Electoral district of Maryborough (Victoria)

The Electoral district of Maryborough was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly based on an area around Maryborough, Victoria. It was created in the expansion of the Assembly by the Victorian Electoral Act, 1858,[1] which took effect at the election in 1859.

Maryborough
Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Location in Victoria, 1859
StateVictoria
Dates current1859–1877, 1889–1927
NamesakeMaryborough, Victoria
DemographicRural

The district was defined as:

Commencing at the junction of the Green Gully with the River Loddon; thence by that gully to its head; thence by a line west to the range dividing the waters of Joyce's Creek and the Deep Creek;[a] thence northwards by that range to a point due east of the south-east angle of the parish of Carisbrook; thence by a line due west to McNeil's Creek[b]; thence by McNeil's Creek and the River Loddon, to the commencing point [1]

[a] also known as Tullaroop Creek.[2]         [b] also known as Bet Bet Creek.[3]

Maryborough was abolished by the Electoral Act Amendment Act 1876 (taking effect in 1877) and replaced by Electoral district of Maryborough and Talbot.[4]

Maryborough was recreated in 1889 after 'Maryborough and Talbot' was split by the Seat Distribution Bill of 1888.[5] In 1927 the district of Maryborough was again abolished, replaced by the Electoral district of Maryborough and Daylesford.

Members
First incarnation 1859–1877, two members
Member 1TermMember 2Term
Richard D. IrelandOct 1859    – Dec 1860 [6] Michael PrendergastOct 1859 – Jul  1861
Nathaniel LeviJan 1861[7] – Dec 1865 Richard Davies IrelandAug 1861[c]
George S. EvansOct 1861 – Aug 1864
James MasonNov 1864 – Dec 1865
Robert BowmanFeb 1866   – Mar 1870 James McKeanFeb 1866 – Jan 1871
Duncan GilliesMar 1870   – Apr 1877 William FraserApr 1871 – Apr 1877
[c] Davies won both Maryborough and Villiers and Heytesbury at the August 1861 general elections,[8] he resigned from Maryborough.
Second incarnation 1889–1927, one member
MemberPartyTerm
  Alfred Richard Outtrim Colony of Victoria liberal Apr 1889 – Dec 1900
  Liberal Jan 1901 – Sep 1902
  Frederick James Field Ministerialist Party Oct 1902 – May 1904
  Alfred Richard Outtrim Labor Party Jun 1904 –        1916
  Nationalist Party        1916 – Sep 1920
  George Clement Frost Labor Party Oct 1920 – Mar 1927

See also

References
  1. "An Act to alter the Electoral Districts of Victoria and to increase the number of Members of the Legislative Assembly thereof" (PDF). Australasian Legal Information Institute. 1858. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
  2. "Tullaroop Creek". getamap.net. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
  3. "The Legislative Council Act 1881". Australasian Legal Information Institute. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
  4. "The Electoral Act Amendment Act 1876". Australasian Legal Information Institute. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
  5. "Summary of Events". Illustrated Australian News. 13 October 1888.
  6. "Mr. Ireland's Defeat". Bendigo Advertiser. 13 December 1860.
  7. "The Victorian Parliament". The Argus. Melbourne. 4 January 1861. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  8. "The Victorian Parliament". The Argus. Melbourne: Trove. 31 August 1861. Retrieved 7 February 2014.

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