Waverley Province

Waverley Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council. It existed as a two-member electorate from 1976 to 2006, with members holding alternating eight-year terms. It was a marginal seat for its entire existence, often changing parties according to who held government at the time. It was abolished from the 2006 state election in the wake of the Bracks Labor government's reform of the Legislative Council.

Waverley Province
Victoria—Legislative Council
StateVictoria
Created1976
Abolished2006
Area107 km2 (41.3 sq mi)
DemographicMetropolitan

It was located in the south-east suburbs of Melbourne. In 2002, when it was last contested, it covered an area of 107km2 and included the suburbs of Carnegie, Clayton, Glen Waverley, Mount Waverley, Mulgrave, Noble Park, Oakleigh and Springvale.

Members for Waverley Province
Member 1PartyYear
  Don Saltmarsh Liberal 1976 Member 2Party
1979   Cyril Kennedy Labor
  Tony Van Vliet[d] Labor 1982
  Brian Mier Labor 1982
1985
1988
1992   Andrew Brideson Liberal
  Maree Luckins Liberal 1996
1999
  John Lenders Labor 2002
[d] Vliet died 16 October 1982

Election results
Main article: Electoral results for the Waverley Province
2002 Victorian state election: Waverley Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Lenders 67,950 54.0 +6.2
Liberal Denise McGill 43,226 34.3 -9.7
Greens Heather Welsh 11,238 8.9 +8.8
Democrats Polly Morgan 3,447 2.7 -4.3
Total formal votes 125,861 96.2 +0.4
Informal votes 4,915 3.8 -0.4
Turnout 130,776 92.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor John Lenders 78,478 62.4 +9.8
Liberal Denise McGill 47,362 37.6 -9.8
Labor hold Swing+9.8


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