# Western Province (Victoria)

Western Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council (Australia), the upper house of the Parliament of Victoria. Victoria was a colony in Australia when Western Province was created. From Federation in 1901, Victoria was a state in the Commonwealth of Australia.
Western Province was one of the six original upper house Provinces of the bicameral Victorian Parliament created in November 1856.
Western Province was defined in the Victorian Constitution Act, 1855, as : "Including the Counties of Ripon, Hampden, Heytesbury, Villiers, Normanby, Dundas, and Follett."
In 1882, several new Provinces were created, including Nelson Province and Wellington Province, the numbers of members elected for Western Province was reduced to three from this time. Another redistribution in 1904 reduced the number of members to two.
In 2006, the Western Province (along with all the other provinces in the Legislative Council) was abolished and replaced by regions. All of the area covered by Western Province is contained in the larger Western Victoria Region.

## Members for Western Province

Five members initially until 1882. Three from 1882 until 1904, then two members from 1904 until abolition in 2006.
| Member 1 | Party | Year | Member 2 | Party | Member 3 | Member 4 | Member 5 |
| Stephen Henty | | 1856 | Charles Vaughan | | James Palmer | Andrew Cruikshank | Daniel Tierney |
| Stephen Henty | | 1858 | Charles Vaughan | | James Palmer | Henry Miller | Daniel Tierney |
| Stephen Henty | | 1858 | Charles Vaughan | | James Palmer | Henry Miller | Daniel Tierney |
| Stephen Henty | | 1859 | Charles Vaughan | | James Palmer | Henry Miller | Niel Black |
| Stephen Henty | | 1860 | Charles Vaughan | | James Palmer | Henry Miller | Niel Black |
| Stephen Henty | | 1862 | Charles Vaughan | | James Palmer | Henry Miller | Niel Black |
| Stephen Henty | | 1864 | Charles Sladen | | James Palmer | Henry Miller | Niel Black |
| Stephen Henty | | 1864 | Charles Sladen | | James Palmer | Henry Miller | Niel Black |
| Stephen Henty | | 1866 | Charles Sladen | | James Palmer | James Strachan | Niel Black |
| Stephen Henty | | 1866 | Charles Sladen | | James Palmer | James Strachan | Niel Black |
| Stephen Henty | | 1868 | Robert Simson | | James Palmer | James Strachan | Niel Black |
| Stephen Henty | | 1870 | Robert Simson | | Thomas McKellar | James Strachan | Niel Black |
| William Skene | | 1870 | Robert Simson | | Thomas McKellar | James Strachan | Niel Black |
| William Skene | | 1872 | Robert Simson | | Thomas McKellar | James Strachan | Niel Black |
| William Skene | | 1874 | Robert Simson | | Thomas McKellar | Thomas Bromell | Niel Black |
| William Skene | | 1875 | Robert Simson | | Samuel Wilson | Thomas Bromell | Niel Black |
| Charles Sladen | | 1876 | Robert Simson | | Samuel Wilson | Thomas Bromell | Niel Black |
| Charles Sladen | | 1878 | William Ross | | Samuel Wilson | Thomas Bromell | Niel Black |
| Charles Sladen | | 1880 | William Ross | | Samuel Wilson | Thomas Bromell | Robert Simson |
| Charles Sladen | | 1880 | William Ross | | Samuel Wilson | Thomas Bromell | Robert Simson |
| Charles Sladen | | 1881 | William Ross | | Thomas Cumming | Thomas Bromell | Robert Simson |
| Nathan Thornley | | 1882 | William Ross | | Thomas Cumming | | |
| Nathan Thornley | | 1884 | William Ross | | Thomas Cumming | | |
| Nathan Thornley | | 1886 | William Ross | | Thomas Cumming | | |
| Nathan Thornley | | 1888 | Samuel Cooke | | Thomas Cumming | | |
| Nathan Thornley | | 1888 | Samuel Cooke | | Agar Wynne | | |
| Nathan Thornley | | 1890 | Samuel Cooke | | Agar Wynne | | |
| Nathan Thornley | | 1892 | Samuel Cooke | | Agar Wynne | | |
| Nathan Thornley | | 1894 | Samuel Cooke | | Agar Wynne | | |
| Nathan Thornley | | 1896 | Samuel Cooke | | Agar Wynne | | |
| Nathan Thornley | | 1898 | Samuel Cooke | | Agar Wynne | | |
| Nathan Thornley | | 1900 | Samuel Cooke | | Agar Wynne | | |
| Nathan Thornley | | 1901 | Walter Manifold | | Agar Wynne | | |
| Nathan Thornley | | 1902 | Walter Manifold | | Agar Wynne | | |
| Robert Ritchie | | 1903 | Walter Manifold | | Agar Wynne | | |
| Robert Ritchie | | 1903 | Walter Manifold | | Alexander MacLeod | | |
| Robert Ritchie | | 1904 | Walter Manifold | | | | |
| Edward White | | 1907 | Walter Manifold | | | | |
| Edward White | | 1910 | Walter Manifold | | | | |
| Edward White | | 1913 | Walter Manifold | | | | |
| Edward White | | 1916 | Walter Manifold | | | | |
| Edward White | Nationalist | 1917 | Walter Manifold | Nationalist | | | |
| Edward White | Nationalist | 1919 | Walter Manifold | Nationalist | | | |
| Edward White | Nationalist | 1922 | Walter Manifold | Nationalist | | | |
| Edward White | Nationalist | 1924 | Marcus Saltau | Nationalist | | | |
| Edward White | Nationalist | 1925 | Marcus Saltau | Nationalist | | | |
| Edward White | Nationalist | 1928 | Marcus Saltau | Nationalist | | | |
| William Williamson | Independent | 1931 | Marcus Saltau | Nationalist | | | |
| William Williamson | Independent | 1931 | Marcus Saltau | United Australia | | | |
| William Williamson | Independent | 1934 | Marcus Saltau | United Australia | | | |
| Leonard Rodda | Country | 1937 | Marcus Saltau | United Australia | | | |
| Leonard Rodda | Country | 1940 | Robert Rankin | Country | | | |
| Leonard Rodda | Country | 1943 | Robert Rankin | Country | | | |
| Leonard Rodda | Country | 1943 | Robert Rankin | Country | | | |
| Leonard Rodda | Country | 1945 | Robert Rankin | Country | | | |
| Leonard Rodda | Country | 1946 | Robert Rankin | Country | | | |
| Hugh MacLeod | Independent | 1946 | Robert Rankin | Country | | | |
| Hugh MacLeod | Liberal and Country | 1949 | Robert Rankin | Liberal and Country | | | |
| Hugh MacLeod | Liberal and Country | 1949 | Robert Rankin | Liberal and Country | | | |
| Hugh MacLeod | Electoral Reform | 1952 | Robert Rankin | Liberal and Country | | | |
| Hugh MacLeod | Electoral Reform | 1952 | David Arnott | Labor | | | |
| Ronald Mack | Liberal and Country | 1955 | David Arnott | Labor | | | |
| Ronald Mack | Liberal and Country | 1958 | Kenneth Gross | Liberal and Country | | | |
| Ronald Mack | Liberal and Country | 1961 | Kenneth Gross | Liberal and Country | | | |
| Ronald Mack | Liberal and Country | 1964 | Kenneth Gross | Liberal and Country | | | |
| Ronald Mack | Liberal | 1965 | Kenneth Gross | Liberal | | | |
| Ronald Mack | Liberal | 1967 | Kenneth Gross | Liberal | | | |
| Clive Mitchell | Country | 1968 | Kenneth Gross | Liberal | | | |
| Clive Mitchell | Country | 1970 | Kenneth Gross | Liberal | | | |
| Digby Crozier | Liberal | 1973 | Kenneth Gross | Liberal | | | |
| Digby Crozier | Liberal | 1976 | Bruce Chamberlain | Liberal | | | |
| Digby Crozier | Liberal | 1979 | Bruce Chamberlain | Liberal | | | |
| Digby Crozier | Liberal | 1982 | Bruce Chamberlain | Liberal | | | |
| Roger Hallam | National | 1985 | Bruce Chamberlain | Liberal | | | |
| Roger Hallam | National | 1988 | Bruce Chamberlain | Liberal | | | |
| Roger Hallam | National | 1992 | Bruce Chamberlain | Liberal | | | |
| Roger Hallam | National | 1996 | Bruce Chamberlain | Liberal | | | |
| Roger Hallam | National | 1999 | Bruce Chamberlain | Liberal | | | |
| David Koch | Liberal | 2002 | John Vogels | Liberal | | | |
    Rodda resigned in July 1943, re-elected in October 1943

## Election results

2002 Victorian state election: Western Province :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | John Vogels | 56,497 | 40.0 | +32.5 |
| | Labor | Lesley Jackson | 54,815 | 38.8 | +0.8 |
| | National | Greg Walcott | 20,142 | 14.3 | -34.9 |
| | Greens | Viola Spokes | 9,823 | 7.0 | +7.0 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 141,277 | 96.8 | −0.8 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 4,611 | 3.2 | +0.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 145,888 | 94.9 | |
| Two-party-preferred result ||||||
| | Liberal | John Vogels | 76,772 | 54.3 | -4.7 |
| | Labor | Lesley Jackson | 64,505 | 45.7 | +4.7 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | -4.7 | |