Victoria was an electorate in the

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from 1857 until 1902 and from 1915 to 1993. In 1902 the district was merged with

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to create Victoria and Albert, but was separated again in 1915, electing candidates of both major parties at various times. However, after 1956, it was held by the

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and its successor, the

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, usually without serious difficulty. It was abolished in 1993 and replaced by the safe Liberal seat of MacKillop. In 1860, the electorate had booths at Mosquito Plains,

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, Penola and

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. In 1865, it added Port MacDonnell, Bordertown, Kingston, South Australia and

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, and Naracoorte in 1868. In 1875, Bordertown, Kingston, Naracoorte,

and

were transferred to the new electorate of

, and the new Victoria consisted of only Millicent,

, Penola, Port MacDonnell and Tarpeena. Booths were added at

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(1883), Tantanoola (1884), Furner (1893) and Kalangadoo (1896). When the electorate was recreated in 1915, it had booths at

, Bordertown, Conmurra,

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, Furner, Glencoe, Glenroy, Hynam East, Kalangadoo,

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, Kingston,

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, Lucindale,

, Millicent, Mundalla, Penola, Port MacDonnell, Reedy Creek,

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, Tantanoola, Wirrega, Wolseley and Yale Paddock. It lost booths at

, Hynam East,

and Yale Paddock in 1918, but added booths at

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, Mount McIntyre and

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. In 1938, when it became a single-member district for the first time, Victoria lost a significant number of voters to the new seat of

: the new Victoria covered

, Binnum,

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, Conmurra, Coonawarra,

, Furner, Glenroy,

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, Hynam, Hundred of Jessie, Kalangadoo, Kingston,

, Lucindale, Millicent, Mount Benson,

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, Mount McIntyre, Nangula, Naracoorte, Penola, Reedy Creek,

and Tantanoola. The seat of Millicent (1956-1977) came from the south of the seat of Victoria.

Members for Victoria

References

External links

1985 & 1989 election boundaries, page 18 & 19
{{DEFAULTSORT:Victoria Former electoral districts of South Australia