Gippsland Province was an electorate of the
Victorian Legislative Council
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from November 1882 until 2006. It was based in the
Gippsland
Gippsland is a rural region that makes up the southeastern part of Victoria, Australia, mostly comprising the coastal plains to the rainward (southern) side of the Victorian Alps (the southernmost section of the Great Dividing Range). It covers ...
region of Victoria, Australia.
Gippsland Province was created in the redistribution of provinces in 1882 when the
Central
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and
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Provinces were abolished. The new Gippsland,
North Central,
South Yarra
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,
North Yarra,
South Eastern and
Melbourne Province
Melbourne Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council (Australia).
Melbourne Province was created in 1882 when Central Province was abolished in the redistribution of Provinces. Its area included central Melbourne, Carlto ...
s were then created.
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Gippsland province was defined in The Legislative Council Act 1881 and consisted of the divisions of Buln Buln, Narracan and Traralgon, Alberton, Rosedale, Maffra, Avon, Bairnsdale, Omeo, Towong, Yackandandah, Wodonga, Wood's Point, Walhalla and Sale.
Gippsland Province was abolished from the 2006 state election in the wake of the Bracks Labor government's reform of the Legislative Council. The ]Eastern Victoria Region
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now covers much of the area of the old Gippsland Province.
Members for Gippsland Province
Three members were elected to the province initially; four from the expansion of the Council in 1889;[
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Election results
See also
* (1851–1856)
References
Former electoral provinces of Victoria (Australia)
1882 establishments in Australia
2006 disestablishments in Australia
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