South Eastern Province

Former electoral province of the Victorian Legislative Council, Australia

Australian electorate

South Eastern Province
Victoria—Legislative Council

State| Victoria
Created| 1882
Abolished| 2006

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

The Legislative Council Act, 1881, created and defined the South Eastern Province as consisting of the following Divisions: Alexandra, Yea, Eltham, Lilydale, Bulleen, Boroondara, Nunawading, Malvern, Caulfield, Oakleigh, Moorabbin, Dandenong, Berwick, Cranbourne, Mornington, Flinders, Phillip Island and Brighton.[3]

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

## Members for South Eastern Province

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These were members of the upper house province of the Victorian Legislative Council. Three members initially,[3] two after the implementation in 1904 of the Electoral Provinces Boundaries Act 1903.[4]

Member 1 | Party | Year | Member 2 | Party | Member 3 | Party

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| Frank Dobson |   | 1882 |   | James Buchanan |   |   | James Balfour | none
1884
1886
1888
1890
1892
1894
| James Campbell |   | 1895
1896
1898 |   | William Knox |
1900
1901 |   | Duncan McBryde |
1902
1904 |
1907
| William Adamson | Liberal  | 1910
1913
1916
| Nationalist | 1917
1919 |   | Alfred Chandler | Nationalist
| William Tyner | Nationalist | 1922
1925
1928
1931
| United Australia | 1931  |   | United Australia
1934
1935 |   | Gilbert Chandler | United Australia
1937 |   | Charles Gartside | United Australia
| Cyril Isaac | United Australia | 1940
1943
| Liberal | 1945  |   | Liberal
1946
| Liberal and Country | 1949  |   | Liberal and Country
1949
1952  |   | Electoral Reform
| George Tilley | Labor | 1952
1955 |   | Charles Bridgford | Liberal and Country
| Bill Mair | Liberal and Country | 1958
1961 |   | Alan Hunt | Liberal and Country
1964
| Ian Cathie | Labor | 1964
1965  |   | Liberal
1967
| Roy Ward | Liberal | 1970
1973
1976
1979
1982
1985
| Ken Smith | Liberal | 1988
1992 |   | Ron Bowden | Liberal
1996
1999

## Election results

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Main article: Electoral results for the South Eastern Province (Victoria)

1999 Victorian state election: South Eastern Province  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Liberal | Ron Bowden | 70,597  | 52.6  | −4.0
| Labor | Michael Binney  | 51,147  | 38.1  | +2.7
| Democrats | Richard Armstrong  | 6,551  | 4.9  | 0.0
| Greens | Stuart Kingsford  | 5,972  | 4.4  | +4.4
Total formal votes  | 134,267  | 97.2  | −0.6
Informal votes  | 3,807  | 2.8  | +0.6
Turnout | 138,074  | 94.1  |
Two-party-preferred result
| Liberal | Ron Bowden | 76,088  | 56.7  | −3.4
| Labor | Michael Binney  | 58,148  | 43.3  | +3.4
| Liberal hold | Swing | −3.4 |

## References

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1. ^ a b "Find a Member". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
2. ^ Sweetman, Edward (1920). Constitutional Development of Victoria, 1851-6. Whitcombe & Tombs Limited. p. 182. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
3. ^ a b "The Legislative Council Act 1881". Australasian Legal Information Institute. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
4. ^ "Electoral Provinces Boundaries Act 1903". Australasian Legal Information Institute. Retrieved 30 March 2014.

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

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* Boronia
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* Eastern
* Eumemmerring
* Geelong
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* Higinbotham
* Jika Jika
* Koonung
* Melbourne
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* Melbourne North
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* 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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