Bendigo Province
Former electoral province of the Victorian Legislative Council, Australia
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Bendigo Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council[1] . It was created in the redistribution of provinces in June 1904, North Central Province being abolished. Bendigo Province itself was abolished in 1988.[1] 36°45′S 144°16′E
Members
These were members of the upper house province of the Victorian Parliament. The bicameral system of government commenced in November 1856.[2]
| Year | Member | Party | Member | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1904 | William Gray | Joseph Sternberg | ||||
| 1904 | Joseph Abbott | |||||
| 1904 | Alfred Hicks | |||||
| 1907 | ||||||
| 1910 | ||||||
| 1913 | ||||||
| 1916 | ||||||
| 1917 | Nationalist | Nationalist | ||||
| 1919 | ||||||
| 1921 | Herbert Keck | Nationalist | ||||
| 1922 | ||||||
| 1925 | ||||||
| 1928 | George Lansell | Nationalist | ||||
| 1931 | ||||||
| 1931 | United Australia | United Australia | ||||
| 1934 | ||||||
| 1937 | John Lienhop | Country | ||||
| 1940 | ||||||
| 1943 | ||||||
| 1944 | Country | |||||
| 1946 | ||||||
| 1949 | Liberal and Country | Liberal and Country | ||||
| 1949 | ||||||
| 1951 | Herbert Ludbrook | Liberal and Country | ||||
| 1952 | Arthur Smith | Labor | ||||
| 1955 | ||||||
| 1958 | ||||||
| 1961 | ||||||
| 1964 | Jock Granter | Liberal and Country | ||||
| 1965 | Liberal | Liberal | ||||
| 1967 | Fred Grimwade | Liberal | ||||
| 1970 | ||||||
| 1973 | ||||||
| 1976 | Bruce Reid | Liberal | ||||
| 1979 | John Radford | Liberal | ||||
| 1982 | ||||||
| 1985 | ||||||
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Fabian Reid | 34,312 | 40.0 | +3.9 | |
| Liberal | Bruce Reid | 30,871 | 35.9 | +2.8 | |
| National | Clarence Rodda | 14,922 | 17.4 | −5.0 | |
| Democrats | Marlene Gunn | 5,788 | 6.7 | −1.7 | |
| Total formal votes | 85,893 | 97.9 | +0.4 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,816 | 2.1 | −0.4 | ||
| Turnout | 87,709 | 95.2 | +0.4 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Liberal | Bruce Reid | 46,487 | 54.1 | −1.1 | |
| Labor | Fabian Reid | 39,406 | 45.9 | +1.1 | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | −1.1 | |||
