Electoral district of South Bourke

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South Bourke
VictoriaLegislative Assembly
Electoral district of South Bourke, Victoria.png
Location in Victoria
State Victoria
Created1856
Abolished1889
NamesakeBourke South
DemographicRural

The Electoral district of South Bourke (sometimes Bourke South) was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in then Australian colony of Victoria. [1] It was one of the original 36 electoral districts of the Assembly. [2] It covered an area east of Melbourne, bounded by Dandenong Creek in the south and east, Moorabbin, Prahran and Hawthorn in the west and Templestowe in the north. [3] It was abolished in 1889. [1]

Electoral districts of West Bourke, East Bourke and South Bourke Electoral districts of West Bourke, East Bourke and South Bourke.tif
Electoral districts of West Bourke, East Bourke and South Bourke

Members for South Bourke

Two members originally, one after the redistribution of 1877. [4]

Member 1TermMember 2Term
Patrick O'Brien Nov. 1856 – Aug. 1859 Charles Pasley Nov. 1856 – July 1857 [r]
Sidney Ricardo July 1857 [b] – Aug. 1859
Louis Smith Oct. 1859 – Dec. 1865 Hibbert Newton Oct. 1859 – July 1861
George Paton Smith Feb. 1866 – Jan. 1871 Michael O'Grady Aug. 1861 – May? 1868
James Fergusson Apr. 1871 – Mar. 1874 John Crews May 1868 [b] – Apr. 1877
George Paton Smith May 1874 – Apr. 1877
James Fergusson May 1877 – Feb. 1880
John Keys May 1880 – Mar. 1889

[1]

r = resigned
b = by election

Keys went on to represent the new Electoral district of Dandenong and Berwick from April 1889. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
  2. Edward Sweetman (1920). Constitutional Development of Victoria, 1851-6. Whitcombe & Tombs Limited. p.  182 . Retrieved 18 May 2013.
  3. "Electoral Districts of West Bourke East Bourke and South Bourke" (map). State Library of Victoria. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
  4. "The Elections in Victoria". The Sydney Morning Herald. Trove. 12 May 1877. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
  5. "Keys, John". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Archived from the original on 7 July 2012. Retrieved 18 May 2013.

Coordinates: 37°55′S145°10′E / 37.917°S 145.167°E / -37.917; 145.167