Melbourne South Province

Melbourne South 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) and North Yarra Province and South Yarra Province were abolished. The new Melbourne South, Melbourne North, Melbourne East and Melbourne West Provinces were then created.^[1]

Melbourne South Province Victoria—Legislative Council
State	Victoria
Created	1904
Abolished	1937

Melbourne South was defined by the Electoral Provinces Boundaries Act 1903 (taking effect from the 1904 elections) as being bound by: the Yarra River at Clarendon Street, south-east to Dorcas Street, Nelson Road, Cowie and Pickles Street, Hobson's Bay to Glenhuntly Road, Point Nepean Road to North Road, Bambra Road to the Rosstown Railway then west to Kooyong Road, to Dandenong Road, to Hornby Street, to High Street, to Bendigo Street then north by Surrey Road to the Eastern Railway, then to a line with Clara Street, to Toorak Road, to the east boundary of portion 9, parish of Prahran; then north by that boundary to the Yarra River; and then westerly by that river to the commencing point.^[2]

Melbourne South was abolished when the new Higinbotham and Monash Provinces were created in 1937.^[1]

Members for Melbourne South Province

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
	Thomas Payne	Non-Labor	1904		Thomas Luxton	Non-Labor
			1907
			1910
			1911		Henry Skinner	Non-Labor
			1912		Arthur Robinson	Non-Labor
			1913
			1916
		Nationalist	1917			Nationalist
			1919
			1922
			1925		Frank Clarke	Nationalist
	Norman Falkiner	Nationalist	1928
	Harold Cohen	Nationalist	1929
			1931
		UAP	1931			UAP
			1934
	Archibald Crofts	UAP	1935

References

1. "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 20 October 2012.
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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