1863
Robert Turnbull [b]
[6]		 Dec 1863 – Oct 1864
Henry Murphy Nov 1864 – Jul  1865
William Haines [b] Aug 1865 – Feb 1866
Robert S. H. Anderson Mar 1866 – Nov 1872
Sir Francis Murphy Dec 1872 – Nov 1873
John Wallace [b] Nov 1873 – Dec 1874
William Wilson [b]
[7]		 Jan 1875 – Nov 1876
Robert Dyce Reid [b] Nov 1876 – Jul  1880
John Dougharty [b] Aug 1880 – Sep 1880
William McCulloch Sep 1880 – Jul  1881
William Pearson, Sr. Aug 1881 – Nov 1882
[b] = elected in a by-election

After Eastern Province was abolished in 1882, Anderson and Wallace went on to represent North Eastern from 1882; Dougharty, McCulloch and Pearson went on to represent Gippsland.[2]

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References
  1. Edward Sweetman (1920). Constitutional Development of Victoria, 1851-6. Whitcombe & Tombs Limited. p. 182. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
  2. "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
  3. "Victoria Constitution Act 1855" (PDF). Retrieved 4 May 2013.
  4. "The Legislative Council Act 1881". Australasian Legal Information Institute. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  5. "Eastern Province Election". The Argus. Melbourne. 21 September 1863. p. 5.
  6. "Election Notices". The Argus. Melbourne. 29 December 1863. p. 8.
  7. "Political". The Argus. Melbourne. 27 January 1875. p. 1S.
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