# North Eastern Province (Victoria)

North Eastern Province (originally North-Eastern Province) was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council. It was created in the redistribution of provinces in 1882 when the original provinces of Central and Eastern Provinces were abolished. The new North Eastern, North Central, Melbourne East, Melbourne North, Melbourne South and Melbourne West Provinces were then created.
North Eastern Province was created and defined by the Legislative Council Act 1881 (taking effect from the 1882 elections) as consisting of the following divisions: Chiltern, Rutherglen, North Ovens, Beechworth, Bright, Oxley, Benalla, Euroa, Yarrawonga, Shepparton, Mansfield, Howqua, Goulburn and Seymour .
North Eastern Province was abolished at the 2006 state election in the wake of the Bracks Labor government's reform of the Legislative Council.

## Members for North Eastern Province

Three members initially, two after the 1904 redistribution of provinces, Melbourne East Province and others were created.
| Member 1 | Party | Year | Member 2 | Party | Member 3 |
| Robert Anderson | | 1882 | Patrick Hanna | | John Wallace |
| Frederick Brown | | 1883 | Patrick Hanna | | John Wallace |
| Frederick Brown | | 1884 | Patrick Hanna | | John Wallace |
| Frederick Brown | | 1886 | Patrick Hanna | | John Wallace |
| Frederick Brown | | 1888 | John Turner | | John Wallace |
| Frederick Brown | | 1888 | James Butters | | John Wallace |
| Frederick Brown | | 1890 | James Butters | | John Wallace |
| Frederick Brown | | 1892 | Arthur Sachse | | John Wallace |
| Frederick Brown | | 1892 | Arthur Sachse | | John Wallace |
| Frederick Brown | | 1894 | Arthur Sachse | | John Wallace |
| Frederick Brown | | 1896 | Arthur Sachse | | John Wallace |
| Frederick Brown | | 1898 | Arthur Sachse | | John Wallace |
| Frederick Brown | | 1900 | Arthur Sachse | | John Wallace |
| Frederick Brown | | 1901 | Arthur Sachse | | William Orr |
| Frederick Brown | | 1902 | Arthur Sachse | | William Orr |
| Willis Little | | 1903 | Arthur Sachse | | William Orr |
| Willis Little | | 1904 | Arthur Sachse | | |
| Willis Little | | 1907 | Arthur Sachse | | |
| Willis Little | | 1910 | Arthur Sachse | | |
| Willis Little | | 1913 | Arthur Sachse | | |
| William Kendell | Non-Labor | 1916 | Arthur Sachse | | |
| William Kendell | Non-Labor | 1916 | Arthur Sachse | | |
| William Kendell | Nationalist | 1917 | Arthur Sachse | Nationalist | |
| William Kendell | Nationalist | 1919 | Arthur Sachse | Nationalist | |
| William Kendell | Nationalist | 1920 | John Harris | Country | |
| William Kendell | Nationalist | 1922 | John Harris | Country | |
| Albert Zwar | Country | 1922 | John Harris | Country | |
| Albert Zwar | Country | 1925 | John Harris | Country | |
| Albert Zwar | Country | 1928 | John Harris | Country | |
| Albert Zwar | Country | 1931 | John Harris | Country | |
| Albert Zwar | Country | 1934 | John Harris | Country | |
| Percival Inchbold | Country | 1935 | John Harris | Country | |
| Percival Inchbold | Country | 1937 | John Harris | Country | |
| Percival Inchbold | Liberal Country | 1938 | John Harris | Country | |
| Percival Inchbold | Liberal Country | 1940 | John Harris | Country | |
| Percival Inchbold | Country | 1943 | John Harris | Country | |
| Percival Inchbold | Country | 1946 | Ivan Swinburne | Country | |
| Percival Inchbold | Country | 1949 | Ivan Swinburne | Country | |
| Percival Inchbold | Country | 1952 | Ivan Swinburne | Country | |
| Keith Bradbury | Country | 1953 | Ivan Swinburne | Country | |
| Keith Bradbury | Country | 1955 | Ivan Swinburne | Country | |
| Keith Bradbury | Country | 1958 | Ivan Swinburne | Country | |
| Keith Bradbury | Country | 1961 | Ivan Swinburne | Country | |
| Keith Bradbury | Country | 1964 | Ivan Swinburne | Country | |
| Keith Bradbury | Country | 1967 | Ivan Swinburne | Country | |
| Keith Bradbury | Country | 1970 | Ivan Swinburne | Country | |
| Keith Bradbury | Country | 1973 | Ivan Swinburne | Country | |
| Keith Bradbury | Country | 1976 | David Evans | National | |
| Bill Baxter | National | 1978 | David Evans | National | |
| Bill Baxter | National | 1979 | David Evans | National | |
| Bill Baxter | National | 1982 | David Evans | National | |
| Bill Baxter | National | 1985 | David Evans | National | |
| Bill Baxter | National | 1985 | David Evans | National | |
| Bill Baxter | National | 1988 | David Evans | National | |
| Bill Baxter | National | 1992 | David Evans | National | |
| Bill Baxter | National | 1996 | Jeanette Powell | National | |
| Bill Baxter | National | 1999 | Jeanette Powell | National | |
| Bill Baxter | National | 2002 | Wendy Lovell | Liberal | |

## Election results

2002 Victorian state election: North Eastern Province :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Wendy Lovell | 41,725 | 33.3 | +32.4 |
| | Labor | Jackie Crothers | 40,279 | 32.2 | -3.4 |
| | National | Kerrin Chambers | 30,134 | 24.1 | -31.4 |
| | Greens | Carol Kunert | 7,243 | 5.8 | +5.8 |
| | Democrats | Leanne Pleash | 3,465 | 2.8 | -5.2 |
| | Christian Democrats | Phil Seymour | 2,332 | 1.9 | +1.9 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 125,178 | 95.7 | −1.2 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 5,576 | 4.3 | +1.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 130,754 | 93.3 | |
| Two-party-preferred result ||||||
| | Liberal | Wendy Lovell | 73,538 | 58.7 | +58.7 |
| | Labor | Jackie Crothers | 51,640 | 41.3 | +1.4 |
| | Liberal gain from National | Liberal gain from National | Swing | N/A | |