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Western Province (Victoria)

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In 2006, the Western Province (along with all the other provinces in the Legislative Council) was abolished and replaced by regions. All of the area covered by Western Province is contained in the larger
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Western Province was one of the six original upper house Provinces of the bicameral Victorian Parliament created in November 1856.
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Five members initially until 1882. Three from 1882 until 1904, then two members from 1904 until abolition in 2006.
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Western Province was defined in the Victorian Constitution Act, 1855, as : "Including the Counties of
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Former electoral province of the Victorian Legislative Council, Australia
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in 1901, Victoria was a state in the Commonwealth of Australia.
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Rodda resigned in July 1943, re-elected in October 1943
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In 1882, several new Provinces were created, including
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Electoral results for the Western Province (Victoria)
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Index

Victoria
Legislative Council

State
Victoria
Victorian Legislative Council
Parliament of Victoria
Federation
Ripon
Hampden
Heytesbury
Villiers
Normanby
Dundas
Follett
Nelson Province
Wellington Province
Western Victoria Region
Stephen Henty
1856
Charles Vaughan
James Palmer
Andrew Cruikshank
Daniel Tierney
1858
Henry Miller
1858
1859
Niel Black
1860

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