Central Province (Victoria)

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Central Province
Victoria—Legislative Council
Central Province and electoral districts of Melbourne, St. Kilda, Collingwood, South Melbourne, Richmond and Williamstown.tif
Central Province, 1855 map
StateVictoria
Created1856
Abolished1882
Electors7506 (in 1856)[1]
DemographicMetropolitan

Central Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council.[2][3] Coordinates: 37°48′S 144°55′E / 37.800°S 144.917°E / -37.800; 144.917

Creation[]

Central was one of the six original upper house Provinces of the bi-cameral Victorian Parliament created in November 1856.[2] The area of the province, centered on Melbourne was defined in the Victoria Constitution Act 1855.[4] Central Province included the Electoral Districts of Melbourne, St Kilda, Collingwood, South Melbourne, Richmond and Williamstown as well as parts of other adjoining districts.[5]

Abolition[]

Central Province was abolished in the redistribution of provinces in 1882. James Lorimer and William Edward Hearn transferred from Central to Melbourne Province; transferred to North Yarra Province; James MacBain and James Graham transferred to South Yarra Province that year.[3]

Members[]

These were members of the upper house province of the Victorian Legislative Council.[2]

Members for Central Province
Year Member 1 Party Member 2 Party Member 3 Party Member 4 Party Member 5 Party
  Nehemiah Guthridge     John Hood     Henry Miller[6]     John Pascoe Fawkner     John Hodgson  
  Thomas Fellows  
  Thomas à Beckett[7]  
  George Cole  
   
  James Graham[8]  
  John O'Shanassy  
  Henry Walsh  
  Archibald Michie[9]  
  [10]  
  Frederick Sargood  
  William Edward Hearn  
  James Lorimer[11]  
  James MacBain  

1856 election results[]

Candidate[1] Votes[1]
Hodgson*
1204
Fawkner*
1196
Miller*
863
Hood*
736
Guthridge*
689
Smith
688
a'Beckett
598
Fellows
577
Wiklie
516
Mayne
439
Total
7506

First five elected.

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Election for the Central Province". South Australian Register. 3 September 1856. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
  2. ^ a b c Edward Sweetman (1920). Constitutional Development of Victoria, 1851-6. Whitcombe & Tombs Limited. p. 182. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
  3. ^ a b "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
  4. ^ "Victoria Constitution Act 1855" (PDF). p. 444. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
  5. ^ "Central Province and Electoral Districts of Melbourne, St Kilda, Collingwood, South Melbourne, Richmond and Williamstown" (map). State Library of Victoria. 27 November 1855. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
  6. ^ Mellor, Suzanne G. "Miller, Henry (1809–1888)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Melbourne University Press. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 1 May 2013 – via National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
  7. ^ "Victoria". Freeman's Journal. Sydney. 29 September 1858. p. 2. à Beckett won the September by-election, sworn-in in October
  8. ^ "The Central Province election". The Argus. Melbourne. 20 September 1866. p. 4. Graham was elected unopposed on 20 Sep 1866, sworn-in Jan 1867
  9. ^ "Central Province Election". The Argus. Melbourne. 22 June 1871. Michie was elected in June, sworn-in in August
  10. ^ "Central Province Election". The Argus. Melbourne. 1 April 1873. p. 5. Sumner won the 31 March by-election, sworn-in in May
  11. ^ "Central Province Election". The Argus. Melbourne. 12 May 1879. p. 8. Lorimer elected unopposed 12 May, sworn-in July
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