North Eastern Province (Victoria)

North Eastern Province
VictoriaLegislative Council
State Victoria
Created 1882
Abolished 2006

North Eastern Province (originally North-Eastern Province) was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council. It was created in the redistribution of provinces in 1882 when the original provinces[1] of Central and Eastern Provinces were abolished. The new North Eastern, North Central, Melbourne East, Melbourne North, Melbourne South and Melbourne West Provinces were then created.[2]

North Eastern Province was created and defined by the Legislative Council Act 1881 (taking effect from the 1882 elections) as consisting of the following divisions: Chiltern, Rutherglen, North Ovens, Beechworth, Bright, Oxley, Benalla, Euroa, Yarrawonga, Shepparton, Mansfield, Howqua, Goulburn and Seymour .[3]

North Eastern Province was abolished at the 2006 state election in the wake of the Bracks Labor government's reform of the Legislative Council.

Members for North Eastern Province

Three members initially, two after the 1904 redistribution of provinces, Melbourne East Province and others were created.[2]

Member 1 Term Member 2 Term Member 3 Term
Robert Anderson     Nov 1882      Oct 1883 Patrick Hanna     Nov 1882 –     Aug 1888 John Wallace Nov 1882 – Oct 1901
Frederick Brown     Jun 1884[b]    Jul  1903 John Turner     Sep 1888 –     Oct 1888
Election declared void
James Stewart Butters     Dec. 1888 –     Jul 1889
    Sep 1889 –     Apr? 1892[r]
Willis Little     Aug 1903[b]    Apr 1916[r] Arthur Sachse     May 1892[b]    Jul  1920 William Orr Nov 1901 – May 1904
William Kendell     May 1916      Oct 1922 Sir John Harris     Sep 1920[b]    Jun 1946    
Albert Zwar     Nov 1922[b]   Feb 1935
Percival Inchbold     Apr 1935       Jul  1953 Ivan Swinburne 15 Jun 1946 – 19 Mar 1976
Keith Bradbury 22 Aug 1953[b] – 12 Apr 1978[r]
David Evans 20 Mar 1976 – 29 Mar 1996
Bill Baxter 26 Jun 1978[b] – 24 Oct 1984 &
2 Feb 1985[b] 24 Nov 2006
Jeanette Powell 30 Mar 1996 – 29 Nov 2002
Wendy Lovell 30 Nov 2002 – 24 Nov 2006

  b = by-election
  r = resigned

References

  1. Edward Sweetman (1920). Constitutional Development of Victoria, 1851-6. Whitcombe & Tombs Limited. p. 182. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  3. "The Legislative Council Act 1881". Australasian Legal Information Institute. Retrieved 14 June 2013.

Coordinates: 36°30′S 146°0′E / 36.500°S 146.000°E / -36.500; 146.000

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