Waverley Province
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Former electoral province of the Victorian Legislative Council, Australia
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Australian electorate
| Waverley Province Victoria—Legislative Council | |
|---|---|
| State | Victoria |
| Created | 1976 |
| Abolished | 2006 |
| Area | 107 km2 (41.3 sq mi) |
| Demographic | Metropolitan |
Waverley Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council. It existed as a two-member electorate from 1976 to 2006, with members holding alternating eight-year terms. It was a marginal seat for its entire existence, often changing parties according to who held government at the time. 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 south-east suburbs of Melbourne. In 2002, when it was last contested, it covered an area of 107km2 and included the suburbs of Carnegie, Clayton, Glen Waverley, Mount Waverley, Mulgrave, Noble Park, Oakleigh and Springvale.
Members for Waverley Province
[edit ]| Member 1 | Party | Year | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Saltmarsh | Liberal | 1976 | Member 2 | Party | ||
| 1979 | Cyril Kennedy | Labor | ||||
| Tony Van Vliet [d] | Labor | 1982 | ||||
| Brian Mier | Labor | 1982 | ||||
| 1985 | ||||||
| 1988 | ||||||
| 1992 | Andrew Brideson | Liberal | ||||
| Maree Luckins | Liberal | 1996 | ||||
| 1999 | ||||||
| John Lenders | Labor | 2002 | ||||
- [d] Vliet died 16 October 1982
Election results
[edit ]Main article: Electoral results for the Waverley Province
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | John Lenders | 67,950 | 54.0 | +6.2 | |
| Liberal | Denise McGill | 43,226 | 34.3 | −9.7 | |
| Greens | Heather Welsh | 11,238 | 8.9 | +8.8 | |
| Democrats | Polly Morgan | 3,447 | 2.7 | −4.3 | |
| Total formal votes | 125,861 | 96.2 | +0.4 | ||
| Informal votes | 4,915 | 3.8 | −0.4 | ||
| Turnout | 130,776 | 92.9 | |||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | John Lenders | 78,478 | 62.4 | +9.8 | |
| Liberal | Denise McGill | 47,362 | 37.6 | −9.8 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | +9.8 | |||
