Electoral district of Ripon, Hampden, Grenville and Polwarth

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Ripon, Hampden, Grenville and Polwarth
VictoriaLegislative Council
Ripon, Hampden, Grenville and Polwarth Victoria.png
Location in Victoria
State Victoria
Created1851
Abolished1856
DemographicRural

The Electoral district of Ripon, Hampden, Grenville and Polwarth 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 consisting of the four central western Victorian counties of Ripon, Hampden, Grenville and Polwarth. [1] [2]

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). [3]

Members

One member initially, two from the enlarged Council of 1853. [4]

Member 1Term
Adolphus Goldsmith Nov. 1851 – Nov. 1853 [r] Member 2Term
John Thompson Charlton Dec. 1853 [b] – Sep. 1854 [r] James Thomson Aug. 1853   – Feb. 1854 [r]
Robert Pohlman Jan. 1855   – Mar. 1856 Colin Campbell May 1854 [5] – Mar. 1856

r = resigned
b = by-election

Campbell went on to represent Polwarth, Ripon, Hampden and South Grenville in the Victorian Legislative Assembly from November 1856. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Victorian Electoral Act" (PDF). New South Wales Government. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
  2. "Electoral Districts of South Grant, North Grant, North Grenville, Ripon, Hampden, South Grenville and Polworth, Villiers and Heytesbury, Normanby, Dundas and Follett" (map). 1855. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
  3. Sweetman, Edward (1920). Constitutional Development of Victoria, 1851-6. Whitcombe & Tombs Limited. p.  182 . Retrieved 31 May 2013.
  4. Sweetman, p.108
  5. "Victoria". Empire. Sydney. p. 3.Campbell gazetted on 30 May 1854
  6. "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 31 May 2013.

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