Geelong West was an
electoral district of the
Legislative Assembly[
] in the Australian state of
Victoria
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from 1859 to 1985. It was located west of the city of
Geelong, defined in the Victorian Electoral Act, 1858 as:
Geelong West (along with
Electoral district of Geelong East
Geelong East was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria from 1859 to 1985. It was located south of the city of Geelong, defined in the Victorian Electoral Act, 1858 as:
Geelong East (along with ...
) was created when the four-member
Electoral district of Geelong
The electoral district of Geelong is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It centres on inner metropolitan Geelong and following the June 2013 redistribution of electoral boundaries includes the suburbs of Belmont, Bre ...
was abolished in 1859. Geelong West and Geelong East were abolished in 1877, replaced by a re-created 3-member district of Geelong. Geelong West was re-created in 1955.
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]
Members
: Foott died 24 September 1868, replaced by Graham Berry in October 1868.
:Johnstone and Berry went on to represent the re-created Geelong from 1877.[
]
Election results
External links
Electoral districts of Geelong West and Geelong, 1956
Map at State Library of Victoria
References
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Former electoral districts of Victoria (Australia)
1859 establishments in Australia
1955 establishments in Australia
1877 disestablishments in Australia
1985 disestablishments in Australia