Upper Yarra Victoria—Legislative Assembly | |
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State | Victoria |
Created | 1927 |
Abolished | 1945 |
Demographic | Rural |
The Electoral district of Upper Yarra was a Lower House electoral district of the Parliament of the Australian state of Victoria. [1]
The district included (among others) the Dandenongs, Mulgrave, Baywater and Warburton, [2] but was abolished in 1945.
Party | Member | Term | |
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Nationalist | George Knox | 1927 – 1945 |
After Upper Yarra was abolished, George Knox went on to represent the newly created Electoral district of Scoresby from 1945.
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