Eastern Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council, Victoria being a colony in the continent of Australia at the time.
It was one of the six original Provinces of the bi-cameral Legislative Council created in November 1856.
Its area was defined in the Victoria Constitution Act 1855 (18 & 19 Vict. c. 55) as:
Eastern Province was abolished by the Legislative Council Act of 1881 (taking effect at the November 1882 elections).
Eastern Province was replaced by the new provinces of North Eastern and Gippsland of three members each.
Members for Eastern Province These were members of the upper house province of the Victorian Legislative Council.
Year Member 1 Party Member 2 Party Member 3 Party Member 4 Party Member 5 Party1856 Benjamin Williams William Kaye Robert Thomson James Stewart Matthew Hervey 1857 William Highett 185818601862 1863 James Pinnock 1863 Robert Turnbull 1864 Henry Murphy 1865 William Haines 1866 Robert S. H. Anderson 1866186818701872 1872 Francis Murphy 1873 John Wallace 1874 1875 William Wilson 1876 1876 Robert Dyce Reid 1878 1880 John Dougharty 1880 William McCulloch 1881 William Pearson, Sr.
After Eastern Province was abolished in 1882, Anderson and Wallace went on to represent North Eastern from 1882; Dougharty, McCulloch and Pearson went on to represent Gippsland.
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