Nelson Province (Australia)


Nelson Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council. It was created in the wide-scale redistribution of Provinces 1882 when Central and Eastern Provinces were abolished and ten new Provinces were created.
Its area included Camperdown, Ararat and Mortlake.
Nelson was created and defined by the Legislative Council Act 1881 as consisting of the following divisions: Hampden, Mortlake, Ararat Shire, Ararat Borough, Ripon, Grenville, Ballaarat, Lexton, Avoca, Stawell Shire and Stawell Borough.
Nelson was later refined in 1904 as consisting of: Ararat, Beaufort, Carisbrook, Clunes, Creswick, Dunolly, Glenorchy, Landsborough, Lexton, Maryborough, Moyston, St. Arnaud, Stawell, Stuart Mill, Talbot and Timor.
Nelson Province was finally abolished in 1940 in the wake of another redistribution of Provinces in 1937 when four new Provinces were created. Nelson, Wellington and Melbourne East Provinces were all abolished in the years 1937 to 1940.

Members for Nelson Province

Three members initially, two after the redistribution of 1904. The first three members, Thomas Bromell, Charles Sladen and James Williamson were all "Assigned from original Western Province", Williamson was elected in place of the retiring Robert Simson.