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Melbourne Province
Victoria—Legislative Council
Melbourne Province; Victoria—Legislative Council
State	Victoria
Created	1882
Abolished	2006

Melbourne Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council (Australia).^[1]

Melbourne Province was created in 1882 when Central Province was abolished in the redistribution of Provinces. Its area included central Melbourne, Carlton, Fawkner Park and Richmond.^[2]

William Hearn and James Lorimer transferred from Central to Melbourne Province that year.^[1]

In 1904, another redistribution occurred and Melbourne East Province, Melbourne North Province, Melbourne South Province, Melbourne West Province were created. The number of members representing Melbourne Province were reduced from four to two that year.^[1]

Melbourne Province was abolished at the 2006 state election in the wake of the Bracks Labor government's reform of the Legislative Council.

Members for Melbourne Province

Three members initially, four from 1889, two from 1904.

2002 Victorian state election: Melbourne Province
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Gavin Jennings	61,810	48.7	−6.7
	Greens	Robyn Evans	31,481	24.8	+24.8
	Liberal	Michael Christo	30,771	24.2	−10.0
	Democrats	Danii Coric	2,878	2.3	−8.0
Total formal votes			126,940	96.5	+0.4
Informal votes			4,652	3.5	−0.4
Turnout			131,592	90.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Gavin Jennings	67,059	52.8	−10.6
	Greens	Robyn Evans	59,881	47.2	+47.2
	Labor hold		Swing	−10.6

^ ^a ^b ^c "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
^ "The Legislative Council Act 1881". Australasian Legal Information Institute. Retrieved 14 June 2013.