Electoral district of Avoca

Colonial electoral district of Victoria For the district of the old unicameral Victorian Legislative Council 1851–1856, see Electoral district of Avoca (Victorian Legislative Council).

Australian electorate

Avoca Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Location in Victoria
State	Victoria
Created	1859
Abolished	1889
Demographic	Rural
Coordinates	37°05′S 143°28′E / 37.083°S 143.467°E / -37.083; 143.467

Avoca was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria from 1859 to 1889. It was based in northern Victoria. It was defined by the 1858 Electoral Act as:

Commencing at the source of the River Avoca in the Main Dividing Range ; thence northwards by that river and by a line bearing north to the River Murray ; thence by the River Murray to the River Loddon; thence south-wards by the River Loddon to McNeil's Creek; thence by McNeil's Creek to the Main Dividing Range; and thence westerly by the Main Dividing Range to the commencing point aforesaid, including the parish of Tarnagulla.

McNeil's Creek now known as Bet Bet Creek.

In April 1889, a new district, Talbot and Avoca, was created.

Members

2 members
Member 1		Term	Member 2		Term
	George Samuel Evans	Oct 1859 – Jul 1861		James Macpherson Grant	Oct 1859 – Jul 1870
	Benjamin George Davies	Aug 1861 – Feb 1880
				Peter Finn	Oct 1870 – Jan 1871
				James Macpherson Grant	Apr 1871 – Apr 1885
	Thomas Langdon	May 1880 – Mar 1889		George Enright Bourchier	Jun 1885 – Mar 1889

= by-election

References

"Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
"An Act to alter the Electoral Districts of Victoria and to increase the number of Members of the Legislative Assembly thereof" (PDF). Australasian Legal Information Institute. 1858. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
"'VIC-1861-census_01 page xxxv". Historical Census and Colonial Data Archive. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
"The New Victorian Legislative Assembly". Western Mail. Trove. 20 April 1889. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
"The Victorian Parliament". South Australian Register. Trove. Retrieved 18 April 2013.

External links

Electoral district of Avoca Map at State Library of Victoria

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Electoral districts of the Victorian Legislative Assembly

Labor (54)

Coalition (28)

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National (9)	Euroa Gippsland East Gippsland South Lowan Mildura Morwell Murray Plains Ovens Valley Shepparton

Greens (3)

Independent (1)

Ringwood

Independent Labor (1)

South Barwon

Vacant (1)

Prahran

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