Electoral district of Villiers and Heytesbury (Victorian Legislative Council)

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Villiers and Heytesbury
Victoria—Legislative Council
Electoral district of Villiers and Heytesbury, Victoria.png
Location in Victoria
State Victoria
Created1851
Abolished1856
NamesakeCounties of Villiers
and Heytesbury
DemographicRural

The Electoral district of Villiers and Heytesbury was one of the original sixteen electoral districts [1] of the old unicameral Victorian Legislative Council of 1851 to 1856. Victoria being a colony in Australia at the time.

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The district was located in western Victoria and included the counties of Villiers and Heytesbury, [1] covering the area from Lake Corangamite along the coast westward past Port Fairy. [2]

From 1856 onwards, the Victorian parliament consisted of two houses, the Victorian Legislative Council (upper house, consisting of Provinces) and the Victorian Legislative Assembly (lower house). [3]

Members

One member initially, two from 1853. [3]

Member 1Term
William Rutledge Oct 1851 [4] – Mar 1854Member 2Term
Claud Farie [5] Apr 1854 [b] – Oct 1855 [r] George Winter Jun 1853 [4] – Aug 1854 [r]
James Mylne Knight Dec 1855 [b] – Mar 1856 William Forlonge Oct 1854   – Mar  1856
r = resigned
b = by-election

Rutledge later represented Villiers and Heytesbury in the Victorian Legislative Assembly from November 1856. [6]
Forlonge later represented The Murray in the Victorian Legislative Assembly from January 1858. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Victorian Electoral Act" (PDF). New South Wales Government. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
  2. ↑ "Electoral Districts of South Grant, North Grant, North Grenville, Ripon, Hampden, South Grenville and Polworth, Villiers and Heytesbury, Normanby, Dundas and Follett" (map). 1856. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
  3. 1 2 Sweetman, Edward (1920). Constitutional Development of Victoria, 1851-6. Whitcombe & Tombs Limited. p.  182 . Retrieved 20 May 2013.
  4. 1 2 Labilliere, Francis Peter (1878). "Early History of the Colony of Victoria" . Retrieved 21 July 2014.
  5. ↑ "The Maitland Mercury". 12 April 1854. p. 2. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
  6. 1 2 "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 20 May 2013.

Coordinates: 38°20′S142°30′E / 38.333°S 142.500°E / -38.333; 142.500

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