Templestowe Province was an electorate of the

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. It existed as a two-member electorate from 1967 to 2006, with members serving alternating eight-year terms. It was traditionally held by the

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, but was held by the Labor Party on two occasions: from 1982 to 1988 and again from 2002 to 2006. 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 north-east of

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. In 2002, when it was last contested, it covered an area of 123 km² and included the suburbs of

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, Ivanhoe, Montmorency, Rosanna and

Templestowe Templestowe is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 16 km north-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Manningham local government area. Templestowe recorded a population of 16,966 at the . The s ...

Members for Templestowe Province

Election results

References

Psephos Election Results for Victoria
— Adam Carr's Election Archive
Province of Templestowe
— Parliamentary Handbook for the 55th Parliament of Victoria *Newspaper articles: **"Preselection – Another Lib MP Dumped", '' Sunday Age'', 1991-06-02 **"Judges Seek Justice", ''The Age'', 1994-03-10 **Obituary for Sir Raymond Garrett, ''The Age'', 1994-10-25 **"Libs Dump Veteran MP", Paul Robinson, ''Sunday Age'', 1995-12-03 **"Man Of Vision Gets Honorable Send-off", Meaghan Shaw, ''The Age'', 2001-01-17 *Victorian Electoral Commission (correspondence) Former electoral provinces of Victoria (state) 1967 establishments in Australia 2006 disestablishments in Australia {{VictoriaAU-gov-stub