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Members Of The Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1871–1874
This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, from the elections of 14 February; 3, 16 March 1871 to the elections of 25 March; 9, 22 April 1874. Victoria was a British self-governing colony in Australia at the time. :Note the "Term in Office" refers to that members term(s) in the Assembly, not necessarily for that electorate. : Champ resigned in May 1873, replaced by George Higinbotham in a by-election the same month. : Fellows left Parliament December 1872, replaced by Robert Murray Smith in an 1873 by-election. : McCulloch resigned around March 1872, replaced by James Purves in a March 1872 by-election. : Russell resigned in January 1873 replaced by John Montgomery in a February by-election. : Spensley left Parliament around May 1873, replaced by Thomas Must in a May 1873 by-election. : Witt resigned July 1872, replaced by John Orr in a by-election the same month Charles MacMahon was Speaker Speaker may refer to: Society and politics * Speaker (polit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victorian Legislative Assembly Districts 1859-1877
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Electoral District Of Mandurang
The Electoral district of Mandurang was an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly (Australia), based in north central Victoria around, but not including, the town of Bendigo Bendigo ( ) is a city in Victoria, Australia, located in the Bendigo Valley near the geographical centre of the state and approximately north-west of Melbourne, the state capital. As of 2019, Bendigo had an urban population of 100,991, makin ... (then known as Sandhurst). The district was defined as: The district of Mandurang was created in the expansion of the Legislative Assembly in 1859 and abolished in the redistribution of 1904. Initially two members were returned, an additional member was added from 1877. After the 1889 electoral re-distribution where Sandhurst South and 40 other districts were created by the Electoral Act Amendment Act 1888, Mandurang reverted to one member. Members See also * Parliaments of the Australian states and territories * List of members of the V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Cunningham (Australian Politician)
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Electoral District Of South Bourke
The Electoral district of South Bourke (sometimes Bourke South) was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in then Australian colony of Victoria. It was one of the original 36 electoral districts of the Assembly. It covered an area east of Melbourne, bounded by Dandenong Creek in the south and east, Moorabbin, Prahran and Hawthorn in the west and Templestowe in the north. It was abolished in 1889. Members for South Bourke Two members originally, one after the redistribution of 1877. = resigned = by election Keys went on to represent the new Electoral district of Dandenong and Berwick Dandenong and Berwick was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria from 1889 to 1904. It was located south-east of Melbourne, in the area around Dandenong and Berwick. Members The seat was abol ... from April 1889. References {{DEFAULTSORT:South Bourke Former electoral districts of Victoria (Australia) 1856 establi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Branscombe Crews
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Electoral District Of Normanby (Victoria)
The Electoral district of Normanby was an electoral district in the Legislative Assembly of Victoria, it covered an area from the South Australian border to Portland Bay. Being defined in the Victoria Constitution Act 1855 as ''"Bounded on the North by the Grange Burn and River Wannon until the latter joins the River Glenelg; on the West by the River Glenelg to the Sea; on the South by the Sea Shore to the Mouth of the River Shaw; and on the East by the Western Branch of the River Shaw to its Source ; thence by a Line North to the Source of the Swamp Creek; by that Creek to Mount Napier Swamp ; and thence by a Line North Six Miles Fifteen Chains to the Grange Burn, including the Laurence’s and Lady Julia Percy’s Islands, excepting the Country included in the Electoral District of Portland"'' It was one of the districts in the inaugural Assembly. Normanby was abolished in 1904, part of its area was contained in the new Electoral district of Glenelg. Members for Nor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Cope (politician)
Thomas Cope (c.1814 – 3 April 1882) was a politician in colonial Victoria (Australia). Cope was born in Postgate, Staffordshire, England, and arrived in Melbourne around 1857. Cope was a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Normanby from May 1868 to April 1877 and member for Portland from May 1877 to February 1880. Cope died in Abbotsford, Victoria Abbotsford ( wyi, Carran-carramulk) is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, north-east of Melbourne's Melbourne City Centre, Central Business District, located within the City of Yarra Local government a .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Cope, Thomas 1814 births 1882 deaths Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly 19th-century Australian politicians English emigrants to colonial Australia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of East Melbourne
East Melbourne was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria Victoria most commonly refers to: * Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia * Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada * Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory * Victoria, Seychelle ... 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 – 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 (''née'' 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 Grenville
Grenville was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria from 1859 to 1927. It was located in western Victoria, south of Ballarat. Members Two members initially, one from 1904. : = elected in a by-election : = died in office Grenville was preceded by the "Electoral district of Polwarth, Ripon, Hampden and South Grenville" and " Electoral district of North Grenville" which were both original districts of the first Legislative Assembly of 1856 and was abolished in 1859. The Electoral district of Warrenheip and Grenville was created in 1927 after Grenville was abolished. Arthur Hughes, the last member for Grenville, represented Electoral district of Hampden Hampden was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria from 1904 until its abolition in 1976. Most of the territory located in the old division of Hampden was transferred into the re-created electorate ... from April 1927. E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Clarke (Victorian Politician)
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Electoral District Of Williamstown
Williamstown is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria. It is a 33 km2 urban electorate in the inner south-western suburbs of Melbourne, encompassing the suburbs of Brooklyn, Newport, Spotswood, Williamstown and Yarraville. The electorate had a population of 54,426 as of the 2006 census. Williamstown is one of only three electorates (along with Brighton and Richmond) to have been contested at every election since 1856. It is a very safe seat for the Labor Party, which has held it for all but two terms since 1889 and without interruption since 1904. Notable former members include John Lemmon, who held the seat for a Victorian record 51 years until his retirement in 1955, and former Premiers Joan Kirner and Steve Bracks. Steve Bracks held the seat from a by-election in 1994 until his surprise resignation on 30 July 2007. A by-election was held on 15 September 2007, resulting in the election of Labor's Wade Noonan Wade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
