Electoral District Of Scoresby
   HOME

TheInfoList



Click Here for Items Related To - Electoral District Of Scoresby
OR:
Electoral District Of Scoresby on:   [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Amazon]

The Electoral district of Scoresby 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 presiding ...
. It was first created after the district of Upper Yarra was abolished in 1945.
George Knox The Honourable George Knox PC, FRS (14 January 1765 – 13 June 1827), was an Irish Tory politician. Knox was the fifth son of Thomas Knox, 1st Viscount Northland. In 1790, Knox entered the Irish House of Commons for Dungannon. Subsequently, ...
was the last member for Upper Yarra and the first for Scoresby. The electorate was abolished after a redistribution in 1976, being replaced by the district of Wantirna.
Geoff Hayes Geoffrey Philip Hayes (19 January 1933 – 9 September 1994) was an Australian politician. He was born in Melbourne to advertising agent George Hayes and Elsie Irene, and attended school at Murrumbeena and Dandenong. He studied at Melbourn ...
then became the first member for Wantirna. After the 2002 redistribution, the electorate was replaced, once again returning as the electoral district of Scoresby. The first member for Scoresby,
Kim Wells Kimberley Arthur Wells (born 6 August 1958) is an Australian politician. He has been a Liberal member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since 1992, representing first Wantirna and then Scoresby and Rowville. Wells was the Treasurer of Vic ...
, was also the last member for
Wantirna Wantirna is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 24 km east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Knox local government area. Wantirna recorded a population of 14,237 at the 2021 census. Its name i ...
. The seat was again abolished in 2014 and replaced by
Rowville Rowville is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 27 km south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Knox local government area. Rowville recorded a population of 33,571 at the 2021 census. Rowvi ...
.


Members for Scoresby


Election results


See also

*
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 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


External links


Electorate profile: Scoresby District, Victorian Electoral Commission
Former electoral districts of Victoria (Australia) 1945 establishments in Australia 1976 disestablishments in Australia 2002 establishments in Australia 2014 disestablishments in Australia {{VictoriaAU-gov-stub