Ballarat Province

For the district (1855–1856) of the old unicameral Victorian Legislative Council, see Electoral district of Ballaarat.

Ballarat Province Victoria—Legislative Council
State	Victoria
Created	1937
Abolished	2006
Namesake	Ballarat

Ballarat Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council^[1]
from 1937 until 2006, located around Ballarat.

Ballarat, along with Doutta Galla, Higinbotham and Monash Provinces was created in the expansion of the Legislative Council in 1937. Ballarat was abolished from the 2006 state election in the wake of the Bracks Labor government's reform of the Legislative Council.

Members

Ballarat Province (1937–2006, 2 members)
Member 1		Term
Alfred Pittard	Member 2 (from 1940)	Jun 1937 –      Jun 1940
	George Bolster	Jun 1940 –      Jun 1946
	James Kittson	15 Jun 1946 – 18 Jun 1949
Herbert Ludbrook		18 Jun 1949 – 20 Jun 1952
	Jack Jones	21 Jun 1952 – 15 Jan 1956
vacant		16 Jan 1956 –   2 Mar 1956
Pat Dickie[b]		3 Mar 1956  – 20 Jun 1958
	Murray Byrne[2]	21 Jun 1958 – 19 Mar 1976
	Rob Knowles	20 Mar 1976 – 16 Aug 1978
vacant		17 Aug 1978 – 27 Oct 1978
David Williams[b]		28 Oct 1978 –   4 May 1979
Clive Bubb		5 May 1979 –   1 Mar 1985
Dick de Fegely		2 Mar 1985 – 17 Sep 1999
John McQuilten[b]	Dianne Hadden	18 Sep 1999 – 24 Nov 2006

^[b] = elected in a by-election

References

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Coordinates: 37°33′S 143°51′E / 37.550°S 143.850°E / -37.550; 143.850

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