The Electoral district of Alberton 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 colony 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 ...
,
[
] located in the south-east of the then-colony.
Its area was defined as: "''Commencing at the Mouth of
Worrigall Creek on the
Ninety Mile Beach Bounded on the North by a Line West Seventeen Miles to the Eastern Branch of the
River Tarra; thence on the South-west by a Line in a South-westerly Direction to the Mouth of the Little River in
Corner Inlet
The Corner Inlet is a bay located south-east of Melbourne in the South Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia. Of Victoria's large bays it is both the easternmost and the warmest. It contains intertidal mudflats, mangroves, salt marsh and s ...
; and on the South and South-east by the Sea coast (including
Snake Island) to the commencing Point"''.
[
]
Alberton was abolished in 1859, its area became part of the new
electoral district of South Gipps Land.
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]
Member
References
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Former electoral districts of Victoria (state)
1856 establishments in Australia
1859 disestablishments in Australia