Chelsea Province
Victoria—Legislative Council
StateVictoria
Created1976
Abolished2006
DemographicMetropolitan

Chelsea Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council. It existed as a two-member electorate from 1976 to 2006, with members holding alternating eight-year terms. It was a marginal seat throughout its existence, and was won by the party that won government at each election from 1982 to 2006. It 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 south-east of Melbourne. In 2002, when it was last contested, it covered an area of 266 km2 and included the suburbs of Carrum, Carrum Downs, Chelsea, Cranbourne, Frankston, Hampton Park, Keysborough, Seaford and Springvale.

Members for Chelsea Province

Member 1 Party Year
  Neil Stacey Liberal 1976 Member 2 Party
1979   Eric Kent Labor
  Mal Sandon Labor 1982
1985   Maureen Lyster Labor
  Burwyn Davidson Labor 1988
1992   Sue Wilding Liberal
  Cameron Boardman Liberal 1996
1999   Bob Smith Labor
  Matt Viney Labor 2002

Election results

2002 Victorian state election: Chelsea Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Matt Viney 69,508 54.0 +5.5
Liberal Vanthida Lao 42,715 33.2 -11.9
Greens Hilary Bray 11,904 9.3 +8.7
Democrats Wendy Thacker 4,525 3.5 -0.5
Total formal votes 128,652 96.1 -0.2
Informal votes 5,234 3.9 +0.2
Turnout 133,886 92.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Matt Viney 80,160 61.7 +8.9
Liberal Vanthida Lao 49,825 38.3 -8.9
Labor hold Swing+8.9


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