Ballarat Province Explained

Upper:	yes
Ballarat Province
State:	vic
Created:	1937
Abolished:	2006
Namesake:	Ballarat

Ballarat Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council^[1] from 1937 until 2006, located around Ballarat.

Ballarat, along with Doutta Galla, Higinbotham and Monash Provinces was created in the expansion of the Legislative Council in 1937. Ballarat was abolished from the 2006 state election in the wake of the Bracks Labor government's reform of the Legislative Council.

Members

Members for Ballarat Province

Year	Member		Party	Member		Party
1937		Alfred Pittard	United Australia
1940					George Bolster	United Australia
1943
1945			Liberal				Liberal
1946						James Kittson	Liberal
1949				Liberal and Country			Liberal and Country
1949		Herbert Ludbrook	Liberal and Country
1952					Jack Jones	Labor
1955
1956		Pat Dickie	Liberal and Country
1958					Murray Byrne	Liberal and Country
1961
1964
1965			Liberal			Liberal
1967
1970
1973
1976					Rob Knowles	Liberal
1978			David Williams				Labor
1979		Clive Bubb	Liberal
1982
1985		Dick de Fegely	Liberal
1988
1992
1996
1999		Dianne Hadden	Labor		John McQuilten	Labor
2002

Election results

See main article: Electoral results for the Ballarat Province.

References

-37.55°N 194°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Re-Member (Former Members). State Government of Victoria. 10 October 2012.