Electoral district of Kara Kara

Former state electoral district in Victoria, Australia

Australian electorate

Kara Kara Victoria—Legislative Assembly
State	Victoria
Dates current	1877–1927, 1955–1976
Demographic	Rural

Kara Kara was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria from 1877 to 1927, and 1955 to 1976. It was based in north-western Victoria and included the subdivisions of Donald, Charlton, Minyip, Murtoa, St. Arnaud, Wedderburn, Inglewood, Dunnolly, Landsborough, Avoca, Maryborough and Carisbrook.

Kara Kara was abolished in 1976 and replaced by the electoral district of Ripon.

Members for Kara Kara

First Incarnation 1877–1927
Member		Party	Term
	John Dow	None	1877 – 1893
	Andrew Anderson	None	1893 – 1897
	Sir Peter McBride	None	1897 – 1913
	John Pennington	Liberal	1913 – 1917
	John Hall	VFU	1917 – 1918
	John Pennington	Nationalist	1918 – 1927

Kara Kara was abolished in 1927 and the district of Kara Kara and Borung was created, which existed until 1945. Pennington was the member for Kara Kara and Borung from 1927 to 1935.

Second Incarnation 1955–1976
Member		Party	Term
	Keith Turnbull	Liberal and Country	1955 – 1964
	Bill Phelan	Country	1964 – 1970
	Esmond Curnow	Labor	1970 – 1976

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Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Kara Kara

References

"State Electoral Districts of Lowan and Kara Kara" (map). 1956. Retrieved 30 April 2013.

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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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