title: Melbourne South Province
text: # Melbourne South Province
  
  Melbourne South Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council. It was created in June 1904 when Melbourne Province was reduced in size (four members down to two) and North Yarra Province and South Yarra Province were abolished. The new Melbourne South, Melbourne North, Melbourne East and Melbourne West Provinces were then created.
  
  Melbourne South was defined by the Electoral Provinces Boundaries Act 1903 (taking effect from the 1904 elections) as being bound by: the Yarra River at Clarendon Street, south-east to Dorcas Street, Nelson Road, Cowie and Pickles Street, Hobson's Bay to Glenhuntly Road, Point Nepean Road to North Road, Bambra Road to the Rosstown Railway then west to Kooyong Road, to Dandenong Road, to Hornby Street, to High Street, to Bendigo Street then north by Surrey Road to the Eastern Railway, then to a line with Clara Street, to Toorak Road, to the east boundary of portion 9, parish of Prahran; then north by that boundary to the Yarra River; and then westerly by that river to the commencing point.
  
  Melbourne South was abolished when the new Higinbotham and Monash Provinces were created in 1937.
  
  ## Members for Melbourne South Province
  
  These were members of the upper house province of the Victorian Parliament. The bicameral system of government commenced in November 1856.
  
  | Member 1 | Party | Year | Member 2 | Party |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Thomas Payne | Non-Labor | 1904 | Thomas Luxton | Non-Labor |
  | Thomas Payne | Non-Labor | 1907 | Thomas Luxton | Non-Labor |
  | Thomas Payne | Non-Labor | 1910 | Thomas Luxton | Non-Labor |
  | Thomas Payne | Non-Labor | 1911 | Henry Skinner | Non-Labor |
  | Thomas Payne | Non-Labor | 1912 | Arthur Robinson | Non-Labor |
  | Thomas Payne | Non-Labor | 1913 | Arthur Robinson | Non-Labor |
  | Thomas Payne | Non-Labor | 1916 | Arthur Robinson | Non-Labor |
  | Thomas Payne | Nationalist | 1917 | Arthur Robinson | Nationalist |
  | Thomas Payne | Nationalist | 1919 | Arthur Robinson | Nationalist |
  | Thomas Payne | Nationalist | 1922 | Arthur Robinson | Nationalist |
  | Thomas Payne | Nationalist | 1925 | Frank Clarke | Nationalist |
  | Norman Falkiner | Nationalist | 1928 | Frank Clarke | Nationalist |
  | Harold Cohen | Nationalist | 1929 | Frank Clarke | Nationalist |
  | Harold Cohen | Nationalist | 1931 | Frank Clarke | Nationalist |
  | Harold Cohen | UAP | 1931 | Frank Clarke | UAP |
  | Harold Cohen | UAP | 1934 | Frank Clarke | UAP |
  | Archibald Crofts | UAP | 1935 | Frank Clarke | UAP |
  