Chelsea Province

Chelsea Province Victoria—Legislative Council
State	Victoria
Created	1976
Abolished	2006
Demographic	Metropolitan

Chelsea Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council. It existed as a two-member electorate from 1976 to 2006, with members holding alternating eight-year terms. It was a marginal seat throughout its existence, and was won by the party that won government at each election from 1982 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 south-east of Melbourne. In 2002, when it was last contested, it covered an area of 266 km² and included the suburbs of Carrum, Carrum Downs, Chelsea, Cranbourne, Frankston, Hampton Park, Keysborough, Seaford and Springvale.

Members for Chelsea Province

	Party	Term
Neil Stacey	Liberal	1976–1982	Member 2		Party	Term
Neil Stacey	Liberal	1976–1982	Eric Kent	Labor	1979–1985
Mal Sandon	Labor	1982–1988	Eric Kent	Labor	1979–1985
Mal Sandon	Labor	1982–1988	Maureen Lyster	Labor	1985–1992
Burwyn Davidson	Labor	1988–1996	Maureen Lyster	Labor	1985–1992
Burwyn Davidson	Labor	1988–1996	Sue Wilding	Liberal	1992–1999
Cameron Boardman	Liberal	1996–2002	Sue Wilding	Liberal	1992–1999
Cameron Boardman	Liberal	1996–2002	Bob Smith	Labor	1999–2006
Matt Viney	Labor	2002–2006	Bob Smith	Labor	1999–2006

Former electoral provinces of the Victorian Legislative Council (1856 – 2006)

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