Koonung Province

Koonung Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council.^[1] It existed as a two-member electorate from 1992 to 2006, with members serving alternating eight-year terms. It replaced the abolished Boronia Province. It was a safe seat for the Liberal Party for most of its history, but was won by Labor Party candidate Helen Buckingham in Labor's landslide victory at the 2002 state election. The electorate was abolished from the 2006 state election in the wake of the Bracks Labor government's reform of the Legislative Council.

Koonung Victoria—Legislative Council
State	Victoria
Created	1992
Abolished	2006
Area	134 km2 (51.7 sq mi)
Demographic	Metropolitan

It was located in the outer east of Melbourne. In 2002, when it was last contested, it covered an area of 134 km² and included the suburbs of Blackburn, Boronia, Ferntree Gully, Mitcham, Nunawading, Rowville, Scoresby, Vermont and Wheelers Hill.

Members for Koonung Province

Member 1		Party	Year
	Bruce Atkinson	Liberal	1992	Member 2		Party
			1996		Gerald Ashman	Liberal
			1999
			2002		Helen Buckingham	Labor

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Koonung Province

2002 Victorian state election: Koonung Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Helen Buckingham	64,757	47.2	+9.7
	Liberal	Gerald Ashman	58,338	42.5	−11.4
	Greens	Mick Kir	12,598	9.2	+6.2
	Hope	Jenny Manassa	1,583	1.2	+1.2
Total formal votes			137,276	96.9	−0.4
Informal votes			4,421	3.1	+0.4
Turnout			141,697	94.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Helen Buckingham	74,853	54.5	+11.7
	Liberal	Gerald Ashman	62,423	45.5	−11.7
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+11.7