Electoral district of Ararat

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Ararat
VictoriaLegislative Assembly
Electoral district of Ararat, Victoria - 1859.png
Location in Victoria, 1859
State Victoria
Created1859
Abolished1904
Area746 km2 (288.0 sq mi)
DemographicRural

Ararat was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria. The electorate was abolished in 1904 and replaced by the electoral district of Stawell and Ararat. [1]

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Its area was defined as:

Commencing at the south-western angle of the agricultural reserve of Crowlands; thence south eighteen miles; thence west sixteen miles; thence north eighteen miles; and thence east sixteen miles to the commencing point.

[2]

This equivalent to approximately 30 km by 25.7 km.

Members for Ararat

Two members initially, [2] one member from 1877. [3]

Member 1TermMember 2Term
William Joseph O'Hea Oct 1859 – Jul 1861 William McLellan  Oct 1859 – Apr 1877
Daniel Ratcliffe Flint Aug 1861 – Mar 1862
Tharp Mountain Girdlestone  Apr 1862 – Dec 1865
William Wilson Feb 1866 – Mar 1874   
Michael Byrne Carroll May 1874 – May 1875
David Gaunson May 1875 – Jul  1881
  
William WilsonJul  1881 – Feb 1883
William McLellanFeb 1883 – Sep 1897
Richard Frederick Toutcher  Oct 1897 – May 1904

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References

  1. "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
  2. 1 2 "An Act to alter the Electoral Districts of Victoria and to increase the number of Members of the Legislative Assembly thereof" (PDF). 1858. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
  3. "The Electoral Act Amendment Act 1876". Australasian Legal Information Institute. Retrieved 21 May 2014.

Coordinates: 37°17′S142°55′E / 37.283°S 142.917°E / -37.283; 142.917