Higinbotham Province

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Higinbotham Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council. It existed as a two-member electorate from 1937 to 2006, with members serving alternating eight-year terms. It was considered a safe seat for the Liberal Party of Australia throughout its history, though it was won by Labor candidate Noel Pullen in Labor's landslide victory at the 2002 state election. It was abolished from the 2006 state election in the wake of the Bracks Labor government's reform of the Legislative Council.

It was located in the south-east of Melbourne. In 2002, when it was last contested, it covered an area of 108km² and included the suburbs of Bentleigh, Black Rock, Brighton, Cheltenham, Mentone, Moorabbin, Mordialloc and Sandringham.

[edit] Members for Higinbotham Province

Member	Party affiliation	Term began	Term ended
James Kennedy	Liberal Party of Australia	1937	1954
James Disney	Liberal Party of Australia	1940	1946
Arthur George	Liberal Party of Australia	1946	1964
Lindsay Thompson	Liberal Party of Australia	1955	1967
Sir David Snider	Liberal Party of Australia	1964	1966
Harold Hamilton	Liberal Party of Australia	1967	1982
Sir William Fry	Liberal Party of Australia	1967	1979
Robert Lawson	Liberal Party of Australia	1979	1992
Geoffrey Connard	Liberal Party of Australia	1982	1996
Chris Strong	Liberal Party of Australia	1992	2006
Dr John Ross	Liberal Party of Australia	1996	2002
Noel Pullen	Australian Labor Party	2002	2006