Melbourne East Province

Former electoral province of the Victorian Legislative Council, Australia

Australian electorate

Melbourne East
Victoria—Legislative Council

State| Victoria
Created| 1904
Abolished| 1940

Melbourne East Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council.[1]

It was created in June 1904 when Melbourne Province was reduced in size (four members down to two), North Yarra Province and South Yarra Province were abolished. The new Melbourne East Province, Melbourne North Province, Melbourne South Province and Melbourne West Province were then created.[1]

Melbourne East was defined by the Electoral Provinces Boundaries Act 1903 (taking effect from the 1904 elections) as consisting of the following divisions: Barkly, Central Fitzroy, Central Richmond, Collingwood East, Darling, North Richmond, South Fitzroy and South Richmond.[2]

Melbourne East was abolished soon after the new Doutta Galla, Higinbotham and Monash Provinces were created in 1937.[1]

## Members for Melbourne East Province

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These were members of the upper house province of the Victorian Parliament. The bicameral system of government commenced in November 1856.[3]

Member 1  | Party  | Year  | Member 2  | Party

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| William Pitt | Labor | 1904 |   | Adam McLellan | Labor
1907
| John Percy Jones | Labor | 1910
1913
1916
1917 |   | Daniel McNamara | Labor
1919
1922
1925
1928
1931
| UAP | 1932
| William Beckett | Labor | 1934

[r] = Resigned

Pitt transferred from North Yarra Province in 1904.
McNamara transferred to Melbourne Province in June 1937.[1]

## References

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1. ^ a b c d "Find a Member". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
2. ^ "Electoral Provinces Boundaries Act 1903". Australasian Legal Information Institute. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
3. ^ Edward Sweetman (1920). Constitutional Development of Victoria, 1851-6. Whitcombe & Tombs Limited. p. 182. Retrieved 18 November 2012.

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

* Ballarat
* Bendigo
* Boronia
* Central
* Central Highlands
* Chelsea
* Doutta Galla
* East Yarra
* Eastern
* Eumemmerring
* Geelong
* Gippsland
* Higinbotham
* Jika Jika
* Koonung
* Melbourne
* Melbourne East
* Melbourne North
* Melbourne South
* Melbourne West
* Monash
* Nelson
* North Central
* North Eastern
* North Western
* North Yarra
* Northern
* Nunawading
* Public and Railway Officers
* Silvan
* South Eastern
* South Western
* South Yarra
* Southern
* Templestowe
* Thomastown
* Waverley
* Wellington
* Western
* Western Port

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