Electoral district of South Bourke
The Electoral district of South Bourke (sometimes Bourke South) was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in then Australian colony of Victoria.[1] It was one of the original 36 electoral districts of the Assembly.[2] It covered an area east of Melbourne, bounded by Dandenong Creek in the south and east, Moorabbin, Prahran and Hawthorn in the west and Templestowe in the north.[3] It was abolished in 1889.[1]
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Electoral districts of West Bourke, East Bourke and South Bourke
South Bourke Victoria—Legislative Assembly | |
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![]() Location in Victoria | |
State | Victoria |
Created | 1856 |
Abolished | 1889 |
Namesake | Bourke South |
Demographic | Rural |
Members for South Bourke
Two members originally, one after the redistribution of 1877.[4]
Member 1 | Term | Member 2 | Term |
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Patrick O'Brien | Nov. 1856 – Aug. 1859 | Charles Pasley | Nov. 1856 – July 1857[r] |
Sidney Ricardo | July 1857[b] – Aug. 1859 | ||
Louis Smith | Oct. 1859 – Dec. 1865 | Hibbert Newton | Oct. 1859 – July 1861 |
George Paton Smith | Feb. 1866 – Jan. 1871 | Michael O'Grady | Aug. 1861 – May? 1868 |
James Fergusson | Apr. 1871 – Mar. 1874 | John Crews | May 1868[b] – Apr. 1877 |
George Paton Smith | May 1874 – Apr. 1877 | ||
James Fergusson | May 1877 – Feb. 1880 | ||
John Keys | May 1880 – Mar. 1889 |
r = resigned
b = by election
Keys went on to represent the new Electoral district of Dandenong and Berwick from April 1889.[5]
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References
- "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
- Edward Sweetman (1920). Constitutional Development of Victoria, 1851-6. Whitcombe & Tombs Limited. p. 182. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
- "Electoral Districts of West Bourke East Bourke and South Bourke" (map). State Library of Victoria. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
- "The Elections in Victoria". The Sydney Morning Herald. Trove. 12 May 1877. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
- "Keys, John". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Archived from the original on 7 July 2012. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
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