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Electoral district of Glenelg (Victoria)

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Former state electoral district of Victoria, Australia This article is about the historical Victorian state electorate. For the historical South Australian state electorate, see Electoral district of Glenelg (South Australia).

Australian electorate
Glenelg
VictoriaLegislative Assembly
StateVictoria
Created1904
Abolished1927
DemographicRural

Glenelg was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria based in far south-western Victoria from 1904 to 1927. 38°00′S 141°30′E / 38.000°S 141.500°E / -38.000; 141.500

It was created after the Electoral district of Normanby was abolished by the Victorian Electoral Districts Boundaries Act 1903.

Members for Glenelg

Member Party Term
  Ewen Cameron Unaligned 1904–1906
  Hugh Campbell Liberal 1906–1917
  Nationalist 1917–1920
  William Thomas Labor 1920–1924
  Ernie Bond Labor 1924–1927

After Glenelg was abolished in 1927, a new district, the Electoral district of Port Fairy and Glenelg was created. Ernest Bond, the last member for Glenelg, represented the new district of Port Fairy and Glenelg from 1927 to 1943.

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Glenelg (Victoria)

References

  1. ^ "Electoral Districts Boundaries Act 1903". Australasian Legal Information Institute. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
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