Waverley Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council

Victorian Legislative Council

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. 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.

It was located in the south-east of Melbourne

Melbourne

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. In 2002, when it was last contested, it covered an area of 107km² and included the suburbs of Carnegie

Carnegie, Victoria

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, Clayton

Clayton, Victoria

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, Glen Waverley

Glen Waverley, Victoria

Glen Waverley is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 19 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Monash...

, Mount Waverley

Mount Waverley, Victoria

Mount Waverley is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 16 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Monash...

, Mulgrave

Mulgrave, Victoria

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, Noble Park

Noble Park, Victoria

Noble Park is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 26 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Greater Dandenong...

, Oakleigh

Oakleigh, Victoria

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 and Springvale

Springvale, Victoria

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Members for Waverley Province

Member	Party affiliation	Term began	Term ended
Don Saltmarsh	Liberal Party of Australia Liberal Party of Australia The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office...	1976	1982
Cyril Kennedy	Australian Labor Party Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	1979	1992
Tony Van Vliet Tony Van Vliet Anthony "Tony" Van Vliet was an Australian politician. A teacher by profession, he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Council as the Australian Labor Party member for Waverley Province at the 1982 state election, but died suddenly before he could be sworn in.Van Vliet was born and raised in...	Australian Labor Party Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	1982	1982
Brian Mier	Australian Labor Party Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	1982	1996
Andrew Brideson Andrew Brideson Andrew Ronald Brideson is an Australian politician. He was a Liberal member of the Victorian Legislative Council from 1992 until 2006, representing Waverley Province...	Liberal Party of Australia Liberal Party of Australia The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office...	1992	2006
Maree Luckins Maree Luckins Maree Therese Luckins, née Marley is a former Australian politician. She was a Liberal member of the Victorian Legislative Council from 1996 to 2002, representing Waverley Province....	Liberal Party of Australia Liberal Party of Australia The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office...	1996	2002
John Lenders John Lenders John Lenders is an Australian Labor Party politician representing the Southern Metropolitan Region in the Victorian Legislative Council. He was most notably the Minister for Education in the Bracks Government and Treasurer of Victoria in the Brumby Government....	Australian Labor Party Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	2002	2006