Electoral district of Sandhurst

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Sandhurst
VictoriaLegislative Assembly
Electoral district of Sandhurst, Victoria.png
Location in Victoria, 1859
State Victoria
Created1856
Abolished1904
DemographicUrbanised Rural
Coordinates 36°45′S144°16′E / 36.750°S 144.267°E / -36.750; 144.267 Coordinates: 36°45′S144°16′E / 36.750°S 144.267°E / -36.750; 144.267

Sandhurst (initially Sandhurst Boroughs) [1] [2] was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly [3] [4] in the Australian state of Victoria from 1856 to 1904. [3] It was based on the towns of Sandhurst [5] (now Bendigo) and Lockwood. [6]

The district was defined as:

SANDHURST — Commencing at a point on the Bendigo Creek 40 chains south of the junction of Ash-street and High-street; thence east one mile and a half; thence north four miles; thence west two and a half miles, crossing the Bendigo Creek, thence south four miles, thence east to the point of commencement.

LOCKWOOD — Commencing at the south-western angle of suburban allotment 23, section 1; bounded on the east by a line northward from that point to the southeastern angle of portion 44, section 4; on the north by a line bearing west to the south-western angle of allotment No. 1, section 4, on the west by a line bearing south to a point due west from the commencing point; and on the south by a line east to the south-west angle of suburban allotment No. 23, section 1, being the commencing point.

aforesaid. [4]

From 1904, Sandhurst was split into two districts, Bendigo West and Bendigo East. [3]

The district of Sandhurst Boroughs was one of the initial districts of the first Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1856. [1]

Members for Sandhurst

One member 1856 [1] to 1859, [3] two from 1859. [3] [7]

Sandhurst Boroughs (1856–1859, 1 member)
MemberTerm
James Macpherson Grant Nov 1856 – Aug 1859
Sandhurst (1859–1877, 2 members)
Member 1TermMember 2Term
John Henderson Oct 1859 – Jul 1861 Robert Frederick Howard Oct 1859 – Jul 1861
James Joseph Casey Aug 1861 – Mar 1862  William Denovan Aug 1861 – Jul 1862
Robert Frederick HowardMar 1862 – Dec 1865 Robert Strickland Nov 1862 – Aug 1864
Robert Burrowes Feb 1866 – Apr 1877 John Halfey Nov 1864 – Dec 1867
Angus Mackay Mar 1868 – Apr 1877
Sandhurst (1877–1889, 3 members) [8] (1889–1904, 2 members) [9]
Member 1TermMember 2TermMember 3Term
Robert Clark May 1877 – Apr 1883 Sir John McIntyre May 1877 – Jun 1880W. G. Blackham [10] May 1877 – Jul 1877 [11]
Angus MackayJul   1877 – Feb 1880
Angus MackayJul   1883 – Feb 1886Robert BurrowesMay 1880 – Sep 1893 Sir John Quick Jul   1880 – Mar 1889
Alfred Shrapnell Bailes [12] [13] [14] [15]   Mar 1886 – Sep 1894
Walter Hamilton Oct 1894 – Oct 1900 [16] Daniel Barnet Lazarus [16] Oct 1893 – Sep 1897
Daniel Barnet LazarusNov 1900 – Sep 1902Alfred Shrapnell Bailes*Oct 1897 – May 1904
Walter Hamilton Oct 1902 – May 1904

   * Bailes was later member for Bendigo East (1904 to 1907). [3]

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References

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  6. "Electoral District of Sandhurst Boroughs, Lockwood" (map). 1856. Retrieved 15 April 2013.
  7. "An Act to alter the Electoral Districts of Victoria and to increase the number of Members of the Legislative Assembly thereof" (PDF). 1858. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
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