Upper: | yes |
Melbourne West | |
State: | vic |
Created: | 1904 |
Abolished: | 2006 |
Namesake: | West Melbourne, Victoria |
Melbourne West Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council from 1904 until 2006.[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 West Province, Melbourne North Province, Melbourne South Province and Melbourne East Province were then created.[1] Its area was defined by the Electoral Provinces Boundaries Act 1903 as:
Melbourne West Province was abolished at the 2006 state election in the wake of the Bracks Labor government's reform of the Legislative Council.
Member 1 | Party | Year | Member 2 | Party | ||
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John Aikman | Non-Labor | 1904 | William Edgar | Non-Labor | ||
1907 | ||||||
1910 | ||||||
1913 | William Fielding | Labor | ||||
1916 | Arthur Disney | Labor | ||||
Daniel McNamara | Labor | 1916 | ||||
John Aikman | Non-Labor | |||||
Nationalist | 1917 | |||||
1919 | ||||||
Robert Williams | Labor | 1922 | ||||
1925 | ||||||
1928 | ||||||
1931 | ||||||
Independent | 1932 | |||||
1934 | ||||||
1937 | ||||||
Pat Kennelly | Labor | 1938 | ||||
1940 | ||||||
1943 | ||||||
1943 | Les Coleman | Labor | ||||
1946 | ||||||
1949 | ||||||
Bert Bailey | Labor | 1952 | ||||
Labor (A-C) | 1955 | Labor (A-C) | ||||
1955 | Buckley Machin | Labor | ||||
Archie Todd | Labor | 1958 | ||||
1961 | ||||||
1963 | Alexander Knight | Labor | ||||
1964 | ||||||
1967 | ||||||
Bunna Walsh | Labor | 1970 | ||||
Bon Thomas | Labor | 1970 | ||||
1973 | ||||||
1976 | ||||||
1979 | Joan Coxsedge | Labor | ||||
Joan Kirner | Labor | 1982 | ||||
1985 | ||||||
Licia Kokocinski | Labor | 1988 | ||||
1992 | Jean McLean | Labor | ||||
Sang Nguyen | Labor | 1996 | ||||
1999 | Kaye Darveniza | Labor | ||||
2002 |
See main article: Electoral results for the Melbourne West Province.