Koonung Province was an electorate of the
Victorian Legislative Council
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.
[
] It existed as a two-member electorate from 1992 to 2006, with members serving alternating eight-year terms. It replaced the abolished
Boronia Province. It was a safe seat for the
Liberal Party
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for most of its history, but was won by
Labor Party candidate
Helen Buckingham
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in Labor's landslide victory at the
2002 state election. The electorate 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 outer east of
Melbourne
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. In 2002, when it was last contested, it covered an area of 134 km
2 and included the suburbs of
Blackburn
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,
Boronia
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,
Ferntree Gully,
Mitcham
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,
Nunawading
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,
Rowville
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,
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,
Vermont
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and
Wheelers Hill
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At 152m ...
.
Members for Koonung Province
Election results
References
Former electoral provinces of Victoria (state)
1992 establishments in Australia
2006 disestablishments in Australia
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