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Former colonial electoral district of Victoria, Australia

Australian electorate
Kyneton Boroughs
VictoriaLegislative Assembly
StateVictoria
Created1856
Abolished1889
NamesakeTown of Kyneton
DemographicRural
Coordinates37°14′S 144°26′E / 37.233°S 144.433°E / -37.233; 144.433

Kyneton Boroughs was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria from 1856 to 1889. It included the towns of Kyneton, Malmsbury, Taradale, Carlsruhe and Woodend. It was superseded in 1889 by the Electoral district of Kyneton.

The district of Kyneton Boroughs was one of the initial districts of the first Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1856.

Members for Kyneton Boroughs

Member Term
George Johnson Nov 1856 – Aug 1859
Thomas Hadley Oct 1859 – Jul 1861
Robert Braithwaite Tucker Aug 1861 – Dec 1867
Martin McKenna Mar 1868 – Mar 1874
Charles Young May 1874 – Mar 1889

References

  1. ^ "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
  2. "Electoral district of the Kyneton Boroughs" (map). 1856. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
  3. Edward Sweetman (1920). Constitutional Development of Victoria, 1851-6. Whitcombe & Tombs Limited. p. 183. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
Former electoral districts of Victoria
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