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Members Of The Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1861β1864
This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly in Australia from the elections of 2β19 August 1861 to the elections of OctoberβNovember 1864. :Note the "Term in Office" refers to that members term(s) in the Assembly, not necessarily for that electorate. : Brodribb resigned in March 1862; replaced by George Higinbotham in an April 1862 by-election : H. Chapman resigned in February 1862; replaced by James McCulloch in a March 1862 by-election : J. Chapman was disqualified in October 1861; replaced by Alexander John Smith in a November 1861 by-election : Casey was unseated on petition in March 1862; replaced by Robert Frederick Howard in a March 1862 by-election : Costello was expelled in November 1861; replaced by John Sinclair (Victorian politician), John Sinclair in a November 1861 by-election : Denovan resigned in July 1862; replaced by Robert Strickland (Australian politician), Robert Strickland in a November 1862 by-election : Everard was disqualified i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, smaller islands. With an area of , Australia is the largest country by area in Oceania and the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, sixth-largest country. Australia is the oldest, flattest, and driest inhabited continent, with the least fertile soils. It is a Megadiverse countries, megadiverse country, and its size gives it a wide variety of landscapes and climates, with Deserts of Australia, deserts in the centre, tropical Forests of Australia, rainforests in the north-east, and List of mountains in Australia, mountain ranges in the south-east. The ancestors of Aboriginal Australians began arriving from south east Asia approximately Early human migrations#Nearby Oceania, 65,000 years ago, during the Last Glacial Period, last i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Casey (Australian Politician)
James Joseph Casey (25 December 1831 β 5 April 1913) was a politician in colonial Victoria (Australia), a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly almost continuously from 1861 to 1880 who also served as a judge of the County Court of Victoria and Victorian Land Tax Commissioner. Casey was born in Tromroe, County Clare, Ireland, the son of James Casey. He was educated at Galway College, and after five years spent in America he arrived in Victoria in 1855, where he joined Angus Mackay in the purchase of the '' Bendigo Advertiser'', and afterwards started the ''McIvor Times'' and '' Riverine Herald''. In August 1861 Casey was elected to the Assembly for Sandhurst, but was unseated on petition in March 1862. After being unsuccessful for Grenville in 1862, in August 1863 he was returned for Mandurang in the Liberal interest, and continued to sit for that constituency until February 1880. In September 1865 he was called to the Victorian bar, and practised with success, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of South Grant
South Grant was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria from 1856 to 1877. South Grant was based in the countryside surrounding (but not including) Geelong, bordered on the north and east by the Werribee River, on the west by the Yarrowee River The Yarrowee River (or Yaramlok in the Aboriginal language) is a perennial river of the Corangamite catchment, located in the Central Highlands region of the Australian state of Victoria. Location and features The Yarrowee is a major tributa ... and the coastline to current-day Anglesea. The district of South Grant was one of the initial districts of the first Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1856. Members for South Grant Three members were elected to the district. # = won seat in by-election = seat forfeited References {{DEFAULTSORT:South Grant Former electoral districts of Victoria (Australia) 1856 establishments in Australia 1877 disestablishment ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael James Cummins
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Electoral District Of North Melbourne
North Melbourne was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria from 1859 to 1927. The Electoral District of North Melbourne was defined as being bound by Victoria Street/Parade on the south, Nicholson Street on the east, the southern boundary of portion 90, parish of Jika Jika on the north and a line south from Mains Bridge (now Flemington Bridge) to the Victoria Street alignment by the 1858 Electoral Districts Act. This included the suburbs of Carlton, Parkville and North Melbourne. The district was abolished, along with several others, when the Electoral Districts Act 1926 was implemented in 1927. Members Two members initially, one from the redistribution of 1889 when Port Melbourne and other districts were created. : = by-election : = expelled Prendergast went on to represent the Electoral district of Footscray The electoral district of Footscray is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It lies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Costello (Victoria)
Patrick Costello (18 March 1824 β 17 October 1896) was an Australian businessman and politician active in the Colony of Victoria. Costello was born in County Leitrim, Ireland. He arrived in Melbourne when he was 17, through an assisted migration scheme. Costello made his fortune as a builder and contractor during the gold rush, and built a large home in Carlton. He was elected to the Melbourne City Council in 1855. Costello ran for the Victorian Legislative Assembly in 1859 and 1861, standing in the seat of North Melbourne and running on a liberal platform which included support for secular education and opposition to the Masters and Servants Acts. He was successful on his second attempt. Costello was sworn into the Legislative Assembly on 31 August 1861, but was expelled two months later on 1 November after being convicted of electoral fraud. This was not in relation to his own election, but rather his actions in the Mornington seat, where he organised personation. Costel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of East Melbourne
East Melbourne was an electoral district An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division, or (election) precinct is a subdivision of a larger state (a country, administrative region, or other polity ... of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria from 1859 to 1927. It was defined in the 1858 Electoral Act as: Initially the district was created with two members, this was reduced to one member from the Assembly elections of 1904. Members for East Melbourne : = by-election : = resigned Election results References * {{DEFAULTSORT:East Melbourne Former electoral districts of Victoria (Australia) 1859 establishments in Australia 1927 disestablishments in Australia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Cohen
Edward Aaron Cohen (1822 β 13 April 1877) was an Australian merchant and a Victorian colonial politician. He served as Mayor of Melbourne from 1862 to 1863. Early life Cohen was born in London, the son of Henry Cohen and Elizabeth Cohen (''nΓ©e'' Simmons). Cohen migrated from England to New South Wales in 1833. As a young man, he was employed by father in his firm H Cohen & Son. In 1842, Cohen moved to Melbourne and joined in a partnership with B. Francis in an auctioneering enterprise until 1853 where he went to Sydney and created a partnership with his brother and Alexander Fraser until 1864. In 1847, Cohen married Rebecca Benjamin and they had five sons and three daughters. In 1864, Cohen was a tea importer and merchant. Cohen was also director of various companies and worked with Benjamin Benjamin (who was his brother in law), Chairman Colonial Bank. Political career In August 1861, Cohen was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly for the seat of East Melbourne. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Castlemaine
Castlemaine was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria from 1859 to 1904. It included the towns of Castlemaine, Muckleford and Harcourt Harcourt may refer to: People *Harcourt (surname) * Harcourt (given name) Places Canada *Harcourt Parish, New Brunswick * Harcourt, New Brunswick, an unincorporated community * Harcourt, Ontario, a village *Harcourt, Newfoundland and Labrad .... It was preceded by the Electoral district of Castlemaine Boroughs, which existed from 1856 to 1859 and was one of the original districts of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. In 1904 the district of Castlemaine was abolished, and a new electorate, the Electoral district of Castlemaine and Maldon, was created. One of the last members of Castlemaine, Harry Lawson, represented Castlemaine and Maldon from 1904 to 1927. Members for Castlemaine Three members were initially elected. Two members from May 1877. : = by-election : = disqualifie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Chapman (Victorian Politician)
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Electoral District Of Mornington
The electoral district of Mornington is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. The electorate can be described as outer metropolitan and rural, including animal farming, grape production and wineries. The district is 155 square kilometres in area. It was first created in 1859 when the Electoral district of Evelyn and Mornington was abolished and split in two. The district of Mornington initially included the entire Mornington Peninsula, Phillip Island and French Island. Currently it includes Mornington, Mount Eliza, Mount Martha and Tuerong, and parts of Baxter and Moorooduc. Mornington has been held by the Liberal Party since it was re-created in 1985. Since 2022, the member for Mornington is Chris Crewther, who previously held the overlapping federal seat of Dunkley from 2016 to 2019. Members for Mornington Election results Historical maps Electoral_district_of_Mornington,_Victoria_-_1859.png, Location of Mornington district in 1859 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Samuel Chapman
Henry Samuel Chapman (21 July 1803 β 27 December 1881) was an Australian and New Zealand judge, colonial secretary, attorney-general, journalist and politician. Early life Chapman was born at Kennington, London, the son of Henry Chapman, English civil servant, and his wife Ann, daughter of Rev. Thomas Hart Davies. Chapman was educated privately at Bromley, Kent. In 1818, he entered a bank, then in 1823 emigrated to Quebec, Canada where he went into business as a commission merchant. In 1833 he started the first Canadian daily newspapers, the radical ''Montreal Daily Advertiser'', in association with Samuel Revans. In 1835, Chapman returned to England as a salaried intermediary between the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada and its friends in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. Chapman remained in England for some time and took up the study of law, being admitted to the bar of the Middle Temple in 1840. Five years earlier he had published ''The Act for the Regulation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
