title: Monash Province
text: # Monash Province
  
  Monash Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council until 2006. It was abolished from the 2006 state election in the wake of the Bracks Labor government's reform of the Legislative Council.
  
  ## Members for Monash Province
  
  | Member 1 | Party | Year |
  | - | - | - |
  | Frank Clarke | United Australia | 1937 | Member 2 | Member 2 | Party |
  | Frank Clarke | United Australia | 1940 | | Archibald Crofts | United Australia |
  | Frank Clarke | United Australia | 1942 | | Frank Beaurepaire | United Australia |
  | Frank Clarke | United Australia | 1943 | | Frank Beaurepaire | United Australia |
  | Frank Clarke | United Australia | 1943 | | Frank Beaurepaire | United Australia |
  | Frank Clarke | Liberal | 1945 | | Frank Beaurepaire | Liberal |
  | Frank Clarke | Liberal | 1946 | | Frank Beaurepaire | Liberal |
  | Frank Clarke | Liberal and Country | 1949 | | Frank Beaurepaire | Liberal and Country |
  | Frank Clarke | Liberal and Country | 1949 | | Frank Beaurepaire | Liberal and Country |
  | Frank Clarke | Liberal and Country | 1952 | | Thomas Brennan | Labor |
  | Frank Clarke | Liberal and Country | 1955 | | Thomas Brennan | Labor (A-C) |
  | Charles Gawith | Liberal and Country | 1955 | | Thomas Brennan | Labor (A-C) |
  | Charles Gawith | Liberal and Country | 1955 | | Thomas Brennan | Labor (A-C) |
  | Charles Gawith | Liberal and Country | 1958 | | Graham Nicol | Liberal and Country |
  | Charles Gawith | Liberal and Country | 1961 | | Graham Nicol | Liberal and Country |
  | Charles Gawith | Liberal and Country | 1964 | | Graham Nicol | Liberal and Country |
  | Charles Gawith | Liberal | 1965 | | Graham Nicol | Liberal |
  | Lindsay Thompson | Liberal | 1967 | | Graham Nicol | Liberal |
  | Lindsay Thompson | Liberal | 1970 | | Graham Nicol | Liberal |
  | Charles Hider | Liberal | 1970 | | Graham Nicol | Liberal |
  | Charles Hider | Liberal | 1973 | | Graham Nicol | Liberal |
  | Charles Hider | Liberal | 1976 | | James Guest | Liberal |
  | Don Hayward | Liberal | 1979 | | James Guest | Liberal |
  | Don Hayward | Liberal | 1982 | | James Guest | Liberal |
  | Reg Macey | Liberal | 1985 | | James Guest | Liberal |
  | Reg Macey | Liberal | 1988 | | James Guest | Liberal |
  | Louise Asher | Liberal | 1992 | | James Guest | Liberal |
  | Louise Asher | Liberal | 1996 | | Peter Katsambanis | Liberal |
  | Andrea Coote | Liberal | 1999 | | Peter Katsambanis | Liberal |
  | Andrea Coote | Liberal | 2002 | | Johan Scheffer | Labor |
  
      Beaurepaire resigned in August 1943, re-elected in October 1943
  
  ## Election results
  
  2002 Victorian state election: Monash Province :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Peter Katsambanis | 55,855 | 43.5 | -8.1 |
  | | Labor | Johan Scheffer | 46,697 | 36.3 | -1.2 |
  | | Greens | Jo Lewis | 23,154 | 18.0 | +18.0 |
  | | Democrats | David Zemdegs | 2,795 | 2.2 | -5.3 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 128,501 | 97.0 | +0.2 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 4,015 | 3.0 | -0.2 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 132,516 | 89.2 | |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Labor | Johan Scheffer | 66,740 | 51.9 | +7.5 |
  | | Liberal | Peter Katsambanis | 61,761 | 48.1 | -7.5 |
  | | Labor gain from Liberal | Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +7.5 | |
  