1. He has been a liberal member of the Victorian Legislative Council since October 1992 , representing the province of Koonung and since then the Eastern Metropolitan Region from 1992 to 2006 .
2. He has been a Liberal member of the Victorian Legislative Council since October 1992 , representing Eastern Metropolitan Region from 1992 to 2006 and Koonung Province since .

Select your answer from the options. Are these two sentences paraphrases of each other?
Options:
a). no
b). yes...I think the answer is
a).