| Geelong Province Victoria—Legislative Council | |
|---|---|
| State | Victoria |
| Created | 1976 |
| Abolished | 2006 |
| Demographic | Metropolitan |
Geelong Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council[1] until 2006, located around Geelong. It was abolished from the 2006 state election in the wake of the Bracks Labor government's reform of the Legislative Council. The area of the former Geelong Province then became part of the larger Western Victoria Region.[2]
Members for Geelong Province
| Member 1 | Party | Year | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glyn Jenkins | Liberal | 1976 | Member 2 | Party | ||
| 1979 | Rod Mackenzie | Labor | ||||
| David Henshaw | Labor | 1982 | ||||
| 1985 | ||||||
| 1987 | Independent | |||||
| 1988 | ||||||
| 1992 | Bill Hartigan | Liberal | ||||
| Ian Cover | Liberal | 1996 | ||||
| 1999 | Elaine Carbines | Labor | ||||
| John Eren | Labor | 2002 | ||||
Eren went on to represent the Electoral district of Lara in the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 25 November 2006.[1]
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | John Eren | 72,683 | 51.2 | +5.7 | |
| Liberal | Ian Cover | 51,059 | 36.0 | -9.2 | |
| Greens | Bruce Murray | 11,904 | 8.4 | +4.3 | |
| Democrats | Erica Menheere-Thompson | 3,255 | 2.3 | -2.9 | |
| Christian Democrats | Alan Barron | 1,826 | 1.3 | +1.3 | |
| Independent | Val Nicholls | 1,144 | 0.8 | +0.8 | |
| Total formal votes | 141,871 | 97.0 | -0.5 | ||
| Informal votes | 4,395 | 3.0 | +0.5 | ||
| Turnout | 146,266 | 94.3 | |||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | John Eren | 86,253 | 60.8 | +8.8 | |
| Liberal | Ian Cover | 55,564 | 39.2 | -8.8 | |
| Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +8.8 | |||
References
- ^ a b "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
- ^ "Electoral Region Western Victoria" (PDF) (map). Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
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