Jika Jika Province

Jika Jika
Victoria—Legislative Council
Jika Jika; Victoria—Legislative Council
State	Victoria
Created	1985
Abolished	2006
Area	108 km2 (41.7 sq mi)
Demographic	Metropolitan
Coordinates	37°43′S 145°00′E / 37.717°S 145.000°E

Jika Jika Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council in Victoria, Australia.^[1] It existed as a two-member electorate from 1985 to 2006, with members holding alternating eight-year terms. It was a safe seat for the Labor Party throughout its existence. 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 northern suburbs of Melbourne. In 2002, when it was last contested, it covered an area of 108 km² and included the suburbs of Bundoora, Fairfield, Greensborough, Mill Park, Northcote, Preston, Reservoir, South Morang and Thornbury.

Members for Jika Jika Province

	Party	Year
George Crawford	Labor	1985	Member 2		Party
George Crawford	Labor	1988		Theo Theophanous	Labor
Pat Power	Labor	1992
Pat Power	Labor	1996
Jenny Mikakos	Labor	1999
Jenny Mikakos	Labor	2002

Election results

2002 Victorian state election: Jika Jika Province
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Theo Theophanous	78,149	59.9	−5.8
	Liberal	Thomas Flitner	28,160	21.6	−12.5
	Greens	Alexandra Bhathal	18,914	14.5	+14.5
	Democrats	Jess Healy	5,261	4.0	+3.9
Total formal votes			130,484	95.7	−0.3
Informal votes			5,798	4.3	+0.3
Turnout			136,282	92.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Theo Theophanous	98,031	75.1	+9.2
	Liberal	Thomas Flitner	32,424	24.9	−9.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+9.2

References

^ "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 25 May 2014.

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[parl-1] "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 25 May 2014.

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