| 153-155 Springvale
Road, |
| Nunawading Victoria
3131 |
| PO Box 280, Nunawading Vic 3131 |
| Telephone: (03) 9877 7188 |
| Fax: (03) 9877 7199 |
| Email: Bruce
Atkinson |
| Melway Ref: 48 M10 |
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| Suite 10 |
| 477 Burwood Highway |
| VERMONT SOUTH VIC 3133 |
| Telephone: (03) 9803 0592 |
| Fax:(03) 9803 0586 |
| Email: Richard
Dalla-Riva |
| Melway Ref: 62 F7 |
|
| 13a Civic Place |
| Ringwood Victoria
3134 |
| |
| Telephone: (03) 9870 8284 |
| Fax: (03) 9870 8119 |
| Email: Jan
Kronberg |
| Melway Ref: 49 G8 |
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Features of the Region
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| Area:
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| 382 square kilometres, incorporating
the suburbs of Eltham, Lower Plenty, Warrandyte, Bulleen, Doncaster,
Croydon, Ringwood, Box Hill, Mitcham, Vermont, Bayswater, Burwood
East, Ferntree Gully, and Rowville. |
| Districts: |
| Bayswater, Box Hill, Bulleen, Doncaster,
Eltham, Ferntree Gully, Forest Hill, Kilsyth, Mitcham, Scoresby
and Warrandyte. |
| Suburbs: |
| Box Hill, Doncaster, Croydon, Eltham,
Ferntree Gully, Greensborough, Mitcham, Ringwood and Scoresby
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| Features: |
| Eastern Metropolitan Region is a
residential electorate. Features include the Blackburn Lake
Sanctuary, a number of recreation, sports and shopping areas,
the proposed Dandenong Valley Parklands, reserves and gardens
and a number of private hospitals and retirement villages. |
| History: |
| The Constitution (Parliamentary Reform)
Act 2003 changed the size and structure of the Legislative Council.
Previously, the Legislative Council comprised 44 members, elected
from 22 electoral provinces. The Act provided that, from the
2006 State election, the Legislative Council would comprise
40 members, elected from eight electoral regions. Each region
having 5 elected members. The new boundaries came into operation
at the November 2006 State election. |
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