Electoral district of North Melbourne

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North Melbourne
VictoriaLegislative Assembly
Electoral district of North Melbourne 1859.png
Location within Greater Melbourne area, 1859
State Victoria
Created1859
Abolished1927
DemographicMetropolitan

North Melbourne was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly [1] in the Australian state of Victoria from 1859 [2] to 1927.

The Electoral District of North Melbourne was defined as being bound by Victoria Street/Parade on the south, Nicholson Street on the east, the southern boundary of portion 90, parish of Jika Jika on the north and a line south from Mains Bridge (now Flemington Bridge) [3] to the Victoria Street alignment by the 1858 Electoral Districts Act. [2] This included the suburbs of Carlton, Parkville and North Melbourne.

The district was abolished, along with several others, when the Electoral Districts Act 1926 [4] was implemented in 1927.

Members

Two members initially, [2] one from the redistribution of 1889 when Port Melbourne and other districts were created. [1]

Member 1TermMember 2Term
John Sinclair Oct 1859 – Jul  1861 George Elliott Barton Oct 1859 – Jul? 1861
Patrick Costello Aug 1861 – Nov 1861 [x] John Davies Aug 1861 – Aug 1864
John Sinclair Nov 1861 [5] – Aug 1864
John Goulson Burtt Nov 1864 – Mar 1874 William Robinson Nov 1864 – Dec 1865
John Harbison Feb 1866 – Jan 1871
James Munro May 1874 – Apr 1877 John Curtain Apr 1871 – Apr 1877
John Laurens May 1877 – Apr 1892 Joseph Storey May 1877 – Mar 1881
James Munro Apr 1881 [b] – Feb 1883
James Rose Feb 1883 – Mar 1889
David Wyllie May 1892 – May 1893
Sylvanus Reynolds Jun 1893 [b] – Sep 1894
George Prendergast Oct 1894 – Sep 1897
William Watt Oct 1897 – Oct 1900
George Prendergast Nov 1900 – Dec 1926
b = by-election
x = expelled

Prendergast went on to represent the Electoral district of Footscray, which was re-created in 1927. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 "An Act to alter the Electoral Districts of Victoria and to increase the number of Members of the Legislative Assembly thereof" (PDF). Australasian Legal Information Institute. 1858. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
  3. "Moonee Valley Thematic Environmental History, p.50" . Retrieved 2 May 2013.
  4. "Electoral Districts Act 1926". Australasian Legal Information Institute. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  5. "Legislative Assembly". The Argus. Melbourne, Vic. 27 November 1861.

Coordinates: 37°47′57″S144°56′48″E / 37.79917°S 144.94667°E / -37.79917; 144.94667