Electoral District Of Castlemaine And Maldon
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The Electoral district of Castlemaine and Maldon was 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 presidin ...
(Australia).


History

Castlemaine Boroughs was created in 1856 and abolished in 1859. It was replaced by Castlemaine in 1859 which was itself abolished in 1904,
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being one of the two members since December 1899. Castlemaine and Maldon was created in 1904.


Members for Castlemaine and Maldon

Lawson was
Premier of Victoria The premier of Victoria is the head of government in the Australian state of Victoria. The premier is appointed by the governor of Victoria, and is the leader of the political party able to secure a majority in the Victorian Legislative Assemb ...
21 March 1918 to 28 April 1924. The
Electoral district of Castlemaine and Kyneton The Electoral district of Castlemaine and Kyneton was an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly (Australia). History Castlemaine Boroughs was created in 1856 and abolished in 1859. It was replaced by Castlemaine in 1859 which ...
was created in 1927, Lawson being the first member.


Election results


See also

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List of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly {{{Use dmy dates, date=June 2015 {{Use Australian English, date=June 2015 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 electoral districts of Victoria (Australia) 1904 establishments in Australia 1927 disestablishments in Australia {{VictoriaAU-gov-stub