Gippsland Province


Gippsland Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council
from November 1882 until 2006. It was based in the Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia.
Gippsland Province was created in the redistribution of provinces in 1882 when the Central and Eastern Provinces were abolished. The new Gippsland, North Central, South Yarra, North Yarra, South Eastern and Melbourne Provinces were then created.
Gippsland province was defined in The Legislative Council Act 1881 and consisted of the divisions of Buln Buln, Narracan and Traralgon, Alberton, Rosedale, Maffra, Avon, Bairnsdale, Omeo, Towong, Yackandandah, Wodonga, Wood's Point, Walhalla and Sale.
Gippsland Province was abolished from the 2006 state election in the wake of the Bracks Labor government's reform of the Legislative Council. The Eastern Victoria Region now covers much of the area of the old Gippsland Province.

Members for Gippsland Province

Three members were elected to the province initially; four from the expansion of the Council in 1889;
two from the redistribution of 1904 when several new provinces including East Yarra and Melbourne East were created.
Member 1TermMember 2TermMember 3Term--
John DoughartyNov. 1882 –
Aug. 1888		William Pearson, Sr.Nov. 1882 –
Aug. 1893		William McCullochNov. 1882 –
Nov. 1903		Member 4Term
George DavisSep. 1888 –
Aug. 1896		Edward CrookeSep. 1893 –
May 1922		William McCullochNov. 1882 –
Nov. 1903		Charles SargeantSep. 1889 –
Oct. 1898
William Pearson Sep. 1896 –
Oct. 1916		Edward CrookeSep. 1893 –
May 1922		Samuel Wesley VaryDec. 1903 –
May 1904		Joseph HoddinottNov. 1898 –
May 1904
George Martley DavisJan. 1917 –
June 1937		Martin McGregorMay 1922 –
Aug. 1936		----
William MacAulayJune 1937 –
May 1957		James Miller BalfourOct. 1936 –
July 1943		----
William MacAulayJune 1937 –
May 1957		Trevor HarveyOct. 1943 –
Dec. 1952		----
Bill Fulton21 Feb. 1953 –
26 June 1964		Bob May30 June 1957 –
18 May 1973		----
Arthur Hewson27 June 1964 –
29 May 1970		Eric Kent30 May 1970 –
19 Mar. 1976		----
Dick Long19 May 1973 –
20 Sep. 1992		James Allister Taylor20 Mar. 1976 –
2 Apr. 1982		----
Dick Long19 May 1973 –
20 Sep. 1992		Barry Murphy3 Apr. 1982 –
30 Sep. 1988		----
Peter Hall1 Oct. 1988 –
24 Nov. 2006		Philip Davis3 Oct. 1992 –
24 Nov. 2006		----