Wellington Province was an electorate of the

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, the upper house of the

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. Wellington Province was created in the redistribution of provinces in 1882, under which the Central and

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Provinces were abolished and the Wellington, North Central,

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, North Yarra, South Eastern and

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s were formed. Wellington Province was defined by the Legislative Council Act 1881 (which took effect from the 1882 elections) as consisting of the following divisions: Talbot Shire, Talbot Borough, Clunes, Tullaroop, Carisbrook, Maryborough, Creswick Shire, Creswick Borough, Bungaree, Ballaarat City, Ballaarat East and Sebastopol. Wellington was abolished in 1940, soon after new provinces of Ballarat, Doutta Galla, Higinbotham and Monash were created in 1937.

Members for Wellington Province

Three members were elected to the province initially; four from the expansion of the Council in 1889; two from the redistribution of 1904 when several new provinces including Bendigo, Melbourne West and Melbourne North were created.

References

{{coord, 37, 10, S, 143, 45, E, dim:100km, display=title Former electoral provinces of Victoria (Australia) 1882 establishments in Australia 1940 disestablishments in Australia