title: Eumemmerring Province
text: # Eumemmerring Province
  
  Eumemmerring Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council. It existed as a two-member electorate from 1985 to 2006, with members holding alternating eight-year terms. It was a marginal seat throughout its existence, changing parties in the large landslide elections of 1992 and 2002. 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 on the south-eastern fringe of Melbourne. In 2002, when it was last contested, it covered an area of 2,199 $km^2$ and included the suburbs of Berwick, Cockatoo, Dandenong, Emerald, Gembrook, Narre Warren, Warburton and Yarra Junction.
  
  ## Members for Eumemmerring Province
  
  | Member 1 | Party | Year |
  | - | - | - |
  | Fred Van Buren | Labor | 1985 | Member 2 | Member 2 | Party |
  | Fred Van Buren | Labor | 1988 | | Bob Ives | Labor |
  | Ron Wells | Liberal | 1992 | | Bob Ives | Labor |
  | Ron Wells | Liberal | 1996 | | Neil Lucas | Liberal |
  | Gordon Rich-Phillips | Liberal | 1999 | | Neil Lucas | Liberal |
  | Gordon Rich-Phillips | Liberal | 2002 | | Adem Somyurek | Labor |
  
  ## Election results
  
  2002 Victorian state election: Eumemmerring Province :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Adem Somyurek | 67,534 | 52.9 | +8.4 |
  | | Liberal | Mick Morland | 46,120 | 36.1 | -10.1 |
  | | Greens | Val Kay | 14,059 | 11.0 | +11.0 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 127,713 | 95.8 | -0.1 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 5,546 | 4.2 | +0.1 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 133,259 | 93.4 | |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Labor | Adem Somyurek | 76,438 | 59.9 | +10.5 |
  | | Liberal | Mick Morland | 51,230 | 40.1 | -10.5 |
  | | Labor gain from Liberal | Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +10.5 | |
  
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