Central Province (Victoria)
| Central Province Victoria—Legislative Council | |
|---|---|
 Central Province, 1855 map | |
| State | Victoria |
| Created | 1856 |
| Abolished | 1882 |
| Electors | 7506 (in 1856)[1] |
| Demographic | Metropolitan |
Central Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council.[2][3] 37°48′S 144°55′E / 37.800°S 144.917°E
Creation
Central was one of the six original upper house Provinces of the bi-cameral Victorian Parliament created in November 1856.[2] The area of the province, centered on Melbourne was defined in the Victoria Constitution Act 1855.[4] Central Province included the Electoral Districts of Melbourne, St Kilda, Collingwood, South Melbourne, Richmond and Williamstown as well as parts of other adjoining districts.[5]
Abolition
Central Province was abolished in the redistribution of provinces in 1882. James Lorimer and William Edward Hearn transferred from Central to Melbourne Province; Theodotus Sumner transferred to North Yarra Province; James MacBain and James Graham transferred to South Yarra Province that year.[3]
Members
These were members of the upper house province of the Victorian Legislative Council.[2]
| Year | Member 1 | Party | Member 2 | Party | Member 3 | Party | Member 4 | Party | Member 5 | Party | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1856 | Nehemiah Guthridge | John Hood | Henry Miller[6] | John Pascoe Fawkner | John Hodgson | ||||||||||
| 1858 | Thomas Fellows | ||||||||||||||
| 1858 | Thomas à Beckett[7] | ||||||||||||||
| 1859 | George Cole | ||||||||||||||
| 1860 | William Henry Hull | ||||||||||||||
| 1860 | |||||||||||||||
| 1862 | |||||||||||||||
| 1864 | |||||||||||||||
| 1866 | James Graham[8] | ||||||||||||||
| 1868 | John O'Shanassy | ||||||||||||||
| 1868 | |||||||||||||||
| 1869 | Henry Walsh | ||||||||||||||
| 1870 | |||||||||||||||
| 1871 | Archibald Michie[9] | ||||||||||||||
| 1872 | |||||||||||||||
| 1873 | Theodotus Sumner[10] | ||||||||||||||
| 1874 | Frederick Sargood | ||||||||||||||
| 1874 | |||||||||||||||
| 1876 | |||||||||||||||
| 1878 | William Edward Hearn | ||||||||||||||
| 1879 | James Lorimer[11] | ||||||||||||||
| 1880 | James MacBain | ||||||||||||||
| 1880 | |||||||||||||||
1856 election results
| Candidate[1] | Votes[1] |
|---|---|
| Hodgson* | 1204 |
| Fawkner* | 1196 |
| Miller* | 863 |
| Hood* | 736 |
| Guthridge* | 689 |
| Smith | 688 |
| a'Beckett | 598 |
| Fellows | 577 |
| Wiklie | 516 |
| Mayne | 439 |
| Total | 7506 |
First five elected.
References
- ^ a b c "Election for the Central Province". South Australian Register. 3 September 1856. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
- ^ a b c Edward Sweetman (1920). Constitutional Development of Victoria, 1851-6. Whitcombe & Tombs Limited. p. 182. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
- ^ a b "Find a Member". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
- ^ "Victoria Constitution Act 1855" (PDF). p. 444. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
- ^ "Central Province and Electoral Districts of Melbourne, St Kilda, Collingwood, South Melbourne, Richmond and Williamstown" (map). State Library of Victoria. 27 November 1855. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
- ^ Mellor, Suzanne G. "Miller, Henry (1809–1888)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
- ^ "Victoria". Freeman's Journal. Sydney. 29 September 1858. p. 2. à Beckett won the September by-election, sworn-in in October
- ^ "The Central Province election". The Argus. Melbourne. 20 September 1866. p. 4. Graham was elected unopposed on 20 Sep 1866, sworn-in Jan 1867
- ^ "Central Province Election". The Argus. Melbourne. 22 June 1871. Michie was elected in June, sworn-in in August
- ^ "Central Province Election". The Argus. Melbourne. 1 April 1873. p. 5. Sumner won the 31 March by-election, sworn-in in May
- ^ "Central Province Election". The Argus. Melbourne. 12 May 1879. p. 8. Lorimer elected unopposed 12 May, sworn-in July