Chelsea Province

Chelsea Province Victoria—Legislative Council
State	Victoria
Created	1976
Abolished	2006
Demographic	Metropolitan

Chelsea Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council. It existed as a two-member electorate from 1976 to 2006, with members holding alternating eight-year terms. It was a marginal seat throughout its existence, and was won by the party that won government at each election from 1982 to 2006. 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 in the south-east of Melbourne. In 2002, when it was last contested, it covered an area of 266 km² and included the suburbs of Carrum, Carrum Downs, Chelsea, Cranbourne, Frankston, Hampton Park, Keysborough, Seaford and Springvale.

Members for Chelsea Province

Member 1		Party	Year
	Neil Stacey	Liberal	1976	Member 2		Party
			1979		Eric Kent	Labor
	Mal Sandon	Labor	1982
			1985		Maureen Lyster	Labor
	Burwyn Davidson	Labor	1988
			1992		Sue Wilding	Liberal
	Cameron Boardman	Liberal	1996
			1999		Bob Smith	Labor
	Matt Viney	Labor	2002

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Chelsea Province

2002 Victorian state election: Chelsea Province

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Matt Viney	69,508	54.0	+5.5
	Liberal	Vanthida Lao	42,715	33.2	−11.9
	Greens	Hilary Bray	11,904	9.3	+8.7
	Democrats	Wendy Thacker	4,525	3.5	−0.5
Total formal votes			128,652	96.1	−0.2
Informal votes			5,234	3.9	+0.2
Turnout			133,886	92.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Matt Viney	80,160	61.7	+8.9
	Liberal	Vanthida Lao	49,825	38.3	−8.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+8.9