Silvan
Victoria—Legislative Council
StateVictoria
Created1992
Abolished2006
Area355 km2 (137.1 sq mi)
DemographicMetropolitan

Silvan Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council. It existed as a two-member electorate from 1992 to 2006, with members holding alternating eight-year terms. It was considered a safe seat for the Liberal Party for much of its history, but was a surprise gain for the Labor Party in the party's landslide victory at the 2002 state election. The electorate saw some controversy in its final term when both its members, Labor MLC Carolyn Hirsh and Liberal MLC Andrew Olexander were expelled from their respective parties for drink-driving offences. 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 355 km2 and included the suburbs of Bayswater, Belgrave, Boronia, Croydon, Monbulk, Ringwood, Upwey, Wantirna and Warrandyte.

Members for Silvan Province

Member 1PartyYear
  Rosemary Varty Liberal 1992 Member 2Party
1996   Wendy Smith Liberal
  Andrew Olexander Liberal 1999
2002   Carolyn Hirsh Labor
  Independent 2005   Independent

Election results

2002 Victorian state election: Silvan Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Wendy Smith 59,906 44.4 -8.4
Labor Carolyn Hirsh 56,588 41.9 +3.5
Greens Michael Abson 14,793 11.0 +10.7
Democrats Tony Carden 2,333 1.7 -4.1
Hope Leo Tischler 1,347 1.0 +1.0
Total formal votes 134,967 96.7 -0.4
Informal votes 4,549 3.3 +0.4
Turnout 139,516 93.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Carolyn Hirsh 69,885 51.8 +8.3
Liberal Wendy Smith 65,082 48.2 -8.3
Labor gain from Liberal Swing+8.3

References

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