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Koonung Province

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Koonung
VictoriaLegislative Council
StateVictoria
Created1992
Abolished2006
Area134 km2 (51.7 sq mi)
DemographicMetropolitan

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.

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

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

Election results

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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

References

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  1. ^ "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 25 May 2014.