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Western Province was a former electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council (Australia), the upper house of the Parliament of Victoria.〔 (【引用サイトリンク】title=Re-Member (Former Members) ) 〕 Victoria was a colony in Australia when Western Province was created. From Federation in 1901, Victoria was a state in the Commonwealth of Australia. Western Province was one of the six original upper house Provinces of the bi-cameral Victorian Parliament created in November 1856.〔 〕 Western Province was defined in the Victorian Constitution Act, 1855, as : "Including the Counties of Ripon, Hampden, Heytesbury, Villiers, Normanby, Dundas, and Follett."〔 (【引用サイトリンク】title=Victoria Constitution Act 1855 ) 〕 In 1882, several new Provinces were created, including Nelson Province and Wellington Province, the numbers of members elected for Western Province was reduced to three from this time.〔 (【引用サイトリンク】title=The Legislative Council Act 1881 )〕 Another redistribution in 1904 reduced the number of members to two.〔 (【引用サイトリンク】title=Electoral Provinces Boundaries Act 1903 )〕 In 2006, the Western Province (along with all the other provinces in the Legislative Council) was abolished and replaced by regions. All of the area covered by Western Province is contained in the larger Western Victoria Region.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Western Victoria Region profile )〕 ==Members for Western Province== Five members initially〔 until 1882.〔 Three from 1882 until 1904,〔 then two members from 1904 until abolition in 2006. : = elected in a by-election :John Vogels was later a member for Western Victoria Region from 25 November 2006 to 26 November 2010.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Western Province (Victoria)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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