Bendigo Province

Bendigo Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council^[1] . It was created in the redistribution of provinces in June 1904, North Central Province being abolished. Bendigo Province itself was abolished in 1988.^[1] 36°45′S 144°16′E

Bendigo Province Victoria—Legislative Council
State	Victoria
Created	1904
Abolished	1988

Members

These were members of the upper house province of the Victorian Parliament. The bicameral system of government commenced in November 1856.^[2]

Members for Bendigo Province

Year	Member		Party	Member		Party
1904		William Gray			Joseph Sternberg
1904		Joseph Abbott
1904		Alfred Hicks
1907
1910
1913
1916
1917			Nationalist			Nationalist
1919
1921		Herbert Keck	Nationalist
1922
1925
1928					George Lansell	Nationalist
1931
1931			United Australia			United Australia
1934
1937		John Lienhop	Country
1940
1943
1944						Country
1946
1949			Liberal and Country			Liberal and Country
1949
1951		Herbert Ludbrook	Liberal and Country
1952					Arthur Smith	Labor
1955
1958
1961
1964					Jock Granter	Liberal and Country
1965			Liberal			Liberal
1967		Fred Grimwade	Liberal
1970
1973
1976					Bruce Reid	Liberal
1979		John Radford	Liberal
1982
1985

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Bendigo Province

1982 Victorian state election: Bendigo Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Fabian Reid	34,312	40.0	+3.9
	Liberal	Bruce Reid	30,871	35.9	+2.8
	National	Clarence Rodda	14,922	17.4	−5.0
	Democrats	Marlene Gunn	5,788	6.7	−1.7
Total formal votes			85,893	97.9	+0.4
Informal votes			1,816	2.1	−0.4
Turnout			87,709	95.2	+0.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bruce Reid	46,487	54.1	−1.1
	Labor	Fabian Reid	39,406	45.9	+1.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	−1.1