Electoral district of East Bourke Boroughs

Former state electoral district of Victoria, Australia

Australian electorate

East Bourke Boroughs Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Location within Greater Melbourne area, 1859
State	Victoria
Created	1859
Abolished	1904
Namesake	County of Bourke
Demographic	Metropolitan

East Bourke Boroughs was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria from 1859 to 1904.

The district was defined in the Electoral Districts Act of 1858 as:

Commencing at a point on the east bank of the Moonee Ponds, being the northwestern angle of portion of CXLII., parish of Jika Jika; thence by a line bearing east, and by the northern, eastern, and southern boundaries of the town reserve of Pentridge to the Merri Creek ; thence southwards by the Merri Creek to the south-western angle of portion CXXIII. in the said parish ; thence by a line bearing east to the Darebin Creek; thence southwards by the Darebin Creek to the river Yarra Yarra; thence by the river Yarra Yarra to the Merri Creek aforesaid; thence northwards by the Merri Creek to the south-eastern angle of portion XC. in the said parish; thence west by the southern boundaries of portion XC. and XCI. to the Moonee Ponds aforesaid; and thence northwards by the Moonee Ponds to the commencing point ...

Members for East Bourke Boroughs

One member originally, two from 1889.

Member 1	Term
Richard Heales	Oct 1859 – Jun 1864
Edward Cope	Jul 1864 – Jan 1871
William Champ	Apr 1871 – May 1873
George Higinbotham	May 1873 – Jan 1876
William Mitchell Cook	Feb 1876 – Feb 1883
Charles Henry Pearson	Feb 1883 – April 1892	Member 2	Term
Charles Henry Pearson	Feb 1883 – April 1892	David Methven	Apr 1889 – Sep 1894
Sir Graham Berry	May 1892 – Sep 1897	James Hume Cook	Oct 1894 – Oct 1900
David Methven	Oct 1897 – Sep 1902	William Thomas Reay	Nov 1900 – Sep 1902
Frank Anstey	Oct 1902 – May 1904	Frederick Hickford	Oct 1902 – Nov 1903
Frank Anstey	Oct 1902 – May 1904	David Methven	Dec 1903 – May 1904

References

"An Act to alter the Electoral Districts of Victoria and to increase the number of Members of the Legislative Assembly thereof. 1858" (PDF). Retrieved 20 April 2013.
"The General Election". The Argus. Trove, National Library of Australia. 29 March 1889. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
"The General Elections". Portland Guardian. Trove, National Library of Australia. 2 November 1900. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
Victoria Parliamentary Debates (Hansard), Second Session 1900 (PDF). Vol. 96. Melbourne: Robert S. Brain. 1901.
^ "Victorian Politics". Kalgoorlie Western Argus. Trove, National Library of Australia. 7 October 1902. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
Victoria Parliamentary Debates (Hansard), Session 1902–03 (PDF). Vol. 101. Melbourne: Robert S. Brain. 1903.

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Former electoral districts of Victoria

Electoral districts of the Victorian Legislative Assembly

Labor (54)

Coalition (28)

Liberal (19)	Benambra Berwick Brighton Bulleen Caulfield Croydon Eildon Evelyn Hawthorn Kew Malvern Mornington Narracan Nepean Polwarth Rowville Sandringham South-West Coast Warrandyte
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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