North Western Province (Victoria)


North Western Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council, created in 1856 and was abolished in 2006.
Victoria was a British colony in Australia when North-Western Province was created, it became a state of Australia on Federation on 1 January 1901.
North Western was one of the six original upper house Provinces of the bi-cameral Victorian Parliament created in November 1856, each Province initially having five members.
Located in the far north-west of Victoria, "North-Western Province" was defined in the Victoria Constitution Act 1855, as "Including the Counties of Talbot and Dalhousie, and the Pastoral District of the Wimmera and of the Loddon, except the proposed County of Rodney."

Members for North Western Province

Five members were elected initially, three after the redistribution of 1882 when Northern and North Central provinces were split off.
Four from the enlargement of the Council in 1889, two from 1904.
Member 1Member 2Member 3Member 4Member 5Term
Dennis KeoghJohn AllanWilliam MitchellJohn PattersonGeorge UrquhartNov 1856 – Aug 1858
Dennis KeoghAlexander FraserWilliam MitchellJohn PattersonGeorge UrquhartSep 1858 – Oct 1858
Dennis KeoghAlexander FraserDavid WilkieJohn PattersonGeorge UrquhartNov 1858 – Apr 1859
Dennis KeoghAlexander FraserDavid WilkievacantGeorge UrquhartMay 1859 – Jul 1859
Dennis KeoghAlexander FraserDavid WilkieWilliam MitchellGeorge UrquhartAug 1859 – Apr 1860
Dennis KeoghAlexander FraserDavid WilkieWilliam MitchellGeorge Rolfe Apr 1860
vacantAlexander FraserDavid WilkieWilliam MitchellGeorge Rolfe May 1860
Francis RobertsonAlexander FraserDavid WilkieWilliam MitchellGeorge Rolfe Jun 1860 – Oct 1862
Francis RobertsonAlexander FraserDavid WilkieWilliam MitchellWilliam CampbellNov 1862 – Oct 1864
Nicholas FitzgeraldAlexander FraserDavid WilkieWilliam MitchellWilliam CampbellNov 1864 – Nov 1868
Nicholas FitzgeraldAlexander FraserFrancis RobertsonWilliam MitchellWilliam CampbellNov 1868 – Nov 1881
Nicholas FitzgeraldWilliam Stanbridge Francis RobertsonWilliam MitchellWilliam CampbellDec 1881 – Apr 1882
Nicholas FitzgeraldWilliam Stanbridge Francis RobertsonWilliam MitchellWilliam Zeal May 1882 – Nov 1882
George YoungJames BellDavid Coutts Dec 1882 – Sep 1889
George YoungJames BellDavid CouttsJoseph Pratt Oct 1889 – Nov 1891
Duncan McBrydeJames BellDavid CouttsJoseph Pratt Dec 1891 – Sep 1896
Pharez PhillipsJames BellDavid CouttsJoseph Pratt Sep 1896 – May 1897
Pharez PhillipsJames BellThomas ComrieJoseph Pratt Jun 1897 – May 1901
Henry WilliamsJames BellThomas ComrieJoseph Pratt Jun 1901 – Nov 1903
Richard ReesJames BellThomas ComrieJoseph Pratt Dec 1903 – May 1904
Richard Rees Joseph Pratt Jun 1904 – May 1907
Richard ReesFrederick Hagelthorn Jun 1907 – May 1919
Richard ReesGeorge Goudie May 1919 – Oct 1919
William CrockettGeorge Goudie Nov 1919 – May 1928
William McCannGeorge Goudie Jun 1928 – Oct 1931
Henry Pye George Goudie Mar 1932 – Apr 1942
Percy Byrnes George Goudie May 1942 – Apr 1949
Percy Byrnes Colin McNally Jun 1949 – May 1952
Percy Byrnes Arthur Mansell Jul 1952 – Sep 1969
Bernie DunnArthur Mansell Nov 1969 – May 1973
Bernie DunnKen Wright May 1973 – Sep 1988
Ron BestKen Wright Oct 1988 – Nov 1992
Ron BestBarry Bishop Oct 1992 – Nov 2006
Damian DrumBarry Bishop Nov 2002 – Nov 2006

Drum became member for Northern Victoria Region from 25 November 2006.