The Electoral district of Talbot, Dalhousie and Angelsey was one of the original sixteen electoral districts
of the old
unicameral
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Victorian Legislative Council
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of 1851 to 1856.
Victoria
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being a colony in Australia at the time.
The district's area was defined as consisting of the three central western Victorian counties of
Talbot
Talbot was an automobile marque introduced in 1902 by English-French company Clément-Talbot. The founders, Charles Chetwynd-Talbot, 20th Earl of Shrewsbury and Adolphe Clément-Bayard, reduced their financial interests in their Clément-Talbot ...
,
Dalhousie and
Angelsey.
[
From 1856 onwards, the ]Victorian parliament
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consisted of two houses, the Victorian Legislative Council (upper house, consisting of Provinces) and 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 ...
(lower house).[
]
Members
One member initially, two from the expansion of the Council in 1853.[Sweetman, p.108]
Fawkner went on to represent Central Province in the Victorian Legislative Council
The Victorian Legislative Council (VLC) is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of Victoria, Australia, the lower house being the Legislative Assembly. Both houses sit at Parliament House in Spring Street, Melbourne. The Legislative Co ...
from November 1856.
Mollison went on to represent Dundas and Follett in 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 ...
from April 1858.[
]
See also
* Parliaments of the Australian states and territories
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All the parliaments are based on the Westminster system, and each is regulated by its own constitut ...
* List of members of the Victorian Legislative Council
The following are lists of members of the Victorian Legislative Council:
* Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1851–1853
* Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1853–1856
* Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 18 ...
External links
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(same boundaries as defined in 1851)
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Talbot, Dalhousie and Angelsey
Former electoral districts of Victorian Legislative Council
1851 establishments in Australia
1856 disestablishments in Australia