The Electoral district of Rodney was a
Victorian Legislative Assembly
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The presiding ...
electorate in Northern
Victoria
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.
The Rodney District covered an area of 7,808 square kilometres, including the towns of
Echuca
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,
Rochester
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* Rochester, Victoria
Canada
* Rochester, Alberta
United Kingdom
*Rochester, Kent
** City of Rochester-upon-Medway (1982–1998), district council area
** History of Rochester, Kent
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,
Nathalia,
Cohuna
Cohuna is a town situated north of Melbourne, on the Murray Valley Highway, in northern Victoria, Australia. At the , Cohuna had a population of 2,428.
History
A post office opened in the area on 18 September 1875, known as Mologa until 1876, ...
,
Heathcote Heathcote may refer to:
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in Australia
*Heathcote, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney
**Electoral district of Heathcote, a seat in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
**Heathcote National Park
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,
Gunbower,
Kyabram
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,
Rushworth and
Stanhope.
At inception in 1856, the district boundaries include the
Murray River
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and
Goulburn River
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in the north and east; and the
Campaspe River
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in the west. By 1956 the district had expanded further westward to include Cohuna.
In 2014, it was abolished and became part of the
electoral district of Murray Plains
The electoral district of Murray Plains is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly in Australia. It was created in the redistribution of electoral boundaries in 2013, and came into effect at the 2014 state election.
The di ...
.
Electoral history
Until its abolition, Rodney was one of only four electorates (along with
Brighton
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Archaeological evidence of settlement in the area dates back to the Bronze A ...
,
Richmond
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and
Williamstown) to have been
contested at every election since 1856. It was held by the
Victorian Farmers Union
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/
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National Party from 1917.
John Allan, who was the first Country Party Member for the district, became Australia's first Country Party Premier in 1924.
In the 2006 election,
Paul Weller
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won the seat for the
National Party with a margin of 4.39% against the
Liberals. The Liberal Party did not run in this electorate in the
2010 election, leaving the Nationals with a much higher lead against the other parties.
Members for Rodney
Election results
See also
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Parliaments of the Australian states and territories
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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 ...
External links
Electorate profile: Rodney District, Victorian Electoral Commission
References
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Former electoral districts of Victoria (Australia)
1856 establishments in Australia
2014 disestablishments in Australia