# Gippsland Province

Gippsland Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council from November 1882 until 2006. It was based in the Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia.
Gippsland Province was created in the redistribution of provinces in 1882 when the Central and Eastern Provinces were abolished. The new Gippsland, North Central, South Yarra, North Yarra, South Eastern and Melbourne Provinces were then created.
Gippsland province was defined in The Legislative Council Act 1881 and consisted of the divisions of Buln Buln, Narracan and Traralgon, Alberton, Rosedale, Maffra, Avon, Bairnsdale, Omeo, Towong, Yackandandah, Wodonga, Wood's Point, Walhalla and Sale.
Gippsland Province was abolished from the 2006 state election in the wake of the Bracks Labor government's reform of the Legislative Council. The Eastern Victoria Region now covers much of the area of the old Gippsland Province.

## Members for Gippsland Province

Three members were elected to the province initially; four from the expansion of the Council in 1889; two from the redistribution of 1904 when several new provinces including East Yarra and Melbourne East were created.
| Member 1 | Party | Year | Member 2 | Party | Member 3 |
| John Dougharty | | 1882 | William Pearson Sr. | | William McCulloch |
| John Dougharty | | 1884 | William Pearson Sr. | | William McCulloch |
| John Dougharty | | 1886 | William Pearson Sr. | | William McCulloch |
| George Davis | | 1888 | William Pearson Sr. | | William McCulloch | Member 4 | Member 4 | Party |
| George Davis | | 1889 | William Pearson Sr. | | William McCulloch | | Charles Sargeant | |
| George Davis | | 1890 | William Pearson Sr. | | William McCulloch | | Charles Sargeant | |
| George Davis | | 1892 | William Pearson Sr. | | William McCulloch | | Charles Sargeant | |
| George Davis | | 1893 | Edward Crooke | | William McCulloch | | Charles Sargeant | |
| George Davis | | 1894 | Edward Crooke | | William McCulloch | | Charles Sargeant | |
| George Davis | | 1895 | Edward Crooke | | William McCulloch | | Charles Sargeant | |
| George Davis | | 1896 | Edward Crooke | | William McCulloch | | Charles Sargeant | |
| William Pearson Jr. | | 1896 | Edward Crooke | | William McCulloch | | Charles Sargeant | |
| William Pearson Jr. | | 1898 | Edward Crooke | | William McCulloch | | Charles Sargeant | |
| William Pearson Jr. | | 1898 | Edward Crooke | | William McCulloch | | Joseph Hoddinott | |
| William Pearson Jr. | | 1900 | Edward Crooke | | William McCulloch | | Joseph Hoddinott | |
| William Pearson Jr. | | 1901 | Edward Crooke | | William McCulloch | | Joseph Hoddinott | |
| William Pearson Jr. | | 1902 | Edward Crooke | | William McCulloch | | Joseph Hoddinott | |
| William Pearson Jr. | | 1903 | Edward Crooke | | Samuel Vary | | Joseph Hoddinott | |
| William Pearson Jr. | | 1904 | Edward Crooke | | | | | |
| William Pearson Jr. | | 1907 | Edward Crooke | | | | | |
| William Pearson Jr. | | 1910 | Edward Crooke | | | | | |
| William Pearson Jr. | | 1913 | Edward Crooke | | | | | |
| William Pearson Jr. | | 1916 | Edward Crooke | | | | | |
| George M. Davis | Nationalist | 1917 | Edward Crooke | | | | | |
| George M. Davis | Nationalist | 1919 | Edward Crooke | | | | | |
| George M. Davis | Nationalist | 1922 | Martin McGregor | Nationalist | | | | |
| George M. Davis | Nationalist | 1925 | Martin McGregor | Nationalist | | | | |
| George M. Davis | Nationalist | 1928 | Martin McGregor | Nationalist | | | | |
| George M. Davis | Nationalist | 1931 | Martin McGregor | Nationalist | | | | |
| George M. Davis | United Australia | 1931 | Martin McGregor | United Australia | | | | |
| George M. Davis | United Australia | 1934 | Martin McGregor | United Australia | | | | |
| George M. Davis | United Australia | 1936 | James M. Balfour | Country | | | | |
| William MacAulay | Country | 1937 | James M. Balfour | Country | | | | |
| William MacAulay | Liberal Country | 1938 | James M. Balfour | Country | | | | |
| William MacAulay | Liberal Country | 1940 | James M. Balfour | Country | | | | |
| William MacAulay | Country | 1943 | James M. Balfour | Country | | | | |
| William MacAulay | Country | 1943 | Trevor Harvey | Country | | | | |
| William MacAulay | Country | 1946 | Trevor Harvey | Country | | | | |
| William MacAulay | Country | 1949 | Trevor Harvey | Country | | | | |
| William MacAulay | Country | 1952 | Trevor Harvey | Country | | | | |
| William MacAulay | Country | 1953 | Bill Fulton | Country | | | | |
| William MacAulay | Country | 1955 | Bill Fulton | Country | | | | |
| Bob May | Country | 1957 | Bill Fulton | Country | | | | |
| Bob May | Country | 1958 | Bill Fulton | Country | | | | |
| Bob May | Country | 1961 | Bill Fulton | Country | | | | |
| Bob May | Country | 1964 | Arthur Hewson | Country | | | | |
| Bob May | Country | 1967 | Arthur Hewson | Country | | | | |
| Bob May | Country | 1970 | Eric Kent | Labor | | | | |
| Dick Long | Liberal | 1973 | Eric Kent | Labor | | | | |
| Dick Long | Liberal | 1976 | James Taylor | Liberal | | | | |
| Dick Long | Liberal | 1979 | James Taylor | Liberal | | | | |
| Dick Long | Liberal | 1982 | Barry Murphy | Labor | | | | |
| Dick Long | Liberal | 1985 | Barry Murphy | Labor | | | | |
| Dick Long | Liberal | 1988 | Peter Hall | National | | | | |
| Philip Davis | Liberal | 1992 | Peter Hall | National | | | | |
| Philip Davis | Liberal | 1996 | Peter Hall | National | | | | |
| Philip Davis | Liberal | 1999 | Peter Hall | National | | | | |
| Philip Davis | Liberal | 2002 | Peter Hall | National | | | | |

## Election results

2002 Victorian state election: Gippsland Province :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | Don Wishart | 52,917 | 39.5 | +0.8 |
| | National | Peter Hall | 36,086 | 27.0 | +27.0 |
| | Liberal | Peter Tyler | 31,120 | 23.3 | -17.6 |
| | Greens | Madelon Lane | 9,910 | 7.4 | +7.0 |
| | Democrats | Jo McCubbin | 3,767 | 2.8 | -3.0 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 133,800 | 96.6 | 0.0 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 4,674 | 3.4 | 0.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 138,474 | 94.0 | |
| Two-party-preferred result ||||||
| | National | Peter Hall | 69,590 | 52.0 | +0.1 |
| | Labor | Don Wishart | 64,210 | 48.0 | -0.1 |
| | National hold | National hold | Swing | +0.1 | |