The Electoral district of Wangaratta 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 created in the redistribution of 1904,
[ the ]Electoral district of Wangaratta and Rutherglen
Wangaratta and Rutherglen was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly
in the Australian state of Victoria from 1889 to 1904. It was located around the towns of Wangaratta and Rutherglen. When it was abolished in 1904, the new Electo ...
being abolished.Murray River
The Murray River (in South Australia: River Murray) (Ngarrindjeri: ''Millewa'', Yorta Yorta: ''Tongala'') is a river in Southeastern Australia. It is Australia's longest river at extent. Its tributaries include five of the next six longest r ...
... north boundary of the parish of Chiltern ... the Ovens River
The Ovens River, a perennial river of the north-east Murray catchment, part of the Murray-Darling basin, is located in the alpine and Hume regions of the Australian state of Victoria.
Location and features
Formed by the confluence of the East a ...
; thence south easterly by that river to the west boundary of the parish of Whorouly; ... the south boundaries of the parishes of Whorouly and Myrtleford
Myrtleford is a town in northeast Victoria, Australia, 280 km (170 miles) northeast of Melbourne and 46 km (29 miles) southeast of Wangaratta. Myrtleford is part of the Alpine Shire local government area and in 2016 the town had a po ...
to the Buffalo River; thence southerly by that river to Mount Howitt; thence north-westerly by a direct line to a point on the west branch of the King River ... the boundary of the township of Glenrowen ic..''"[
Wangaratta was abolished in the redistribution of 1927, a new ]Electoral district of Wangaratta and Ovens
Wangaratta and Ovens was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly
in the Australian state of Victoria from 1927 to 1945. It was located around the town of Wangaratta. It was created after the Electoral district of Ovens and Electoral ...
was created at that time. John Bowser
Sir John Bowser (2 September 1856 – 10 June 1936),
Australian politician, was the 26th Premier of Victoria. He was born in London, the son of an army officer, and arrived in Melbourne as a child with his family. He grew up at Bacchus Marsh ...
represented Wangaratta and Ovens from July 1927,[ retiring from parliament in 1929.]
Members of Wangaratta
John Bowser was member for Wangaratta and Rutherglen until the 1904 election.
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 ...
* 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
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Former electoral districts of Victoria (state)
1904 establishments in Australia
1927 disestablishments in Australia