Gippsland Province

Gippsland Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council[1] from November 1882 until 2006. It was based in the Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia.

Gippsland Province
Victoria—Legislative Council
StateVictoria
Created1882
Abolished2006

Gippsland Province was created in the redistribution of provinces in 1882 when the Central and Eastern Provinces were abolished. The new Gippsland, North Central, South Yarra, North Yarra, South Eastern and Melbourne Provinces were then created.[1]

Gippsland province was defined in The Legislative Council Act 1881 and consisted of the divisions of Buln Buln, Narracan and Traralgon, Alberton, Rosedale, Maffra, Avon, Bairnsdale, Omeo, Towong, Yackandandah, Wodonga, Wood's Point, Walhalla and Sale.[2]

Gippsland Province was abolished from the 2006 state election in the wake of the Bracks Labor government's reform of the Legislative Council. The Eastern Victoria Region now covers much of the area of the old Gippsland Province.

Members for Gippsland Province

Three members were elected to the province initially; four from the expansion of the Council in 1889;[3] two from the redistribution of 1904 when several new provinces including East Yarra and Melbourne East were created.[1]

Member 1 Term Member 2 Term Member 3 Term
John Dougharty Nov. 1882 –
Aug. 1888		 William Pearson, Sr. Nov. 1882 –
Aug. 1893		 William McCulloch Nov. 1882 –
Nov. 1903[r]		 Member 4 Term
George Davis Sep. 1888 –
Aug. 1896		 Edward Crooke Sep. 1893[b] –
May 1922		 Charles Sargeant Sep. 1889 –
Oct. 1898[r]
William Pearson (junior) Sep. 1896[b] –
Oct. 1916		 Samuel Wesley Vary Dec. 1903[b] –
May 1904		 Joseph Hoddinott Nov. 1898 –
May 1904
George Martley Davis Jan. 1917[b] –
June 1937		 Martin McGregor May 1922 –
Aug. 1936
William MacAulay June 1937 –
May 1957		 James Miller Balfour Oct. 1936[b] –
July 1943
Trevor Harvey Oct. 1943[b] –
Dec. 1952
Bill Fulton 21 Feb. 1953[b] –
26 June 1964		 Bob May 30 June 1957[b] –
18 May 1973
Arthur Hewson 27 June 1964 –
29 May 1970		 Eric Kent 30 May 1970 –
19 Mar. 1976
Dick Long 19 May 1973 –
20 Sep. 1992		 James Allister Taylor 20 Mar. 1976 –
2 Apr. 1982
Barry Murphy 3 Apr. 1982 –
30 Sep. 1988
Peter Hall 1 Oct. 1988 –
24 Nov. 2006		 Philip Davis 3 Oct. 1992 –
24 Nov. 2006
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See also
  • Electoral district of Gipps' Land (Victorian Legislative Council) (1851–1856)

Notes

r = resigned
b = by-election

References
  1. "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
  2. "The Legislative Council Act 1881". Australasian Legal Information Institute. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  3. "The Legislative Council Elections". The Argus. 30 August 1889. Retrieved 16 May 2013.


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