{{Short description|Former electoral province of the Victorian Legislative Council, Australia}} {{for|the electorate of the unicameral Victorian Legislative Council of 1851–1856|Electoral district of Geelong (Victorian Legislative Council)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Infobox Australian electorate | upper = yes | name = Geelong Province | state = vic | image = | imagesize = | caption = | created = 1976 | abolished = 2006 | lifespan = | mp = | mp-party = | namesake = City of Geelong | electors = | area = | class = Metropolitan }} '''Geelong Province''' was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council<ref name=parl> {{cite web |url=https://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/members/member-search |title=Find a Member |publisher=State Government of Victoria |access-date=17 July 2025}} </ref> until 2006, located around Geelong. It was abolished from the 2006 state election in the wake of the Bracks Labor government's reform of the Legislative Council. The area of the former Geelong Province then became part of the larger Western Victoria Region.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.vec.vic.gov.au/images/maps/LowResWVIC.pdf |type=map |title=Electoral Region Western Victoria |publisher=Victorian Electoral Commission |access-date=18 May 2013 |archive-date=22 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110422165146/http://www.vec.vic.gov.au/images/maps/LowResWVIC.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Members for Geelong Province== {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan=2|Member 1 !Party !Year |- | rowspan=2 {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|&nbsp; | rowspan=2|Glyn Jenkins | rowspan=2|Liberal |'''1976''' !colspan=2|Member 2 !Party |- |'''1979''' | rowspan=3 {{Australian party style|Labor}}|&nbsp; | rowspan=5|Rod Mackenzie | rowspan=3|Labor |- | rowspan=5 {{Australian party style|Labor}}|&nbsp; | rowspan=5|David Henshaw | rowspan=5|Labor |'''1982''' |- |'''1985''' |- |1987 | rowspan=2 {{Australian party style|Independent}}|&nbsp; | rowspan=2|Independent |- |'''1988''' |- |'''1992''' | rowspan=2 {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|&nbsp; | rowspan=2|Bill Hartigan | rowspan=2|Liberal |- | rowspan=2 {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|&nbsp; | rowspan=2|Ian Cover | rowspan=2|Liberal |'''1996''' |- |'''1999''' | rowspan=2 {{Australian party style|Labor}}|&nbsp; | rowspan=2|Elaine Carbines | rowspan=2|Labor |- | {{Australian party style|Labor}}|&nbsp; | John Eren | Labor |'''2002''' |}

Eren went on to represent the Electoral district of Lara in the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 25 November 2006.<ref name=parl/>

==Election results== {{main|Electoral results for the Geelong Province}}

{{Election box begin |title = 2002 Victorian state election: Geelong Province }} {{Election box candidate AU party |party = Labor VIC |candidate = John Eren |votes = 72,683 |percentage = 51.2 |change = +5.7 }}

{{Election box candidate AU party |party = Liberal VIC |candidate = Ian Cover |votes = 51,059 |percentage = 36.0 |change = -9.2 }}

{{Election box candidate AU party |party = Greens VIC |candidate = Bruce Murray |votes = 11,904 |percentage = 8.4 |change = +4.3 }}

{{Election box candidate AU party |party = Democrats |candidate = Erica Menheere-Thompson |votes = 3,255 |percentage = 2.3 |change = -2.9 }}

{{Election box candidate AU party |party = Christian Democrats |candidate = Alan Barron |votes = 1,826 |percentage = 1.3 |change = +1.3 }}

{{Election box candidate AU party |party = Independent |candidate = Val Nicholls |votes = 1,144 |percentage = 0.8 |change = +0.8 }}

{{Election box formal |votes = 141,871 |percentage = 97.0 |change = -0.5 }}

{{Election box informal |votes = 4,395 |percentage = 3.0 |change = +0.5 }}

{{Election box turnout |votes = 146,266 |percentage = 94.3 |change = }}

{{Election box 2pp}} {{Election box candidate AU party |party = Labor VIC |candidate = John Eren |votes = 86,253 |percentage = 60.8 |change = +8.8 }}

{{Election box candidate AU party |party = Liberal VIC |candidate = Ian Cover |votes = 55,564 |percentage = 39.2 |change = -8.8 }}

{{Election box gain AU party |winner = Labor VIC |loser = Liberal VIC |swing = +8.8 }}

{{Election box end}}

==References== {{reflist}} {{Electoral provinces of Victoria}}

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Category:Former electoral provinces of Victoria (state) Category:1976 establishments in Australia Category:2006 disestablishments in Australia

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