Electoral district of Kilmore, Kyneton and Seymour

The Electoral district of Kilmore, Kyneton and Seymour was one of the original sixteen electoral districts[1] of the old unicameral Victorian Legislative Council of 1851 to 1856. Victoria being a colony in Australia at the time.

The district's area was based on the towns of Kilmore, Kyneton and Seymour.[1]

From 1856 onwards, the Victorian parliament consisted of two houses, the Victorian Legislative Council (upper house, consisting of Provinces) and the Victorian Legislative Assembly (lower house).[2]

Members

One member initially, two from the expansion of the Council in 1853.[3]

Member 1 Term
Peter Snodgrass Nov. 1851 – Mar. 1856 Member 2 Term
Patrick O'Brien Aug. 1853 – Mar. 1856


Snodgrass went on to represent the Electoral district of Anglesey in the Victorian Legislative Assembly from November 1856.[4]
O'Brien went on to represent the Electoral district of South Bourke in the Victorian Legislative Assembly from November 1856.[4]

See also

References

  1. "Victorian Electoral Act" (PDF). New South Wales Government. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
  2. Sweetman, Edward (1920). Constitutional Development of Victoria, 1851-6. Whitcombe & Tombs Limited. p. 182. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
  3. Sweetman, p.108
  4. "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 20 May 2013.

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