Electoral district of Murray Boroughs

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Murray Boroughs
VictoriaLegislative Assembly
Electoral district of Murray Boroughs, Victoria.png
Location in Victoria
State Victoria
Created1856
Abolished1877
Namesake Murray River
DemographicRural

Murray Boroughs was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria from 1856 to 1877. [1] It was based in northern Victoria, and included the towns of Benalla [2] Avenel [3] Euroa [4] Seymour, [5] Wodonga and Wangaratta. [6] The district of Murray Boroughs was one of the initial districts of the first Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1856. [7]

Members

One member was elected to the electorate. [8]

MemberTerm
Francis Murphy Nov 1856 – Dec 1865
Patrick HannaFeb 1866 – Apr 1877

   # = by-election

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ANGLESEY. Bounded on the west by part of the eastern boundary of the County of Dalhousie, namely, by the River Goulburn from the confluence of Hughes's Creek to the confluence of Dabyminga Creek; thence by Dabyminga Creek to its source in the Great Dividing Range; on the south by the Great Dividing Range to the main source of the River Goulburn; on the east by the range dividing the waters of the main source of the Goulburn and Big Rivers from those of the Rubicon and Snod-por-dock Creek northward to Mount Torbrick; thence by Jerusalem Creek to its confluence with the River Goulburn; thence by the River Goulburn to the confluence of the River Delatite; thence by the River Delatite and its north-west arm to the Dividing Range between the last named arm and Septimus Creek; and on the north by that range to the source of Hughes's Creek; and thence by Hughes's Creek to its confluence with the River Goulburn, excepting the country included in the Boroughs of Seymour and Avenel ... DALHOUSIE. Commencing at the junction of the Rivers Campaspe and Coliban; thence by a line south-easterly to the source of the Mclvor or Patterson's Creek; thence by a line north-east to the confluence of Hughes's Creek with the River Goulburn; on the east by the River Goulburn until it joins the Dabyminga Creek, by that creek to its source in the Dividing Range; on

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References

  1. "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
  2. "Electoral district of the Murray Boroughs, Benalla" (map). 1855. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
  3. "Electoral district of the Murray Boroughs, Avenel" (map). 1855. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
  4. "Electoral district of the Murray Boroughs, Euroa" (map). 1855. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
  5. "Electoral district of the Murray Boroughs, Seymour" (map). 1855. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
  6. "Victoria Constitution Act 1855" (PDF). Retrieved 12 April 2013.
  7. Edward Sweetman (1920). Constitutional Development of Victoria, 1851-6. Whitcombe & Tombs Limited. p. 183. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
  8. "The Election results". The Argus. 20 September 1856. Retrieved 12 April 2013.