Electoral district of North Bourke

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North Bourke
Victoria—Legislative Council
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Location in Victoria
State Victoria
Created1851
Abolished1856
DemographicRural

The Electoral district of North Bourke was one of the original sixteen electoral districts [1] of the old unicameral Victorian Legislative Council of 1851 to 1856. Victoria being a colony in Australia at the time.

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The district's area was defined as: "Bounded on the north by the great dividing range from the source of the River Plenty to the source of the Werribee River on the west by the Werribee River to Port Phillip Bay on the south by Port Phillip Bay to the mouth of the Yarra Yarra River and by that river to the confluence of the River Plenty and on the east by the River Plenty to its head in the great dividing range." [1]

From 1856 onwards, the Victorian parliament consisted of two houses, the Victorian Legislative Council (upper house, consisting of Provinces) and the Victorian Legislative Assembly (lower house). [2]

Members

Two members initially, three from the expansion of the Council in 1853. [3]

Member 1TermMember 2Term
Charles Dight Nov. 1851 – Oct. 1852 [d] John Smith Nov. 1851 – May? 1853 [r] Member 3Term
William Nicholson Nov. 1852 [b] – Mar. 1856 William Burnley Aug. 1853 [b] – Mar. 1856 George Annand Aug. 1853 – July 1855 [r]
Thomas Embling Sep. 1855 – Mar. 1856

See also

Notes

b = by-election
d = died in office
r = resigned
Smith went on to represent the City of Melbourne in the Victorian Legislative Council from May 1853. [4]
Embling went on to represent Collingwood in the Victorian Legislative Assembly from November 1856. [4]
Nicholson represented The Murray in the Victorian Legislative Assembly from January 1859. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Victorian Electoral Act" (PDF). New South Wales Government. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
  2. ↑ Sweetman, Edward (1920). Constitutional Development of Victoria, 1851-6. Whitcombe & Tombs Limited. p.  182 . Retrieved 20 May 2013.
  3. ↑ Sweetman, p.108
  4. 1 2 3 "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 20 May 2013.

Coordinates: 37°35′S144°45′E / 37.583°S 144.750°E / -37.583; 144.750

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