Higinbotham Province

This article is about the federal electorate. For the state electoral province, see Division of Higinbotham.

Higinbotham Victoria—Legislative Council
State	Victoria
Created	1937
Abolished	2006
Area	108 km2 (41.7 sq mi)
Demographic	Metropolitan

Higinbotham Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council. It existed as a two-member electorate from 1937 to 2006, with members serving alternating eight-year terms. It was considered a safe seat for the Liberal throughout its history, though it was won by Labor candidate Noel Pullen in Labor's landslide victory at the 2002 state election. 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. In 2002, when it was last contested, it covered an area of 108 km² and included the suburbs of Bentleigh, Black Rock, Brighton, Cheltenham, Mentone, Moorabbin, Mordialloc and Sandringham.

Members for Higinbotham Province

Member 1	Party	Term
James Kennedy	Liberal	1937–1954	Member 2	Party	Term
			James Disney	Liberal	1940–1946
Lindsay Thompson	Liberal	1955–1967	Sir Arthur Warner	Liberal	1946–1964
Murray Hamilton	Liberal	1967–1982	Baron Snider	Liberal	1964–1966
			William Fry	Liberal	1967–1979
Geoffrey Connard	Liberal	1982–1996	Robert Lawson	Liberal	1979–1992
Dr John Ross	Liberal	1996–2002	Chris Strong	Liberal	1992–2006
Noel Pullen	Labor	2002–2006