Chelsea Province
Chelsea Province Victoria | |
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Created | 1976 |
Abolished | 2006 |
Demographic | Metropolitan |
Chelsea Province was an electorate of 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 of Melbourne. In 2002, when it was last contested, it covered an area of 266 km2 and included the suburbs of Carrum, Carrum Downs, Chelsea, Cranbourne, Frankston, Hampton Park, Keysborough, Seaford and Springvale.
Members for Chelsea Province
Member 1 | Party | Year | ||||
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Neil Stacey | Liberal
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1976 | Member 2 | Party | ||
1979 | Eric Kent | Labor
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Mal Sandon | Labor
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1982 | ||||
1985 | Maureen Lyster | Labor
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Burwyn Davidson | Labor
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1988 | ||||
1992 | Sue Wilding | Liberal
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Cameron Boardman | Liberal
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1996 | ||||
1999 | Bob Smith | Labor
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Matt Viney | Labor
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2002 |
Election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Matt Viney | 69,508 | 54.0 | +5.5 | |
Liberal | Vanthida Lao | 42,715 | 33.2 | -11.9 | |
Greens | Hilary Bray | 11,904 | 9.3 | +8.7 | |
Democrats | Wendy Thacker | 4,525 | 3.5 | -0.5 | |
Total formal votes | 128,652 | 96.1 | -0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 5,234 | 3.9 | +0.2 | ||
Turnout | 133,886 | 92.9 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Matt Viney | 80,160 | 61.7 | +8.9 | |
Liberal | Vanthida Lao | 49,825 | 38.3 | -8.9 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +8.9 |