The Electoral district of Maryborough was an electorate of the
Victorian Legislative Assembly
The Victorian Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of Victoria in Australia; the upper house being the Victorian Legislative Council. Both houses sit at Parliament House in Spring Street, Melbourne.
The presidin ...
based on an area around
Maryborough, Victoria
Maryborough () is a town in Victoria, Australia, on the Pyrenees Highway, north of Ballarat and northwest of Melbourne, in the Shire of Central Goldfields. At the 2016 census, it had a population of 7,921.
History
The area was originally ...
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It was created in the expansion of the Assembly by the Victorian Electoral Act, 1858,
which took effect at the election in 1859.
The district was defined as:
:
also known as Tullaroop Creek. also known as Bet Bet Creek
Bet Bet Creek in west Victoria starts below Ben Major, Victoria (west of Lexton) at an elevation of 479m and ends at an elevation of 165m flowing into the Loddon River at the Laanecoorie Reservoir. The Bet Bet Creek drops around 314m over its 8 ...
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Maryborough was abolished by the Electoral Act Amendment Act 1876 (taking effect in 1877) and replaced by
Electoral district of Maryborough and Talbot
The Electoral district of Maryborough and Talbot was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1877.
The 1876 Electoral Act Amendment Act (taking effect at the 1877 elections) defined the district as:
The 1888 Electoral Amendm ...
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Maryborough was recreated in 1889 after 'Maryborough and Talbot' was split by the Seat Distribution Bill of 1888.
In 1927 the district of Maryborough was again abolished, replaced by the
Electoral district of Maryborough and Daylesford.
Members
: Davies won both Maryborough and
Villiers and Heytesbury at the August 1861 general elections,
[
] he resigned from Maryborough.
Election results
See also
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Parliaments of the Australian states and territories
The Parliaments of the Australian states and territories are legislative bodies within the federal framework of the Commonwealth of Australia.
All the parliaments are based on the Westminster system, and each is regulated by its own constitut ...
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List of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly {{{Use dmy dates, date=June 2015
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The following are lists of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly:
* Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1856–1859
* Members of the Victorian Legislative ...
References
Former membersParliament of Victoria
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Former electoral districts of Victoria (Australia)
1859 establishments in Australia
1889 establishments in Australia
1877 disestablishments in Australia
1927 disestablishments in Australia