| Portland Victoria—Legislative Assembly | |
|---|---|
 Electoral District of Portland, 1855 | |
| State | Victoria |
| Dates current | 1856–1904, 1945–2002 |
| Area | 11.5 km2 (4.4 sq mi) |
| Demographic | Urbanised Rural |
The electoral district of Portland was an electoral district [1] of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria.
It was based on the town of Portland, Victoria. [2] [3]
| First incarnation (1856–1904), Two members (1856–1859) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | ||
| Hugh Childers | None | 1856–1857 | Daniel Hughes | None | 1856–1859 | ||
| John Findlay | None | 1857–1859 | |||||
| Norman McLeod | None | 1859–1860 | |||||
| William Haines | None | 1860–1864 | |||||
| John MacPherson | None | 1864–1865 | |||||
| Butler Aspinall | None | 1866–1867 | |||||
| James Butters | None | 1868–1871 | |||||
| Howard Spensley | None | 1871–1873 | |||||
| Thomas Must | None | 1873–1877 | |||||
| Thomas Cope | None | 1877–1880 | |||||
| Henry Wrixon | None | 1880–1894 | |||||
| Donald Norman McLeod | None | 1894–1900 | |||||
| Ewen Cameron | Conservative | 1900–1904 | |||||
| Second incarnation (1945–2002) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | |
| Robert Holt | Labor | 1945–1947 | |
| Harry Hedditch | Country | 1947–1949 | |
| Liberal and Country | 1949–1950 | ||
| Robert Holt | ALP | 1950–1955 | |
| George Gibbs | Liberal | 1955–1967 | |
| Independent | 1967 | ||
| Don McKellar | Liberal | 1967–1970 | |
| Bill Lewis | Labor | 1970–1973 | |
| Don McKellar | Liberal | 1973–1985 | |
| Digby Crozier | Liberal | 1985–1988 | |
| Denis Napthine | Liberal | 1988–2002 | |
Napthine went on to represent the Electoral district of South-West Coast which was created in 2002. [1]
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