Maldon Victoria—Legislative Assembly | |
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![]() Location in Victoria | |
State | Victoria |
Created | 1859 |
Abolished | 1904 |
Namesake | Maldon, Victoria |
Demographic | Rural |
The Electoral district of Maldon was an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. [1]
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]
It was abolished by the post-Federation Electoral Districts Boundaries Act 1903 [4] which took effect in 1904.
Member | Party | Term | |
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George Harker | Unaligned | 1859–1860 | |
James Martley | Unaligned | 1860–1861 | |
John Ramsay | Unaligned | 1861–1867 | |
William Williams | Unaligned | 1867–1874 | |
James Service | Unaligned | 1874–1881 | |
Sir John McIntyre | Unaligned | 1881–1902 | |
William Wallace | Ministerialist | 1902–1904 |
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