Eastern Province (Victoria)
| Eastern Province Victoria—Legislative Council | |
|---|---|
 Eastern Province, 1856 | |
| State | Victoria |
| Created | 1856 |
| Abolished | 1882 |
Eastern Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council,[1][2] Victoria being a colony in the continent of Australia at the time. 37°0′S 147°0′E / 37.000°S 147.000°E
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
[edit]These were members of the upper house province of the Victorian Legislative Council.[1]
| Year | Member 1 | Party | Member 2 | Party | Member 3 | Party | Member 4 | Party | Member 5 | Party | |||||
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| 1856 | Benjamin Williams | William Kaye | Robert Thomson | James Stewart | Matthew Hervey | ||||||||||
| 1857 | William Highett | ||||||||||||||
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| 1863 | James Pinnock [5] |
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| 1863 | Robert Turnbull [6] |
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| 1864 | Henry Murphy | ||||||||||||||
| 1865 | William Haines | ||||||||||||||
| 1866 | Robert S. H. Anderson | ||||||||||||||
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| 1872 | |||||||||||||||
| 1872 | Francis Murphy | ||||||||||||||
| 1873 | John Wallace | ||||||||||||||
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| 1875 | William Wilson [7] |
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| 1876 | Robert Dyce Reid | ||||||||||||||
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| 1880 | John Dougharty | ||||||||||||||
| 1880 | William McCulloch | ||||||||||||||
| 1881 | William Pearson, Sr. | ||||||||||||||
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]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Edward Sweetman (1920). Constitutional Development of Victoria, 1851-6. Whitcombe & Tombs Limited. p. 182. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
- ^ a b c "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
- ^ "Victoria Constitution Act 1855" (PDF). Retrieved 4 May 2013.
- ^ "The Legislative Council Act 1881". Australasian Legal Information Institute. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
- ^ "Eastern Province Election". The Argus. Melbourne. 21 September 1863. p. 5.
- ^ "Election Notices". The Argus. Melbourne. 29 December 1863. p. 8.
- ^ "Political". The Argus. Melbourne. 27 January 1875. p. 1S.