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Melbourne West Province was an electorate of the
Victorian Legislative Council The Victorian Legislative Council (VLC) is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of Victoria, Australia, the lower house being the Legislative Assembly. Both houses sit at Parliament House in Spring Street, Melbourne. The Legislative C ...
from 1904 until 2006. It was created in June 1904 when
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 ...
was reduced in size (four members down to two), North Yarra Province and
South Yarra Province South Yarra Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council from November 1882 until May 1904. South Yarra Province was created in the redistribution of provinces in 1882 when the Central and Eastern Provinces were abolished. ...
were abolished. The new Melbourne West Province, Melbourne North Province, Melbourne South Province and
Melbourne East Province Melbourne East Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council. It was created in June 1904 when Melbourne Province was reduced in size (four members down to two), North Yarra Province and South Yarra Province were abolished. ...
were then created. Its area was defined by the Electoral Provinces Boundaries Act 1903 as: Melbourne West Province was abolished at the 2006 state election in the wake of the Bracks Labor government's reform of the Legislative Council.


Members for Melbourne West Province


Election results


References

* http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/re-member/bioregsearch.cfm {{coord, 37, 49, S, 144, 56, E, dim:10km, display=title Former electoral provinces of Victoria (Australia) 1904 establishments in Australia 2006 disestablishments in Australia