Templestowe Province

Templestowe Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council. It existed as a two-member electorate from 1967 to 2006, with members serving alternating eight-year terms. It was traditionally held by the Liberal Party of Australia, but was held by the Australian Labor Party on two occasions: from 1982 to 1988 and again from 2002 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 north-east of Melbourne. In 2002, when it was last contested, it covered an area of 123 km² and included the suburbs of Bulleen, Doncaster, Eltham, Heidelberg, Ivanhoe, Montmorency, Rosanna and Templestowe.

Members for Templestowe Province

Member	Party affiliation	Term began	Term ended
Vasey Houghton	Liberal Party of Australia	1967	1985
Sir Raymond Garrett	Liberal Party of Australia	1970	1976
Ralph Howard	Liberal Party of Australia	1976	1982
Mike Arnold	Australian Labor Party	1982	1988
John Miles	Liberal Party of Australia	1985	1992
Bruce Skeggs	Liberal Party of Australia	1988	1996
Bill Forwood	Liberal Party of Australia	1992	2006
Carlo Furletti	Liberal Party of Australia	1996	2002
Lidia Argondizzo	Australian Labor Party	2002	2006

References

• Psephos Election Results for Victoria — Adam Carr's Election Archive
• Province of Templestowe — Parliamentary Handbook for the 55th Parliament of Victoria
• Newspaper articles:
  • "Preselection – Another Lib MP Dumped", Sunday Age, 1991-06-02
  • "Judges Seek Justice", The Age, 1994-03-10
  • Obituary for Sir Raymond Garrett, The Age, 1994-10-25
  • "Libs Dump Veteran MP", Paul Robinson, Sunday Age, 1995-12-03
  • "Man Of Vision Gets Honorable Send-off", Meaghan Shaw, The Age, 2001-01-17
• Victorian Electoral Commission (correspondence)