The Division of Bendigo is an Australian electoral division in the state of Victoria. The division was proclaimed in 1900,and was one of the original 65 divisions to be contested at the first federal election. It is named for the city of Bendigo.
William Clark Haines,Australian colonial politician,was the first Premier of Victoria.
The Victorian Greens,officially known as the Australian Greens Victoria,is the Victorian state member party of the Australian Greens,a green political party in Australia.
William Gisborne was the first New Zealand Cabinet Secretary from 1864 to 1869,Colonial Secretary of New Zealand from 1869 to 1872,and Minister of Public Works between 1870 and 1871. The city of Gisborne in New Zealand is named after him.
Sir James Frederick Palmer was a medical practitioner,Victorian pioneer,first President of the Victorian Legislative Council and Mayor of Melbourne.
Bendigo East is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria. It covers an area of 2,711 square kilometres (1,047 sq mi) covering the part of the city of Bendigo east of the Yungera railway line and surrounding rural areas to the north,east and south. It includes the Bendigo suburbs of East Bendigo,Epsom,Flora Hill,Junortoun,Kennington,Quarry Hill,Spring Gully,Strathdale,Strathfieldsaye and White Hills,and the surrounding towns of Axedale,Goornong,Huntly,Mandurang,Raywood and Sedgwick. It also includes parts of the localities of Eaglehawk,Elmore,Golden Square and Ravenswood,and the Bendigo campus of La Trobe University. It lies within the Northern Victoria Region of the upper house,the Legislative Council.
Nicholas Bruce Reid was an Australian politician.
Sir John McIntyre was a Scottish-born Australian politician and businessman. After emigrating to Australia during the Victorian gold rush,McIntyre became heavily involved in the mining industry around Bendigo. Later as he began to rise in prominence he became involved in local politics,eventually becoming the first mayor of Bendigo,a post he held for five years before resigning. In the years following he became heavily involved in community work,serving as a territorial magistrate and children's guardian for the Bendigo district. In 1877 he was elected to the Victorian Parliament as the Member for Sandhurst. Although he later lost this seat in 1880,he re-entered parliament in 1881 after winning the seat of Maldon in a by-election. He held this seat until 1902,serving as a minister during James Patterson's premiership and as Leader of the Opposition from 1895 to 1898. In December 1903 he stood for the Australian Senate but narrowly failed to win a seat. Suffering from ill health,he died shortly afterwards.
Sir Gilbert Lawrence Chandler KBE,CMG was a Liberal Party politician who served in the Bolte Ministry in Victoria.
Leslie William Galvin was an Australian politician. He was a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Bendigo from 1945 to 1955 when he was defeated at the state election,then regained the seat in 1958 until 1964.
Sir John Herman (Henry) Lienhop was an Australian politician and grazier. He was the member of the Victorian Legislative Council for Bendigo Province from June 1937 to February 1951.
This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Council from the elections of 24 August to 10 December 1870 to the elections of 24 August to September 1872.
Sir Ronald William Mack was an Australian politician.
Roy Robert Rawson was an Australian politician.
William Oats was an Australian mining engineer and politician who served in both houses of the Parliament of Western Australia,as a member of the Legislative Assembly from 1897 to 1904 and a member of the Legislative Council from 1904 to 1910. He was known to the general public as Captain Oats,due to his status as a mining captain.
Charles Sommers was an Australian businessman and politician who was a member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia from 1900 to 1918. He was a minister in the first government of George Leake.
Donald Melville was a Scottish-born Australian politician.
Francis Conway Mason was an Australian politician of Irish descent. He was a member for South Gippsland in the Victorian Legislative Assembly between 1871 and 1902,with two interruptions. He was the Speaker of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1897 to 1902.
Percy Joseph Russell was an Australian politician who served as the mayor of Hawthorn.
Alfred Shrapnell Bailes was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1886 to 1894 and from 1897 to 1907. He also served as mayor of Bendigo from 1883 to 1884.
