Electoral district of Collingwood

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Collingwood
VictoriaLegislative Assembly
Electoral district of Collingwood 1859.png
Location within Greater Melbourne area, 1859
State Victoria
Created1856
Abolished1958

Collingwood was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria from 1856 to 1958. [1] It centred on the Melbourne suburb of Collingwood, Victoria. [2]

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The district of Collingwood was one of the initial districts of the first Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1856. [3]

It was defined initially as:

Commencing at the Junction of Nicholson Street and Victoria Parade, thence by the Western side of Nicholson Street to the Northern Boundary of the Corporate Limits of Melbourne, thence on the North by the said Boundary Line bearing East to the Merri Merri Creek, thence by the Merri Merri Creek to its Junction with the Yarra Yarra River, thence by the Yarra Yarra River to the South-east Corner of Section No. 63, Parish of Jika Jika, thence by a Line West to Victoria Street, and thence on the South by the Northern Side of Victoria Street and Victoria Parade to the commencing Point. [4]

Members for Collingwood

The district initially had two members, [3] which was increased to three from 1859, [5] reverted to two after 1877, and was represented by only one member from 1904. [1]

Member 1TermMember 2Term
Thomas Embling Nov 1856 – July 1861 George Harker Nov 1856 – Aug 1859Member 3Term
George Milner Stephen Oct 1859 – July 1861 Charles Jardine Don Oct 1859 – Aug 1864
Graham Berry Aug 1861 – Dec 1865 John Edwards Aug 1861 – Dec 1867George HarkerNov 1864 – Dec 1865
Thomas Embling Feb 1866 – Dec 1867 Isaac Reeves Feb 1866 – Oct 1869
John Everard Mar 1868 [6] – Feb 1871 William Bates [7] Mar 1868 – Mar 1874
George Harker [7] Apr 1871 – Mar 1874 William Vale [7] Oct 1869 [b] – Mar 1874
John Everard May 1874 – July 1874 [6] James Forester Sullivan May 1874 – Feb 1876 Albert Lee Tucker May 1874 – Apr 1877
George David Langridge Aug 1874 [b] – Mar 1891
James Mirams Feb 1876 – Feb 1886  
William Guard Feild Mar 1886 – Mar 1889
John Hancock Jun 1891 [b] – Apr 1892 William Beazley Apr 1889 – May 1904
Edgar Wilkins May 1892 – Dec 1908
Single Member District
MemberPartyTerm
  Martin Hannah Labor 1908 – 1920
  Independent 1920 – 1921
  Tom Tunnecliffe Labor 1921 – 1947
  Bill Towers Labor 1947 [b] – 1958
[b] = by-election

Election results

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  2. "Central Province and electoral districts of Melbourne, St. Kilda, Collingwood, South Melbourne, Richmond and Williamstown". National Library of Australia. 1855. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
  3. 1 2 Edward Sweetman (1920). Constitutional Development of Victoria, 1851-6. Whitcombe & Tombs Limited. p.  183 . Retrieved 4 April 2013.
  4. "Victoria Constitution Act 1855" (PDF). Retrieved 9 October 2013.
  5. "An Act to alter the Electoral Districts of Victoria and to increase the number of Members of the Legislative Assembly thereof" (PDF). 1858. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
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