Melbourne South Province

Melbourne South Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council.[1] It was created in June 1904 when Melbourne Province was reduced in size (four members down to two) and North Yarra Province and South Yarra Province were abolished. The new Melbourne South, Melbourne North, Melbourne East and Melbourne West Provinces were then created.[1]

Melbourne South Province
Victoria—Legislative Council
StateVictoria
Created1904
Abolished1937

Melbourne South was defined by the Electoral Provinces Boundaries Act 1903 (taking effect from the 1904 elections) as being bound by: the Yarra River at Clarendon Street, south-east to Dorcas Street, Nelson Road, Cowie and Pickles Street, Hobson's Bay to Glenhuntly Road, Point Nepean Road to North Road, Bambra Road to the Rosstown Railway then west to Kooyong Road, to Dandenong Road, to Hornby Street, to High Street, to Bendigo Street then north by Surrey Road to the Eastern Railway, then to a line with Clara Street, to Toorak Road, to the east boundary of portion 9, parish of Prahran; then north by that boundary to the Yarra River; and then westerly by that river to the commencing point.[2]

Melbourne South was abolished when the new Higinbotham and Monash Provinces were created in 1937.[1]

Members for Melbourne South Province

These were members of the upper house province of the Victorian Parliament. The bicameral system of government commenced in November 1856.[3]

Member 1PartyYearMember 2Party
  Thomas Payne Non-Labor 1904   Thomas Luxton Non-Labor
1907
1910
1911   Henry Skinner Non-Labor
1912   Arthur Robinson Non-Labor
1913
1916
  Nationalist 1917   Nationalist
1919
1922
1925   Frank Clarke Nationalist
  Norman Falkiner Nationalist 1928
  Harold Cohen Nationalist 1929
1931
  UAP 1931   UAP
1934
  Archibald Crofts UAP 1935
 

References
  1. "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 20 October 2012.
  2. "Electoral Provinces Boundaries Act 1903". Australasian Legal Information Institute. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
  3. Edward Sweetman (1920). Constitutional Development of Victoria, 1851-6. Whitcombe & Tombs Limited. p. 182. Retrieved 18 November 2012.

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