Silvan Province

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Short description Template:Template other 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 1		Party	Year
rowspan=2 Template:Australian party style|	Rosemary Varty	Liberal	1992	Member 2		Party
1996			rowspan=2 Template:Australian party style|	Wendy Smith	Liberal
rowspan=2 Template:Australian party style|	Andrew Olexander	Liberal	1999
2002			Template:Australian party style|	Carolyn Hirsh	Labor
Template:Australian party style|		Independent	2005		Template:Australian party style|	Independent

Election results

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2002 Victorian state election: Silvan Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Wendy Smith	59,906	44.4
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Carolyn Hirsh	56,588	41.9
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Michael Abson	14,793	11.0
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Tony Carden	2,333	1.7
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Leo Tischler	1,347	1.0
Total formal votes			134,967	96.7
Informal votes			4,549	3.3
Turnout			139,516	93.5
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Carolyn Hirsh	69,885	51.8
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Wendy Smith	65,082	48.2
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name gain from Template:Australian politics/name		Swing

References

• http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/re-member/bioregsearch.cfm