Nunawading_Province

Nunawading Province

Nunawading Province

Former electoral province of the Victorian Legislative Council, Australia


Nunawading Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council.[1] It was created in 1976, based in the outer eastern Melbourne suburbs including Nunawading. It was finally abolished 29 March 1996.[1] Much of its area was replaced by Koonung Province.

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In the 1985 election, the result for this province was subject to much controversy when the vote ended with a complete dead heat after preferences. Both the Labor candidate Bob Ives and the Liberal candidate Rosemary Varty received 54,821 votes each. The returning officer, Kathleen Leonard, was required by law to make a casting vote, which she did so by drawing a name from a ballot box. The name drawn was Bob Ives and he was declared elected.[2]

This result did not stand, and a by-election was called, in which the Liberal candidate Varty won with a swing to her.

Members for Nunawading Province

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Election results

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References

  1. "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
  2. Broadbent, David; Colebatch, Tim; Hawker, Philippa (14 March 1985). "'Raffle' gives Labor Victory". The Age.

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