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The electoral district of Narracan is an electoral district 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 presiding ...
in Australia. It was first proclaimed in 1967 and has usually been held by the
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. The electorate covers the provincial
Warragul Warragul is a town in Victoria, Australia, south-east of Melbourne. Warragul lies between the Strzelecki Ranges to the south and the Mount Baw Baw Plateau of the Great Dividing Range to the north. As of the , the town had a population of 19,8 ...
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urban area, as well as many smaller
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towns in north west
Gippsland Gippsland is a rural region that makes up the southeastern part of Victoria, Australia, mostly comprising the coastal plains to the rainward (southern) side of the Victorian Alps (the southernmost section of the Great Dividing Range). It covers ...
. The electoral district of Narracan is named after Narracan, a rural locality located in the narrow Narracan Creek Valley, 14km south of Moe. The word "Narracan" is believed to be derived from an Aboriginal word describing a crow.


Members for Narracan


Election results


References


External links


Electorate profile: Narracan District, Victorian Electoral Commission
Electoral districts of Victoria (Australia) 1967 establishments in Australia Shire of Baw Baw Shire of Cardinia {{VictoriaAU-gov-stub