Wellington Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council, the upper house of the Victorian Parliament.
Wellington Province was created in the redistribution of provinces in 1882, under which the Central and Eastern Provinces were abolished and the Wellington, North Central, South Yarra, North Yarra, South Eastern and Melbourne Provinces were formed.
Wellington Province was defined by the Legislative Council Act 1881 (which took effect from the 1882 elections) as consisting of the following divisions: Talbot Shire, Talbot Borough, Clunes, Tullaroop, Carisbrook, Maryborough, Creswick Shire, Creswick Borough, Bungaree, Ballaarat City, Ballaarat East and Sebastopol.
Wellington was abolished in 1940, soon after new provinces of Ballarat, Doutta Galla, Higinbotham and Monash were created in 1937.
Members for Wellington Province Three members were elected to the province initially; four from the expansion of the Council in 1889; two from the redistribution of 1904 when several new provinces including Bendigo, Melbourne West and Melbourne North were created. Member 1 Party Year Member 2 Party Member 3 Party Henry Cuthbert 1882 George Belcher James Campbell 1884 1886 David Ham 1886 Henry Gore 1888 Member 4 Party1889 Edward Morey 18901892 Emanuel Steinfeld 1893 Thomas Wanliss 1894189518961898 John Y. McDonald 1900190119021904 Frederick Brawn Non-Labor 19071907191019131916 Nationalist 1917 Alexander Bell Nationalist19191922192519281931 Alfred Pittard Nationalist United Australia 1931 United Australia George Bolster United Australia1934
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