West Melbourne Victoria—Legislative Assembly | |
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State | Victoria |
Created | 1859 |
Abolished | 1904 |
Demographic | Metropolitan |
West Melbourne (sometimes referred to as Melbourne West) was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria from 1859 [1] to 1904. [2]
The Electoral District of West Melbourne was defined as being bound by the Yarra River on the south, Elizabeth Street on the east, Victoria Street on the north and "the western boundary of the city" by the 1858 Electoral Districts Act. [1]
Two members initially, [1] one from 1889. [3]
Member | Term | Member | Term |
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Robert Caldwell | October 1859 – July 1861 | Thomas Loader | October 1859 – August 1864 |
James Orkney | August 1861 – August 1864 | ||
John Hutchison Blackwood | November 1864 – December 1867 | John Harbison | November 1864 – December 1865 |
Edward Langton | May 1868 – April 1877 | Charles MacMahon | February 1866 – February? 1878 |
John Andrew | May 1877 – February 1880 | Bryan O'Loghlen | February 1878# – February 1880 |
James Orkney | May 1880 – October 1885 | Charles MacMahon | May 1880 – February 1886 |
Godfrey Downes Carter | November 1885# – March 1889 | James William Peirce | March 1886 – March 1889 |
William Maloney | April 1889 – 21 November 1903 | ||
Thomas Tunnecliffe | 21 December 1903# – 11 May 1904 | ||
# = by-election
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