Templestowe Province

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.

Templestowe Victoria—Legislative Council
State	Victoria
Created	1967
Abolished	2006
Area	123 km^2 (47.5 sq mi)
Demographic	Metropolitan

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

Member 1		Party	Term
	Vasey Houghton	Liberal	1967–1985	Member 2		Party	Term
					Sir Raymond Garrett	Liberal	1970–1976
					Ralph Howard	Liberal	1976–1982
					Mike Arnold	Labor	1982–1988
	John Miles	Liberal	1985–1992		Bruce Skeggs	Liberal	1988–1996
	Bill Forwood	Liberal	1992–2006		Carlo Furletti	Liberal	1996–2002
					Lidia Argondizzo	Labor	2002–2006

References

• Psephos Election Results for Victoria — Adam Carr's Election Archive
• 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)