Electoral district of Geelong West

Australian electorate

Geelong West Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Location in Victoria, 1859
State	Victoria
Dates current	1859–1877, 1955–1985
Demographic	Metropolitan

Geelong West was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria from 1859 to 1985. It was located west of the city of Geelong, defined in the Victorian Electoral Act, 1858 as:

Bounded on the north and north-west by a line drawn at a distance of 2 miles from the north-western angle of the town reserve of Geelong, as a centre from the western shore of Corio Bay, near Cowie's Creek, to a road leading to the River Barwon; on the west by that road; on the south-west and south by the River Barwon; and on the east by the western boundary of the town reserve of Geelong and the shores of Corio Bay, including the reserve at the junction of the Barwon and Moorabool

Geelong West (along with Electoral district of Geelong East) was created when the four-member Electoral district of Geelong was abolished in 1859. Geelong West and Geelong East were abolished in 1877, replaced by a re-created 3-member district of Geelong. Geelong West was re-created in 1955.

Members

First incarnation (1859–1877, 2 members)
Member 1	Term	Member 2	Term
John Henry Brooke	1859 – 1864	James Harrison	1859 – 1860
John Henry Brooke	1859 – 1864	Nicholas Foott	1860 – 1868
George Brown	1864 – 1865
Richard Heath	1866 – 1867
James Gattie Carr	1868 – 1870	Graham Berry	1868 – 1877
Robert de Bruce Johnstone	1870 – 1877	Graham Berry	1868 – 1877

Foott died 24 September 1868, replaced by Graham Berry in October 1868.

Johnstone and Berry went on to represent the re-created Geelong from 1877.

Second incarnation (1955–1967)
Member		Party	Term
	Colin MacDonald	Labor	1955–1958
	Max Gillett	Liberal and Country	1958–1964
	Neil Trezise	Labor	1964–1967

Third incarnation (1976–1985)
Member		Party	Term
	Hayden Birrell	Liberal	1976–1982
	Hayden Shell	Labor	1982–1985

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Geelong West

External links

Electoral districts of Geelong West and Geelong, 1956 Map at State Library of Victoria

References

^ "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
"An Act to alter the Electoral Districts of Victoria and to increase the number of Members of the Legislative Assembly thereof" (PDF). 1858. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
"Geelong West Election". The Ballarat Star. 17 October 1868. p. 2.

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Abbotsford Alberton Allandale Altona Anglesey Ararat Ascot Vale Avoca Ballarat Ballarat East Ballarat North Ballarat South Ballarat West Balwyn Barwon Belfast Benalla Benalla and Yarrawonga Bendigo Bennettswood Bogong Boroondara Borung Brunswick East Brunswick West Bulla Bulla and Dalhousie Buninyong Burwood Camberwell Carlton Carlton South Castlemaine Castlemaine and Kyneton Castlemaine and Maldon Castlemaine Boroughs Caulfield East Clayton Clifton Hill Clunes and Allandale Coburg Colac Collingwood Creswick Crowlands Dalhousie Dandenong and Berwick Dandenong North Daylesford Deer Park Delatite Derrimut Donald and Swan Hill Doncaster Doveton Dromana Dundas Dundas and Follett Dunolly Eaglehawk East Bourke East Bourke Boroughs East Melbourne Eastern Suburbs Elsternwick Emerald Hill Essendon and Flemington Evelyn and Mornington Ferntree Gully Fitzroy Flemington Forest Hill Frankston East Frankston North Frankston South Geelong East Geelong North Geelong West Gembrook Gippsland Gippsland Central Gippsland North Gippsland West Gisborne Glen Iris Glenelg Glenhuntly Glenroy Goulburn Goulburn Valley Grant Greensborough Grenville Gunbower Hampden Heatherton Heidelberg Horsham Jika Jika Jolimont and West Richmond Kara Kara Kara Kara and Borung Keilor Keysborough Kilmore Kilmore and Anglesey Kilmore, Dalhousie and Lancefield Kilsyth Knox Korong Korong and Eaglehawk Kyneton Kyneton Boroughs Loddon Lyndhurst Maldon Mandurang Maryborough Maryborough and Daylesford Maryborough and Talbot Melbourne South Mentone Mernda Midlands Mitcham Moira Moonee Ponds Moorabbin Mooroolbark Mount Waverley The Murray Murray Boroughs Murray Valley Noble Park Normanby North Grant North Grenville North Melbourne Numurkah and Nathalia Nunawading Ormond Ouyen Ovens Polwarth and South Grenville Polwarth, Ripon, Hampden and South Grenville Port Fairy Port Fairy and Glenelg Port Melbourne Portland Public Officers Railway Officers Rainbow Reservoir Ripon and Hampden Ripponlea Rodney Sandhurst Sandhurst South Sandridge Scoresby Seymour Shepparton and Euroa South Bourke South Grant South Melbourne South Yarra Springvale St Kilda Stawell Stawell and Ararat Sunshine Swan Hill Syndal Talbot Talbot and Avoca Toorak Tullamarine Upper Goulburn Upper Yarra Villiers and Heytesbury Walhalla Wangaratta Wangaratta and Ovens Wangaratta and Rutherglen Wantirna Waranga Warrenheip Warrenheip and Grenville Warrnambool West Bourke West Melbourne Westernport Whittlesea Wimmera Windermere Wonthaggi Yarraville Yuroke

Former electoral districts of Victoria

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