Silvan Province

Silvan Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council. It existed as a two-member electorate from 1992 to 2006, with members holding alternating eight-year terms. It was considered a safe seat for the Liberal Party for much of its history, but was a surprise gain for the Labor Party in the party's landslide victory at the 2002 state election. The electorate saw some controversy in its final term when both its members, Labor MLC Carolyn Hirsh and Liberal MLC Andrew Olexander were expelled from their respective parties for drink-driving offences. The electorate was abolished from the 2006 state election in the wake of the Bracks Labor government's reform of the Legislative Council.

Silvan Victoria—Legislative Council
State	Victoria
Created	1992
Abolished	2006
Area	355 km2 (137.1 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 355 km² and included the suburbs of Bayswater, Belgrave, Boronia, Croydon, Monbulk, Ringwood, Upwey, Wantirna and Warrandyte.

Members for Silvan Province

Member 1		Party	Year
	Rosemary Varty	Liberal	1992	Member 2		Party
			1996		Wendy Smith	Liberal
	Andrew Olexander	Liberal	1999
			2002		Carolyn Hirsh	Labor
		Independent	2005			Independent

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Silvan Province

2002 Victorian state election: Silvan Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Wendy Smith	59,906	44.4	−8.4
	Labor	Carolyn Hirsh	56,588	41.9	+3.5
	Greens	Michael Abson	14,793	11.0	+10.7
	Democrats	Tony Carden	2,333	1.7	−4.1
	Hope	Leo Tischler	1,347	1.0	+1.0
Total formal votes			134,967	96.7	−0.4
Informal votes			4,549	3.3	+0.4
Turnout			139,516	93.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Carolyn Hirsh	69,885	51.8	+8.3
	Liberal	Wendy Smith	65,082	48.2	−8.3
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+8.3

References

• "Find a Member". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 17 July 2025.