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{{Short description|Former electoral province of the Victorian Legislative Council, Australia}}
{{about|the federal electorate|the state electoral province|Division of Higinbotham}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Infobox Australian electorate
| upper     = yes
| name      = Higinbotham
| state     = vic
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| created   = 1937
| abolished = 2006
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| area      = 108
| class     = Metropolitan
}}

'''Higinbotham Province''' was an electorate of the [[Victorian Legislative Council]].<ref name=parl>
{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/re-member/bioregsearch.cfm
|title=Re-Member (Former Members)
|publisher=State Government of Victoria
|access-date=25 May 2014}}
</ref> It existed as a two-member electorate from 1937 to 2006, with members serving alternating eight-year terms. It was considered a safe seat for the [[Liberal Party of Australia (Victorian Division)|Liberal]] throughout its history, though it was won by Labor candidate [[Noel Pullen]] in Labor's landslide victory at the [[2002 Victorian general election|2002 state election]]. It was abolished from the [[2006 Victorian general election|2006 state election]] in the wake of the [[Steve Bracks|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 108&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> and included the suburbs of [[Bentleigh, Victoria|Bentleigh]], [[Black Rock, Victoria|Black Rock]], [[Brighton, Victoria|Brighton]], [[Cheltenham, Victoria|Cheltenham]], [[Mentone, Victoria|Mentone]], [[Moorabbin, Victoria|Moorabbin]], [[Mordialloc, Victoria|Mordialloc]] and [[Sandringham, Victoria|Sandringham]].

==Members for Higinbotham Province==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan=2|Member 1
!Party
!Year
|-
|rowspan=3 {{Australian party style|uap}}|&nbsp;
|rowspan=8 |[[James Kennedy (Australian politician)|James Kennedy]]
|rowspan=3 |[[United Australia Party|United Australia]]
|'''[[1937 Victorian Legislative Council election|1937]]'''
!colspan=2|Member 2
!Party
|-
|'''[[1940 Victorian Legislative Council election|1940]]'''
|rowspan=2 {{Australian party style|UAP}}|&nbsp;
|rowspan=3 |[[James Disney (politician)|James Disney]]
|rowspan=2 |[[United Australia Party|United Australia]]
|-
|'''[[1943 Victorian Legislative Council election|1943]]'''
|-
|rowspan=2 {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|&nbsp;
|rowspan=2 |[[Liberal Party of Australia (Victorian Division)|Liberal]]
| 1945
|{{Australian party style|Liberal}}|&nbsp;
|[[Liberal Party of Australia (Victorian Division)|Liberal]]
|-
|'''[[1946 Victorian Legislative Council election|1946]]'''
|{{Australian party style|Liberal}}|&nbsp;
|rowspan=8 |[[Arthur Warner]]
|[[Liberal Party of Australia (Victorian Division)|Liberal]]
|-
|rowspan=3 {{Australian party style|Liberal and Country}}|&nbsp;
|rowspan=3 |[[Liberal and Country Party|Liberal and Country]]
| 1949
|rowspan=7 {{Australian party style|Liberal and Country}}|&nbsp;
|rowspan=7 |[[Liberal and Country Party|Liberal and Country]]
|-
|'''[[1949 Victorian Legislative Council election|1949]]'''
|-
|'''[[1952 Victorian Legislative Council election|1952]]'''
|-
|rowspan=5 {{Australian party style|Liberal and Country}}|&nbsp;
|rowspan=7 |[[Lindsay Thompson]]
|rowspan=5 |[[Liberal and Country Party|Liberal and Country]]
| [[1954 Higinbotham Province state by-election|1954]]
|-
|'''[[1955 Victorian Legislative Council election|1955]]'''
|-
|'''[[1958 Victorian Legislative Council election|1958]]'''
|-
|'''[[1961 Victorian state election|1961]]'''
|-
|'''[[1964 Victorian state election|1964]]'''
|{{Australian party style|Liberal and Country}}|&nbsp;
|rowspan=2 |[[Baron Snider]]
|[[Liberal and Country Party|Liberal and Country]]
|-
|rowspan=2 {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|&nbsp;
|rowspan=2 |[[Liberal Party of Australia (Victorian Division)|Liberal]]
| 1965
|{{Australian party style|Liberal}}|&nbsp;
|[[Liberal Party of Australia (Victorian Division)|Liberal]]
|-
| [[1967 Higinbotham Province state by-election|1967]]
|rowspan=6 {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|&nbsp;
|rowspan=6 |[[Murray Hamilton (politician)|Murray Hamilton]]
|rowspan=6 |[[Liberal Party of Australia (Victorian Division)|Liberal]]
|-
|rowspan=4 {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|&nbsp;
|rowspan=4 |[[William Fry (Victorian politician)|William Fry]]
|rowspan=4 |[[Liberal Party of Australia (Victorian Division)|Liberal]]
|'''[[1967 Victorian state election|1967]]'''
|-
|'''[[1970 Victorian state election|1970]]'''
|-
|'''[[1973 Victorian state election|1973]]'''
|-
|'''[[1976 Victorian state election|1976]]'''
|-
|rowspan=4 {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|&nbsp;
|rowspan=4 |[[Robert Lawson (Victorian politician)|Robert Lawson]]
|rowspan=4 |[[Liberal Party of Australia (Victorian Division)|Liberal]]
|'''[[1979 Victorian state election|1979]]'''
|-
|'''[[1982 Victorian state election|1982]]'''
|rowspan=4 {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|&nbsp;
|rowspan=4 |[[Geoffrey Connard]]
|rowspan=4 |[[Liberal Party of Australia (Victorian Division)|Liberal]]
|-
|'''[[1985 Victorian state election|1985]]'''
|-
|'''[[1988 Victorian state election|1988]]'''
|-
|rowspan=4 {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|&nbsp;
|rowspan=4 |[[Chris Strong]]
|rowspan=4 |[[Liberal Party of Australia (Victorian Division)|Liberal]]
|'''[[1992 Victorian state election|1992]]'''
|-
|'''[[1996 Victorian state election|1996]]'''
|rowspan=2 {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|&nbsp;
|rowspan=2 |[[John Ross (Victorian politician)|John Ross]]
|rowspan=2 |[[Liberal Party of Australia (Victorian Division)|Liberal]]
|-
|'''[[1999 Victorian state election|1999]]'''
|-
|'''[[2002 Victorian state election|2002]]'''
|{{Australian party style|Labor}}|&nbsp;
|[[Noel Pullen]]
|[[Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch)|Labor]]
|}

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

{{Election box begin
|title = [[2002 Victorian state election]]: Higinbotham Province
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Liberal VIC
|candidate = Michael Heffernan
|votes = 60,580
|percentage = 45.7
|change = -10.1
}}

{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Labor VIC
|candidate = [[Noel Pullen]]
|votes = 52,445
|percentage = 39.6
|change = +36.9
}}

{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Greens VIC
|candidate = Tony McDermott
|votes = 16,451
|percentage = 12.4
|change = +12.4
}}

{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Democrats
|candidate = Derek Wilson
|votes = 2,952
|percentage = 2.2
|change = -39.1
}}

{{Election box formal
|votes = 132,428
|percentage = 97.2
|change = +0.3
}}

{{Election box informal
|votes = 3,845
|percentage = 2.8
|change = -0.3
}}

{{Election box turnout
|votes = 136,273
|percentage = 92.7
|change =
}}

{{Election box 2pp}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Labor VIC
|candidate = [[Noel Pullen]]
|votes = 66,711
|percentage = 50.4
|change = +6.5
}}

{{Election box candidate AU party
|party = Liberal VIC
|candidate = Michael Heffernan
|votes = 65,717
|percentage = 49.6
|change = -6.5
}}

{{Election box gain AU party
|winner = Labor VIC
|loser = Liberal VIC
|swing = +6.5
}}

{{Election box end}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Electoral provinces of Victoria}}

[[Category:Former electoral provinces of Victoria (state)]]
[[Category:1937 establishments in Australia]]
[[Category:2006 disestablishments in Australia]]


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