Electoral district of South Grant

Colonial electoral district of Victoria (1856–1877)

Australian electorate

South Grant Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Electoral district of South Grant, 1856
State	Victoria
Created	1856
Abolished	1877
Demographic	Rural

South Grant was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria from 1856 to 1877.

South Grant was based in the countryside surrounding (but not including) Geelong, bordered on the north and east by the Werribee River, on the west by the Yarrowee River and the coastline to current-day Anglesea. 37°55′S 144°20′E / 37.917°S 144.333°E / -37.917; 144.333

The district of South Grant was one of the initial districts of the first Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1856.

Members for South Grant

Three members were elected to the district.

Member 1	Member 2	Member 3	Term
William Haines	Horatio Wills	John Myles	Nov 1856 – Nov 1858
John Bell	Horatio Wills		Jan 1859 – Aug 1859
Peter Lalor	James Carr		Oct 1859 – Jul 1861
	Michael Cummins	William McCann	Aug 1861 – Aug 1864
	John Rout Hopkins	William McCann	Nov 1864 – Aug 1867
	John Rout Hopkins	William Stutt	Sep 1867 – Dec 1867
	George Cunningham	William Stutt	Jan 1868 – Jan 1871
John Rout Hopkins	George Cunningham	Jonas Levien	Apr 1871 – Mar 1874
	Peter Lalor		Mar 1874– Apr 1877

= won seat in by-election = seat forfeited

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). 1855. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
^ Sweetman, Edward (1920). Constitutional Development of Victoria, 1851-6. Whitcombe & Tombs Limited. p. 183. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
"Thursday Morning Jan. 23rd". Geelong Advertiser. 23 January 1868.
"Election Notices". Geelong Advertiser. 28 March 1874.

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