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Electoral district of Daylesford

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Former electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, Australia

Australian electorate
Daylesford
VictoriaLegislative Assembly
StateVictoria
Created1889
Abolished1927
NamesakeTown of Daylesford
DemographicRural

The Electoral district of Daylesford was an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It included the town of Daylesford, around 155 km north-west of Melbourne.

It was merged, along with Maryborough, into the Electoral district of Maryborough and Daylesford in 1927.

Members for Daylesford

Member Party Term
  James Wheeler Unaligned 1889–1900
  Donald McLeod Liberal 1900–1917
  Nationalist 1917–1923
  James McDonald Labor 1923*
  Roderick McLeod Nationalist 1923–1924
  James McDonald Labor 1924–1927
  • In the 1923 by-election, James McDonald of Labor was initially declared the winner, but a later recount established that Roderick McLeod had won.

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Daylesford

See also

References

  1. ^ "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
Former electoral districts of Victoria

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