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 presidin ...
. 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 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), Victoria, Australia, 24 km east of Melbourne's Melbourne central business district, Central Business District, located within the City of Knox Local government areas of Victoria, loca ...
. 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.
Rowv ...
.
Members for Scoresby
Election results
See also
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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 ...
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List of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
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
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