# North Western Province (Victoria)

North Western Province (or North-Western Province) was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council (Australia), created in 1856 and was abolished in 2006.
Victoria was a British colony in Australia when North-Western Province was created, it became a state of Australia on Federation on 1 January 1901.
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North Western was one of the six original upper house Provinces of the bicameral Victorian Parliament created in November 1856, each Province initially having five members.
Located in the far north-west of Victoria, "North-Western Province" was defined in the Victoria Constitution Act 1855, as "Including the Counties of Talbot and Dalhousie, and the Pastoral District of the Wimmera and of the Loddon, except the proposed County of Rodney."

## Members for North Western Province

Five members were elected initially, three after the redistribution of 1882 when Northern and North Central provinces were split off. Four from the enlargement of the Council in 1889, two from 1904.
| Member 1 | Party | Year | Member 2 | Party | Member 3 | Member 4 | Member 5 |
| Dennis Keogh | | 1856 | John Allan | | William Mitchell | John Patterson | George Urquhart |
| Dennis Keogh | | 1858 | Alexander Fraser | | William Mitchell | John Patterson | George Urquhart |
| Dennis Keogh | | 1858 | Alexander Fraser | | David Wilkie | John Patterson | George Urquhart |
| Dennis Keogh | | 1859 | Alexander Fraser | | David Wilkie | William Mitchell | George Urquhart |
| Dennis Keogh | | 1860 | Alexander Fraser | | David Wilkie | William Mitchell | George Rolfe |
| Francis Robertson | | 1860 | Alexander Fraser | | David Wilkie | William Mitchell | George Rolfe |
| Francis Robertson | | 1860 | Alexander Fraser | | David Wilkie | William Mitchell | George Rolfe |
| Francis Robertson | | 1862 | Alexander Fraser | | David Wilkie | William Mitchell | William Campbell |
| Nicholas Fitzgerald | | 1864 | Alexander Fraser | | David Wilkie | William Mitchell | William Campbell |
| Nicholas Fitzgerald | | 1866 | Alexander Fraser | | David Wilkie | William Mitchell | William Campbell |
| Nicholas Fitzgerald | | 1868 | Alexander Fraser | | Francis Robertson | William Mitchell | William Campbell |
| Nicholas Fitzgerald | | 1870 | Alexander Fraser | | Francis Robertson | William Mitchell | William Campbell |
| Nicholas Fitzgerald | | 1872 | Alexander Fraser | | Francis Robertson | William Mitchell | William Campbell |
| Nicholas Fitzgerald | | 1874 | Alexander Fraser | | Francis Robertson | William Mitchell | William Campbell |
| Nicholas Fitzgerald | | 1876 | Alexander Fraser | | Francis Robertson | William Mitchell | William Campbell |
| Nicholas Fitzgerald | | 1878 | Alexander Fraser | | Francis Robertson | William Mitchell | William Campbell |
| Nicholas Fitzgerald | | 1880 | Alexander Fraser | | Francis Robertson | William Mitchell | William Campbell |
| Nicholas Fitzgerald | | 1881 | William Stanbridge | | Francis Robertson | William Mitchell | William Campbell |
| Nicholas Fitzgerald | | 1882 | William Stanbridge | | Francis Robertson | William Mitchell | William Zeal |
| | | 1882 | George Young | | James Bell | David Coutts | |
| | | 1884 | George Young | | James Bell | David Coutts | |
| | | 1886 | George Young | | James Bell | David Coutts | |
| | | 1888 | George Young | | James Bell | David Coutts | |
| Joseph Pratt | | 1889 | George Young | | James Bell | David Coutts | |
| Joseph Pratt | | 1890 | George Young | | James Bell | David Coutts | |
| Joseph Pratt | | 1891 | Duncan McBryde | | James Bell | David Coutts | |
| Joseph Pratt | | 1892 | Duncan McBryde | | James Bell | David Coutts | |
| Joseph Pratt | | 1894 | Duncan McBryde | | James Bell | David Coutts | |
| Joseph Pratt | | 1895 | Duncan McBryde | | James Bell | David Coutts | |
| Joseph Pratt | | 1896 | Pharez Phillips | | James Bell | David Coutts | |
| Joseph Pratt | | 1897 | Pharez Phillips | | James Bell | Thomas Comrie | |
| Joseph Pratt | | 1898 | Pharez Phillips | | James Bell | Thomas Comrie | |
| Joseph Pratt | | 1900 | Pharez Phillips | | James Bell | Thomas Comrie | |
| Joseph Pratt | | 1901 | Henry Williams | | James Bell | Thomas Comrie | |
| Joseph Pratt | | 1901 | Henry Williams | | James Bell | Thomas Comrie | |
| Joseph Pratt | | 1902 | Henry Williams | | James Bell | Thomas Comrie | |
| Joseph Pratt | | 1903 | Richard Rees | | James Bell | Thomas Comrie | |
| Joseph Pratt | | 1904 | Richard Rees | | | | |
| Frederick Hagelthorn | | 1907 | Richard Rees | | | | |
| Frederick Hagelthorn | | 1910 | Richard Rees | | | | |
| Frederick Hagelthorn | | 1913 | Richard Rees | | | | |
| Frederick Hagelthorn | | 1916 | Richard Rees | | | | |
| George Goudie | Country | 1919 | Richard Rees | | | | |
| George Goudie | Country | 1919 | William Crockett | VFU | | | |
| George Goudie | Country | 1922 | William Crockett | VFU | | | |
| George Goudie | Country | 1925 | William Crockett | VFU | | | |
| George Goudie | Country | 1926 | William Crockett | Country Progressive | | | |
| George Goudie | Country | 1928 | William McCann | Country Progressive | | | |
| George Goudie | Country | 1930 | William McCann | Country | | | |
| George Goudie | Country | 1931 | William McCann | Country | | | |
| George Goudie | Country | 1932 | Henry Pye | Country | | | |
| George Goudie | Country | 1934 | Henry Pye | Country | | | |
| George Goudie | Country | 1937 | Henry Pye | Country | | | |
| George Goudie | Country | 1940 | Henry Pye | Country | | | |
| George Goudie | Country | 1942 | Percy Byrnes | Country | | | |
| George Goudie | Country | 1943 | Percy Byrnes | Country | | | |
| George Goudie | Country | 1946 | Percy Byrnes | Country | | | |
| Colin McNally | Country | 1949 | Percy Byrnes | Country | | | |
| Colin McNally | Country | 1952 | Percy Byrnes | Country | | | |
| Arthur Mansell | Country | 1952 | Percy Byrnes | Country | | | |
| Arthur Mansell | Country | 1955 | Percy Byrnes | Country | | | |
| Arthur Mansell | Country | 1958 | Percy Byrnes | Country | | | |
| Arthur Mansell | Country | 1961 | Percy Byrnes | Country | | | |
| Arthur Mansell | Country | 1964 | Percy Byrnes | Country | | | |
| Arthur Mansell | Country | 1967 | Percy Byrnes | Country | | | |
| Arthur Mansell | Country | 1969 | Bernie Dunn | National | | | |
| Arthur Mansell | Country | 1970 | Bernie Dunn | National | | | |
| Ken Wright | National | 1973 | Bernie Dunn | National | | | |
| Ken Wright | National | 1976 | Bernie Dunn | National | | | |
| Ken Wright | National | 1979 | Bernie Dunn | National | | | |
| Ken Wright | National | 1982 | Bernie Dunn | National | | | |
| Ken Wright | National | 1985 | Bernie Dunn | National | | | |
| Ken Wright | National | 1988 | Ron Best | National | | | |
| Barry Bishop | National | 1992 | Ron Best | National | | | |
| Barry Bishop | National | 1996 | Ron Best | National | | | |
| Barry Bishop | National | 1999 | Ron Best | National | | | |
| Barry Bishop | National | 2002 | Damian Drum | National | | | |

## Election results

2002 Victorian state election: North Western Province :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | Marg Lewis | 47,302 | 36.1 | −4.6 |
| | National | Damian Drum | 30,494 | 23.2 | −27.2 |
| | Liberal | Peter Kennedy | 29,776 | 22.7 | +21.0 |
| | Independent | Laurie Whelan | 16,308 | 12.4 | +12.4 |
| | Greens | Julie Rivendell | 7,328 | 5.6 | +5.6 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 131,208 | 96.7 | −1.0 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 4,472 | 3.3 | +1.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 135,680 | 93.8 | |
| Two-party-preferred result ||||||
| | National | Damian Drum | 66,200 | 50.5 | −5.3 |
| | Labor | Marg Lewis | 65,008 | 49.5 | +5.3 |
| | National hold | National hold | Swing | −5.3 | |