Electoral district of Victoria and Albert

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Victoria and Albert
South AustraliaHouse of Assembly
State South Australia
Created1902
Abolished1915
Namesake Queen Victoria and Albert, Prince Consort
DemographicRural
Coordinates 35°30′S140°00′E / 35.5°S 140°E / -35.5; 140 Coordinates: 35°30′S140°00′E / 35.5°S 140°E / -35.5; 140

Victoria and Albert was an electoral district in the South Australian House of Assembly from 1902 to 1915. The seat elected candidates of both major parties at various times. It merged the seats of Victoria and Albert, which were both recreated on its abolition. [1]

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At its creation in 1902, it included booths at Beachport, Bordertown, Conmurra, Cookes Plains, East Wellington, Frances, Furner, Glenroy, Holder, Kalangadoo, Keith, Kingston SE, Kingston On Murray, Lucindale, Lyrup, Meningie, Millicent, Mount Gambier, Murtho, Naracoorte, Nildottie, Mundalla, Paisley, Penola, Point McLeay, Port MacDonnell, Pyap, Robe, Tantanoola, Waikerie and Wolseley. It added booths at Coonalpyn, Glencoe and Wow Wow (1905), and Lameroo, Rendelsham and Tailem Bend but dropped Wow Wow (1906). Additional booths in 1910 included Geranium, Kybybolite, Loxton, Parilla, Parrakie, Peake, Pinnaroo, Sherlock, Tintinarra, and Wilkawatt, with Pyap withdrawn. The final election in 1912 saw additional booths at Chapman Bore, Clanfield, Coomandook, Eastern Well, Hampton Well, Hooper, Lochaber, Maidia, Moorlands, Poyntz Bore, Seymour and Wirrega. [2]

The abolition of Victoria and Albert in 1915 saw the re-establishment of its two predecessor electorates in Victoria and Albert, but with different boundaries than their previous incarnations. [2]

Members for Victoria and Albert

Three members
MemberPartyTermMemberPartyTermMemberPartyTerm
  John Livingston 1902–1904  Archibald Peake 1902–1906  Andrew Handyside National League 1902–1904
  Farmers and Producers 1904–1906  William Senior Labor 1904–1912
  Donald Campbell Labor 1906–1912  Liberal and Democratic 1906–1910
  Liberal Union 1910–1915
  George Bodey Liberal Union 1912–1915   William Angus Liberal Union 1912–1915

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References

  1. "Statistical Record of the Legislature, 1836 - 2007" (PDF). Parliament of South Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 March 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
  2. 1 2 Jaensch, Dean. "History of South Australian elections 1857-2006, volume 1". Electoral Commission of South Australia. Archived from the original on 2 March 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2015.