Wellington Province (Victoria)


Wellington Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council, the upper house of the Victorian Parliament.
Wellington Province was created in the redistribution of provinces in 1882, under which the Central and Eastern Provinces were abolished and the Wellington, North Central, South Yarra, North Yarra, South Eastern and Melbourne Provinces were formed.
Wellington Province was defined by the Legislative Council Act 1881 as consisting of the following divisions: Talbot Shire, Talbot Borough, Clunes, Tullaroop, Carisbrook, Maryborough, Creswick Shire, Creswick Borough, Bungaree, Ballaarat City, Ballaarat East and Sebastopol.
Wellington was abolished in 1940, soon after new provinces of Ballarat, Doutta Galla, Higinbotham and Monash were created in 1937.

Members for Wellington 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 Bendigo, Melbourne West and Melbourne North were created.
Member 1TermMember 2TermMember 3Term
Henry CuthbertNov. 1882 – April 1907George BelcherNov. 1882 – Sep. 1886James CampbellNov. 1882 – May? 1886
Henry CuthbertNov. 1882 – April 1907Henry GoreSep. 1886 – Sep. 1892David HamJuly 1886 – May 1904Member 4Term
Henry CuthbertNov. 1882 – April 1907Emanuel SteinfeldSep. 1892 – April 1893David HamJuly 1886 – May 1904Edward MoreySep. 1889 – May 1904
Henry CuthbertNov. 1882 – April 1907Thomas WanlissJuly 1893 – Sep. 1898David HamJuly 1886 – May 1904Edward MoreySep. 1889 – May 1904
Frederick BrawnMay 1907 – May 1934John Y. McDonaldSep. 1898 – Jan. 1917
Frederick BrawnMay 1907 – May 1934Alexander BellMar. 1917 – Mar. 1931
George BolsterJune 1934 – June 1940Alfred PittardJune 1931 – June 1937