Australian electorate
Polwarth and South Grenville Victoria—Legislative Assembly | |
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Location in Victoria | |
State | Victoria |
Created | 1859 |
Abolished | 1889 |
Demographic | Rural |
Polwarth and South Grenville was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria from 1859 to 1889. It was based in western Victoria.
Polwarth and South Grenville was created after the Electoral district of Polwarth, Ripon, Hampden and South Grenville was divided in 1859.
Members for Polwarth and South Grenville
Member | Term |
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Joseph Wilkie | Oct. 1859 – July 1861 |
William Nixon | Aug. 1861 – July 1863 |
Sir Archibald Michie | Aug. 1863 – Aug. 1864 |
Joseph Henry Connor | Nov. 1864 – Jan. 1871 |
William Robertson | Apr. 1871 – Mar. 1874 |
Joseph Henry Connor | May 1874 – Apr. 1877 |
William Joseph O'Hea | May 1877 – Feb. 1880 |
William Robertson | May 1880 – June 1880 |
William Joseph O'Hea | July 1880 – July 1881 |
William Robertson | Aug. 1881 – Feb. 1886 |
Charles Lamond Forrest | Mar. 1886 – Mar. 1889 |
After the abolition of Polwarth and South Grenville in 1889, a new Electoral district of Polwarth was created, Charles Forrest went on to represent Polwarth from April 1889 to September 1894.
References
- ^ "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
- "Electoral Districts of South Grant, North Grant, North Grenville, Ripon, Hampden, South Grenville and Polworth, Villiers and Heytesbury, Normanby, Dundas and Follett" (map). 1856. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
- "An Act to alter the Electoral Districts of Victoria and to increase the number of Members of the Legislative Assembly thereof" (PDF). Australasian Legal Information Institute. 1858. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
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