The Electoral district of Murray was one of the sixteen electoral districts
of the original
unicameral
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Unicameral legislatures exist when there is no widely perceived need for multi ...
Victorian Legislative Council
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of 1851 to 1856.
Murray was defined as: ''"Bounded on the south and west by the Counties of
Evelyn and
Anglesey
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and the
River Goulburn to its junction with the
Murray on the north and north-east by the River Murray and on the south-east by the dividing range (
Alps
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)."''
[
A new district, ]Ovens
upA double oven
A ceramic oven
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, was created in 1855 which was contained within the original boundaries of Murray.[
]
From 1856 onwards, the Victorian parliament
The Parliament of Victoria is the bicameral legislature of the Australian state of Victoria that follows a Westminster-derived parliamentary system. It consists of the King, represented by the Governor of Victoria, the Legislative Assembly and ...
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 presidin ...
(lower house).[
]
Members of Murray
One member originally, two from 1853 when the Council was expanded.[
= resigned]
Hervey went on to represent Eastern Province (November 1856 to July 1865) in the Victorian Legislative Council.
Murphy went on to represent the Electoral district of Murray Boroughs
Murray Boroughs was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria from 1856 to 1877.
It was based in northern Victoria, and included the towns of Benalla
Avenel Euroa Seymour
Seymour may refer to:
...
(November 1856 to December 1865) in the Victorian Legislative Assembly.
See also
* Electoral district of Murray (disambiguation)
* Parliaments of the Australian states and territories
The Parliaments of the Australian states and territories are legislative bodies within the federal framework of the Commonwealth of Australia.
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, 1856â ...
References
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Former electoral districts of Victorian Legislative Council
1851 establishments in Australia
1856 disestablishments in Australia