Electoral district of South Melbourne

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South Melbourne
Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Electoral district of South Melbourne, 1856.png
Location in Victoria
State Victoria
Created1856
Abolished1859
DemographicMetropolitan

Electoral district of South Melbourne was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly [1] in the British colony of Victoria (Australia).

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District of South Melbourne etc. 1855 Central Province and electoral districts of Melbourne, St. Kilda, Collingwood, South Melbourne, Richmond and Williamstown.tif
District of South Melbourne etc. 1855

Its area was defined by the Victoria Constitution Act as: "Bounded on the North by the Yarra Yarra River, from its Junction with the Saltwater River to Princes’ Bridge, on the East by the Road bearing Southeast to the Northern Angle of Section No. 46, St. Kilda, thence by Fitz Roy Street to the Sea Coast, thence by the Sea Coast to the Yarra Yarra River, and by the said River to its Junction with the Saltwater River, being the commencing Point." [2]

South Melbourne was abolished by the Victorian Electoral Act, 1858. [3] New districts of Emerald Hill and Sandridge were created. [3]

Members for South Melbourne

MemberPartyTerm
  Sir Andrew Clarke [4] UnalignedNov. 1856 – Aug. 1858 [r]
  Robert Anderson UnalignedOct. 1858 [b] – Aug. 1859

b = by-election
r = resigned [1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Find a Member". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
  2. ↑ "Victoria Constitution Act 1855" (PDF). Retrieved 5 May 2013.
  3. 1 2 "An Act to alter the Electoral Districts of Victoria and to increase the number of Members of the Legislative Assembly thereof" (PDF). 1858. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
  4. ↑ Malone, Betty (1969). "Sir Andrew Clarke (1824–1902)". Australian Dictionary of Biography . Vol. 3. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN   978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN   1833-7538. OCLC   70677943 . Retrieved 28 August 2025.
  5. ↑ "Central Province and Electoral Districts of Melbourne, St Kilda, Collingwood, South Melbourne, Richmond and Williamstown" (map). State Library of Victoria. 27 November 1855. Retrieved 12 May 2013.

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