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Eumemmerring Province

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Eumemmerring Province
VictoriaLegislative Council
StateVictoria
Created1985
Abolished2006

Eumemmerring Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council. It existed as a two-member electorate from 1985 to 2006, with members holding alternating eight-year terms. It was a marginal seat throughout its existence, changing parties in the large landslide elections of 1992 and 2002. 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 on the south-eastern fringe of Melbourne. In 2002, when it was last contested, it covered an area of 2,199 km2 and included the suburbs of Berwick, Cockatoo, Dandenong, Emerald, Gembrook, Narre Warren, Warburton and Yarra Junction.

Members for Eumemmerring Province

Member 1 Party Term
  Fred Van Buren Labor 1985–1992 Member 2 Party Term
  Bob Ives Labor 1988–1996
  Ron Wells Liberal 1992–1999
  Neil Lucas Liberal 1996–2002
  Gordon Rich-Phillips Liberal 1999–2006
  Adem Somyürek Labor 2002–2006