North Western Province (or North-Western Province) was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council (Australia), created in 1856 and was abolished in 2006. Victoria was a British colony in Australia when North-Western Province was created, it became a state of Australia on Federation on 1 January 1901. North Western was one of the six original upper house Provinces of the bi-cameral Victorian Parliament created in November 1856, each Province initially having five members.