Electoral district of Gippsland North

"Gippsland North" redirects here. For other uses, see North Gippsland (disambiguation).

Gippsland North Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Location in Victoria, 1859
State	Victoria
Created	1859
Abolished	1955
Namesake	Gippsland
Demographic	Rural

Gippsland North (North Gipps Land or North Gippsland until 1889) was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria located in northern Gippsland from 1859 to 1955. ^[1]

In 1859, the Electoral district of Gippsland was abolished and new districts of Electoral district of North Gipps Land and South Gipps Land were created. The district of North Gipps Land was defined in the Victorian Electoral Act, 1858 as:

Bounded on the south and east by the sea ; on the north by a line bearing west from Cape Howe to the source of the nearest tributary of the Murray, and by the Alps; and on the west by the Alps and the counties of Evelyn and Mornington, excepting the country comprised in the Electoral District of South Gipps Land

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Members

One member initially, two from 1877, ^[3] One member again from 1889 when the new Electoral district of Gippsland Central was created. ^{[1] [4]}

North Gipps Land                 (Two members 1877–1889)
Member 1	Term
John Johnson (Knud Olai Boe)	Oct 1859  – July 1861
John Everard	Aug 1861  – Aug 1861 [d]
George Mackay	Nov 1861 [b] – Apr 1864
John Everard	Apr 1864 [b] – Aug 1864
William Pearson, Sr.	Nov 1864  – Dec 1867
Frederick Leopold Smyth	Mar 1868  – Mar? 1875
James McKean	May 1875 [b] – July 1876 [x]	Member 2	Term
Charles Gavan Duffy	Aug 1876 [b] – Feb 1880	Frederick Leopold Smyth	May 1877 – Feb 1880
Allan McLean	May 1880  – Mar 1889	James McKean	May 1880 – Feb 1883
		Albert Harris	Feb 1883 – Mar 1889
Gippsland North
Allan McLean	Mar 1889   –   May 1901
Hubert Keogh	June 1901 [b] –   Dec 1908
James McLachlan	Dec 1908   –   Sep 1938
Alexander Borthwick	Nov 1938 [b] –   May 1942
Bill Fulton	20 June 1942 [b] – 9 November 1945
James Johns	10 November 1945  –   7 November 1947
Bill Fulton	8 November 1947  –   5 December 1952
Hector Stoddart	6 December 1952  – 27 May 1955

Election Auditors

John Lightfoot Esquire, a resident of Sale, was re-appointed as the Election Auditor for the district of North Gipps Land in July 1859. ^[5]

Elections

At the 1859 election for North Gipps Land, Mr Boyd Cuninghame nominated Mr Johnson of Mewburn Park. Mr Johnson was a long time resident and his political views were well known. The nomination was seconded by Mr P. McArdell. No other candidate was nominated and therefore Mr Johnson was duly declared elected. ^[6]

Notes

^b = by-election

^d = disqualified

^x = expelled

References

1. "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
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 28 April 2013.
3. "The Elections in Victoria". The Sydney Morning Herald. Trove. 12 May 1877. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
4. "The New Victorian Legislative Assembly". Western Mail. Trove. 20 April 1889. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
5. "Election Notice". Gippsland Guardian Trove 26 August 1859. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
6. "THE ELECTIONS". The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 – 1954). Melbourne, Vic.: National Library of Australia. 19 September 1859. p. 6. Retrieved 12 February 2015.

Coordinates: 37°30′S148°0′E / 37.500°S 148.000°E / -37.500; 148.000