Eastern Province (Victoria)

Eastern Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council,^[1][2] Victoria being a colony in the continent of Australia at the time. 37°0′S 147°0′E

Eastern Province Victoria—Legislative Council
Eastern Province, 1856
State	Victoria
Created	1856
Abolished	1882

It was one of the six original Provinces of the bi-cameral Legislative Council created in November 1856.^[1]

Its area was defined in the Victoria Constitution Act of 1855 as

"Including the County of Anglesey, the proposed County of Rodney, and the Pastoral Districts of the Murray and Gipps’ Land."^[3]

Eastern Province was abolished by the Legislative Council Act of 1881^[4] (taking effect at the November 1882 elections).

Eastern Province was replaced by the new provinces of North Eastern and Gippsland of three members each.^[2]

Members for Eastern Province

These were members of the upper house province of the Victorian Legislative Council.^[1]

Year	Member 1		Party	Member 2		Party	Member 3		Party	Member 4		Party	Member 5		Party
1856		Benjamin Williams			William Kaye			Robert Thomson			James Stewart			Matthew Hervey
1857					William Highett
1858
1860
1862
1863											James Pinnock [5]
1863								Robert Turnbull [6]
1864											Henry Murphy
1865														William Haines
1866														Robert S. H. Anderson
1866
1868
1870
1872
1872								Francis Murphy
1873											John Wallace
1874
1875		William Wilson [7]
1876
1876								Robert Dyce Reid
1878
1880		John Dougharty
1880					William McCulloch
1881								William Pearson, Sr.

After Eastern Province was abolished in 1882, Anderson and Wallace went on to represent North Eastern from 1882; Dougharty, McCulloch and Pearson went on to represent Gippsland.^[2]

References

1. Edward Sweetman (1920). Constitutional Development of Victoria, 1851-6. Whitcombe & Tombs Limited. p. 182. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
2. "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
3. "Victoria Constitution Act 1855" (PDF). Retrieved 4 May 2013.
4. "The Legislative Council Act 1881". Australasian Legal Information Institute. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
5. "Eastern Province Election". The Argus. Melbourne. 21 September 1863. p. 5.
6. "Election Notices". The Argus. Melbourne. 29 December 1863. p. 8.
7. "Political". The Argus. Melbourne. 27 January 1875. p. 1S.