Higinbotham Province was an electorate of the
Victorian Legislative Council
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.
[
] It existed as a two-member electorate from 1937 to 2006, with members serving alternating eight-year terms. It was considered a safe seat for the
Liberal
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throughout its history, though it was won by Labor candidate
Noel Pullen in Labor's landslide victory at the
2002 state election. It was abolished from the
2006 state election in the wake of the
Bracks Labor government's reform of the Legislative Council.
It was located in the south-east of
Melbourne
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. In 2002, when it was last contested, it covered an area of 108 km
2 and included the suburbs of
Bentleigh,
Black Rock,
Brighton,
Cheltenham,
Mentone,
Moorabbin
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Most of the ...
,
Mordialloc
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and
Sandringham Sandringham can refer to:
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* Sandringham, New South Wales, Australia
* Sandringham, Queensland, Australia
* Sandringham, Victoria, Australia
**Sandringham railway line
**Sandringham railway station
**Electoral district of Sandringham
* Sand ...
.
Members for Higinbotham Province
Election results
References
Former electoral provinces of Victoria (state)
1937 establishments in Australia
2006 disestablishments in Australia
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