Koonung Province
Koonung Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council.[1] It existed as a two-member electorate from 1992 to 2006, with members serving alternating eight-year terms. It replaced the abolished Boronia Province. It was a safe seat for the Liberal Party for most of its history, but was won by Labor Party candidate Helen Buckingham in Labor's landslide victory at the 2002 state election. The electorate was abolished from the 2006 state election in the wake of the Bracks Labor government's reform of the Legislative Council.
| Koonung Victoria—Legislative Council | |
|---|---|
| State | Victoria |
| Created | 1992 |
| Abolished | 2006 |
| Area | 134 km2 (51.7 sq mi) |
| Demographic | Metropolitan |
It was located in the outer east of Melbourne. In 2002, when it was last contested, it covered an area of 134 km2 and included the suburbs of Blackburn, Boronia, Ferntree Gully, Mitcham, Nunawading, Rowville, Scoresby, Vermont and Wheelers Hill.
Members for Koonung Province
| Member 1 | Party | Year | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Atkinson | Liberal | 1992 | Member 2 | Party | ||
| 1996 | Gerald Ashman | Liberal | ||||
| 1999 | ||||||
| 2002 | Helen Buckingham | Labor | ||||
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Helen Buckingham | 64,757 | 47.2 | +9.7 | |
| Liberal | Gerald Ashman | 58,338 | 42.5 | -11.4 | |
| Greens | Mick Kir | 12,598 | 9.2 | +6.2 | |
| Hope | Jenny Manassa | 1,583 | 1.2 | +1.2 | |
| Total formal votes | 137,276 | 96.9 | -0.4 | ||
| Informal votes | 4,421 | 3.1 | +0.4 | ||
| Turnout | 141,697 | 94.2 | |||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Helen Buckingham | 74,853 | 54.5 | +11.7 | |
| Liberal | Gerald Ashman | 62,423 | 45.5 | -11.7 | |
| Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +11.7 | |||