- Western Port Province
Western Port Province was an electorate of the
Victorian Legislative Council . It was created in2002 as a replacement for the abolishedSouth Eastern Province . It was intended to be a two-member electorate, but it was abolished in2006 as part of the Bracks Labor government's reform of the Legislative Council, before the second member was due to be elected. The electorate would have normally been expected to be reasonably safe for theLiberal Party of Australia , but it was narrowly won by theAustralian Labor Party in their landslide victory at the 2002 state election.It was located in the south-east of the state. In
2002 , when it was last contested, it covered an area of 2,866km2 and included the towns of Cowes, Hastings, Inverloch, Mornington, Mount Eliza, Pakenham, Rosebud, Rye, Sorrento and Wonthaggi.Members for Western Port Province
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