Electoral district of Maldon

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Maldon
VictoriaLegislative Assembly
Electoral district of Maldon, Victoria.png
Location in Victoria
State Victoria
Created1859
Abolished1904
Namesake Maldon, Victoria
DemographicRural

The Electoral district of Maldon was an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. [1]

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Maldon was created in the expansion of the Assembly in 1859 by the Victorian Electoral Act, 1858. [2] Its area was defined by the Act:

Bounded on the north by a line drawn from the junction of McNeil's Creek [a] and the River Loddon to Barker's Creek near Mount Prospect; thence on the east by Barker's Creek and Campbell's Creek to the River Loddon; and thence by the River Loddon to the commencing point, excepting the country included within the electoral district of Castlemaine. [2]

[a] also known as Bet Bet Creek. [3]

It was abolished by the post-Federation Electoral Districts Boundaries Act 1903 [4] which took effect in 1904.

Members of Maldon

MemberPartyTerm
  George Harker Unaligned1859–1860
  James Martley Unaligned1860–1861
  John Ramsay Unaligned1861–1867
  William Williams Unaligned1867–1874
  James Service Unaligned1874–1881
 Sir John McIntyre Unaligned1881–1902
  William Wallace Ministerialist1902–1904

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References

  1. "Re-Member (Former Members)". Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 29 December 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 29 December 2013.
  3. "The Legislative Council Act 1881". Australasian Legal Information Institute. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
  4. "Electoral Districts Boundaries Act 1903" . Retrieved 28 December 2013.

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