Jika Jika Province

Jika Jika Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council in Victoria, Australia.^[1] It existed as a two-member electorate from 1985 to 2006, with members holding alternating eight-year terms. It was a safe seat for the Labor Party throughout its existence. It was abolished from the 2006 state election in the wake of the Bracks Labor government's reform of the Legislative Council.

Jika Jika Victoria—Legislative Council
State	Victoria
Created	1985
Abolished	2006
Area	108 km2 (41.7 sq mi)
Demographic	Metropolitan
Coordinates	37°43′S 145°00′E

It was located in the northern suburbs of Melbourne. In 2002, when it was last contested, it covered an area of 108 km² and included the suburbs of Bundoora, Fairfield, Greensborough, Mill Park, Northcote, Preston, Reservoir, South Morang and Thornbury.

Members for Jika Jika Province

Member 1		Party	Year
	George Crawford	Labor	1985	Member 2		Party
			1988		Theo Theophanous	Labor
	Pat Power	Labor	1992
			1996
	Jenny Mikakos	Labor	1999
			2002

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Jika Jika Province

2002 Victorian state election: Jika Jika Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Theo Theophanous	78,149	59.9	−5.8
	Liberal	Thomas Flitner	28,160	21.6	−12.5
	Greens	Alexandra Bhathal	18,914	14.5	+14.5
	Democrats	Jess Healy	5,261	4.0	+3.9
Total formal votes			130,484	95.7	−0.3
Informal votes			5,798	4.3	+0.3
Turnout			136,282	92.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Theo Theophanous	98,031	75.1	+9.2
	Liberal	Thomas Flitner	32,424	24.9	−9.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+9.2