# South Western Province (Victoria)

South Western Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council.
It was one of the six original upper house Provinces of the bi-cameral Victorian Parliament created in November 1856, initially it had five members. Victoria was a colony in Australia when South-Western Province was created.
The area of South Western Province was defined in the Victoria Constitution Act, 1855, as "Including the Counties of Grant, Grenville, and Polwarth." The Act came into effect in 1856.
It was finally abolished in 1979 after the redistribution of 1976 when several new provinces were created, including Geelong Province.

## Members for South Western Province

These were members of the upper house province of the Victorian Legislative Council, five members initially. Three members after the redistribution of provinces in 1882, South Eastern, South Yarra, North Yarra, North Eastern, North Central, Melbourne East, Melbourne North, Melbourne South, Melbourne West and Wellington Provinces were created. Two members after another redistribution of provinces in 1904 when Melbourne South and Melbourne West Provinces (and others) were created.
| Member 1 | Party | Year | Member 2 | Party | Member 3 | Member 4 | Member 5 |
| James Henty | | 1856 | William Roope | | James Cowie | Robert Hope | James Strachan |
| James Henty | | 1858 | William Roope | | George Coppin | Robert Hope | James Strachan |
| James Henty | | 1860 | John McCrae | | George Coppin | Robert Hope | James Strachan |
| James Henty | | 1862 | John McCrae | | George Coppin | Robert Hope | James Strachan |
| James Henty | | 1863 | John McCrae | | Caleb Jenner | Robert Hope | James Strachan |
| James Henty | | 1864 | John McCrae | | Caleb Jenner | John Lowe | James Strachan |
| James Henty | | 1866 | John McCrae | | Caleb Jenner | John Lowe | George Rolfe |
| James Henty | | 1867 | John McCrae | | Caleb Jenner | John Lowe | Thomas Learmonth |
| James Henty | | 1867 | John McCrae | | Caleb Jenner | Robert Hope | Thomas Learmonth |
| James Henty | | 1868 | John McCrae | | Caleb Jenner | Robert Hope | Thomas Learmonth |
| James Henty | | 1869 | John McCrae | | Caleb Jenner | Robert Hope | Philip Russell |
| James Henty | | 1870 | John Cumming | | Caleb Jenner | Robert Hope | Philip Russell |
| James Henty | | 1870 | John Cumming | | Caleb Jenner | Robert Hope | Philip Russell |
| James Henty | | 1872 | John Cumming | | Caleb Jenner | Robert Hope | Philip Russell |
| James Henty | | 1874 | John Cumming | | Caleb Jenner | Henry Cuthbert | Philip Russell |
| James Henty | | 1875 | John Cumming | | Caleb Jenner | Henry Cuthbert | George Belcher |
| James Henty | | 1876 | John Cumming | | Caleb Jenner | Henry Cuthbert | George Belcher |
| James Henty | | 1878 | John Cumming | | Caleb Jenner | Henry Cuthbert | George Belcher |
| James Henty | | 1880 | Philip Russell | | Caleb Jenner | Henry Cuthbert | George Belcher |
| Francis Ormond | | 1882 | Philip Russell | | Caleb Jenner | Henry Cuthbert | George Belcher |
| Francis Ormond | | 1882 | Philip Russell | | Caleb Jenner | | |
| Francis Ormond | | 1884 | Philip Russell | | Caleb Jenner | | |
| Francis Ormond | | 1886 | Joseph Connor | | Caleb Jenner | | |
| Francis Ormond | | 1886 | Joseph Connor | | William Robertson | | |
| Francis Ormond | | 1886 | Joseph Connor | | William Robertson | | |
| Francis Ormond | | 1888 | Joseph Connor | | Sidney Austin | | |
| Donald Wallace | | 1889 | Joseph Connor | | Sidney Austin | | |
| Donald Wallace | | 1890 | Joseph Connor | | Sidney Austin | | |
| Donald Wallace | | 1892 | Joseph Connor | | Sidney Austin | | |
| Donald Wallace | | 1894 | Joseph Connor | | Sidney Austin | | |
| Joseph Grey | | 1895 | Joseph Connor | | Sidney Austin | | |
| Henry Wrixon | | 1896 | Joseph Connor | | Sidney Austin | | |
| Henry Wrixon | | 1896 | Joseph Connor | | Sidney Austin | | |
| Henry Wrixon | | 1898 | Joseph Connor | | Sidney Austin | | |
| Henry Wrixon | | 1899 | Thomas Harwood | | Sidney Austin | | |
| Henry Wrixon | | 1900 | Thomas Harwood | | Sidney Austin | | |
| Henry Wrixon | | 1902 | Thomas Harwood | | Sidney Austin | | |
| Henry Wrixon | | 1904 | Thomas Harwood | | | | |
| Henry Wrixon | | 1907 | Thomas Harwood | | | | |
| Henry Wrixon | | 1910 | Thomas Harwood | | | | |
| Austin Austin | | 1910 | Thomas Harwood | | | | |
| Austin Austin | | 1912 | Horace Richardson | | | | |
| Austin Austin | | 1913 | Horace Richardson | | | | |
| Austin Austin | | 1916 | Horace Richardson | | | | |
| Austin Austin | Nationalist | 1917 | Horace Richardson | Nationalist | | | |
| Austin Austin | Nationalist | 1919 | Horace Richardson | Nationalist | | | |
| Austin Austin | Nationalist | 1922 | Horace Richardson | Nationalist | | | |
| Howard Hitchcock | Nationalist | 1925 | Horace Richardson | Nationalist | | | |
| Howard Hitchcock | Nationalist | 1928 | Horace Richardson | Nationalist | | | |
| Gordon McArthur | Nationalist | 1931 | Horace Richardson | Nationalist | | | |
| Gordon McArthur | United Australia | 1931 | Horace Richardson | United Australia | | | |
| Gordon McArthur | United Australia | 1934 | John Percy Jones | United Australia | | | |
| Gordon McArthur | United Australia | 1937 | John Percy Jones | United Australia | | | |
| Gordon McArthur | United Australia | 1940 | Allan McDonald | Country | | | |
| Gordon McArthur | United Australia | 1943 | Allan McDonald | Country | | | |
| Gordon McArthur | Liberal | 1945 | Allan McDonald | Country | | | |
| Gordon McArthur | Liberal | 1946 | Allan McDonald | Country | | | |
| Gordon McArthur | Liberal | 1947 | Allan McDonald | Independent | | | |
| Gordon McArthur | Liberal and Country | 1949 | Allan McDonald | Liberal and Country | | | |
| Gordon McArthur | Liberal and Country | 1952 | Don Ferguson | Labor | | | |
| Gordon McArthur | Liberal and Country | 1955 | Don Ferguson | Labor | | | |
| Gordon McArthur | Liberal and Country | 1958 | Geoffrey Thom | Liberal and Country | | | |
| Gordon McArthur | Liberal and Country | 1961 | Geoffrey Thom | Liberal and Country | | | |
| Gordon McArthur | Liberal and Country | 1964 | Geoffrey Thom | Liberal and Country | | | |
| Stanley Gleeson | Liberal | 1965 | Geoffrey Thom | Liberal | | | |
| Stanley Gleeson | Liberal | 1967 | Geoffrey Thom | Liberal | | | |
| Stanley Gleeson | Liberal | 1970 | Glyn Jenkins | Liberal | | | |
| Stanley Gleeson | Liberal | 1973 | Glyn Jenkins | Liberal | | | |

## Election results

1973 Victorian state election: South Western Province :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Stan Gleeson | 45,418 | 45.0 | +6.1 |
| | Labor | Stanley Nash | 40,179 | 39.8 | -0.4 |
| | Democratic Labor | James Crockett | 7,994 | 7.9 | -6.5 |
| | Country | Gilbert Anderson | 7,401 | 7.3 | +0.8 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 100,992 | 96.5 | −0.4 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 3,681 | 3.5 | +0.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 104,673 | 94.3 | −1.3 |
| Two-party-preferred result ||||||
| | Liberal | Stan Gleeson | 58,678 | 58.1 | +3.3 |
| | Labor | Stanley Nash | 42,314 | 41.9 | -3.3 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | +3.3 | |