Electoral district of East Bourke

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East Bourke
VictoriaLegislative Assembly
Electoral district of East Bourke, Victoria.png
Location in Victoria
State Victoria
Created1856
Abolished1904
NamesakeBourke East
DemographicRural

East Bourke (also known as Bourke East from around 1891) was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria from 1856 until being abolished by the post-Federation Electoral Districts Boundaries Act 1903 [1] coming into effect in 1904. Coordinates: 37°38′S144°55′E / 37.633°S 144.917°E / -37.633; 144.917

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The district of East Bourke was one of the initial districts of the first Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1856. [2]

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Electoral districts of West Bourke, East Bourke and South Bourke

Members for East Bourke

Two members initially, one from the redistribution of 1877.

Member 1TermMember 2Term
Augustus Greeves Nov. 1856 – March 1857 Robert Bennett Nov. 1856 – June 1857
Richard Heales March 1857 [b] – Aug. 1859 Augustus Greeves July 1857 [b] – Aug. 1859
James Macintosh Oct. 1859 – July 1861 Robert Bennett Oct. 1859 – Aug. 1864
George Kirk Aug. 1861 – Aug. 1864
John Sherwin Oct. 1864 – Dec. 1865 Joshua Cowell Oct. 1864 – Dec. 1865
Matthew McCaw Feb. 1866 – Sep. 1870 [r] James Balfour Feb. 1866 – Aug. 1868 [r]
Robert Ramsay Oct. 1870 [b] – May 1882 William Lobb Sep. 1868 [b] – Mar. 1874
Frederick Race Godfrey May 1874 – Apr. 1877
one member only from May 1877
Robert Harper June 1882 – Mar. 1889
William Wilkinson Apr. 1889 – Aug. 1891
Robert Harper Sep. 1891 [b] – Sep. 1897
Mackay John Scobie Gair Oct. 1897 – May 1904

Notes

r = resigned
b = by-election

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References

  1. "Electoral Districts Boundaries Act 1903" . Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  2. Edward Sweetman (1920). Constitutional Development of Victoria, 1851–6. Whitcombe & Tombs Limited. p.  183 . Retrieved 7 March 2022.