North Western Province (Victoria)
| North Western Province Victoria—Legislative Council | |
|---|---|
 North Western Province, 1856 | |
| State | Victoria |
| Created | 1856 |
| Abolished | 2006 |
| Demographic | Rural |
North Western Province (or North-Western Province) was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council (Australia), created in 1856 and was abolished in 2006.[1]
Victoria was a British colony in Australia when North-Western Province was created, it became a state of Australia on Federation on 1 January 1901.
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North Western was one of the six original upper house Provinces of the bi-cameral Victorian Parliament created in November 1856, each Province initially having five members.[2]
Located in the far north-west of Victoria, "North-Western Province" was defined in the Victoria Constitution Act 1855, as "Including the Counties of Talbot and Dalhousie, and the Pastoral District of the Wimmera and of the Loddon, except the proposed County of Rodney."[3]
Members for North Western Province
[edit]Five members were elected initially,[2] three after the redistribution of 1882 when Northern and North Central provinces were split off.[4] Four from the enlargement of the Council in 1889,[5] two from 1904.[1]
Election results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Marg Lewis | 47,302 | 36.1 | −4.6 | |
| National | Damian Drum | 30,494 | 23.2 | −27.2 | |
| Liberal | Peter Kennedy | 29,776 | 22.7 | +21.0 | |
| Independent | Laurie Whelan | 16,308 | 12.4 | +12.4 | |
| Greens | Julie Rivendell | 7,328 | 5.6 | +5.6 | |
| Total formal votes | 131,208 | 96.7 | −1.0 | ||
| Informal votes | 4,472 | 3.3 | +1.0 | ||
| Turnout | 135,680 | 93.8 | |||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| National | Damian Drum | 66,200 | 50.5 | −5.3 | |
| Labor | Marg Lewis | 65,008 | 49.5 | +5.3 | |
| National hold | Swing | −5.3 | |||
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
- ^ a b Edward Sweetman (1920). Constitutional Development of Victoria, 1851-6. Whitcombe & Tombs Limited. p. 182. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
- ^ "Victoria Constitution Act 1855" (PDF). p. 24. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
- ^ "Stonewalling Government Bills". Bendigo Advertiser. Trove. 22 July 1882. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
- ^ "Business Directory". The Mildura Cultivator. 26 April 1902. Retrieved 8 May 2013. (Four members in place)