South Yarra Province


South Yarra Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council
from November 1882 until May 1904.
South Yarra Province was created in the redistribution of provinces in 1882 when the Central and Eastern Provinces were abolished. The new South Yarra, North Yarra, North Central, South Eastern and Melbourne Provinces were then created.
The Legislative Council Act, 1881, created and defined the South Yarra Province as:
South Yarra Province was abolished in another redistribution of Provinces in 1904; new provinces including East Yarra, Melbourne East Province, Melbourne North Province, Melbourne South Province and Melbourne West Provinces were created.

Members for South Yarra Province

These were members of the upper house province of the Victorian Legislative Council. Three initially, four from the expansion of the Council in 1889.
Member 1TermMember 2TermMember 3Term--
James GrahamNov. 1882 –
August? 1886		James MacBainNov. 1882 –
Nov. 1892		Frederick SargoodNov. 1882 –
Mar. 1901		--
Simon FraserAugust 1886 –
Mar.? 1901		Matthew LangDec. 1892 –
Mar. 1893		Frederick SargoodNov. 1882 –
Mar. 1901		Member 4Term
Edmund SmithJune 1901 –
Nov. 1903		Sir Edward MillerJune 1893 –
May 1904		Thomas Henry PayneJune 1901 –
May 1904		Sir John Mark DaviesSep. 1889 –
Sep. 1895
Thomas LuxtonDec. 1903 –
May 1904		Sir Edward MillerJune 1893 –
May 1904		Thomas Henry PayneJune 1901 –
May 1904		George GodfreySep. 1895 –
May 1904

= by-election
= resigned