Electoral district of Belfast and Warrnambool

Belfast and Warrnambool
Victoria—Legislative Council
State Victoria
Created 1851
Abolished 1856
Namesake Towns of Belfast and
Warrnambool
Demographic Urbanised Rural

The Electoral district of Belfast and Warrnambool was one of the original sixteen electoral districts[1] of the old unicameral Victorian Legislative Council of 1851 to 1856. Victoria being a colony in Australia at the time.

The Electoral district of Belfast and Warrnambool's area included the towns of Belfast (renamed to Port Fairy around 1889) and Warrnambool.[1]

From 1856 onwards, the Victorian parliament consisted of two houses, the Victorian Legislative Council (upper house, consisting of Provinces) and the Victorian Legislative Assembly (lower house).[2]

Members

One member initially, two from the expansion of the Council in 1853.[3]

Member 1 Term
Thomas Osborne Nov 1851     – Dec 1852[r]
Lauchlan Mackinnon Dec 1852[b] – May 1853 Member 2 Term
Frederick Stevens Jun 1853[b][4] – Feb 1854 Mark Nicholson Aug 1853   – May 1854
Francis Beaver Mar 1854[b] – Mar 1856 George Horne Sep 1854[b] – Mar 1856

Notes

r = resigned
b = by-election

Beaver went on to represent the Electoral district of Belfast in the Victorian Legislative Assembly from November 1856.[5]

Horne went on to represent the Electoral district of Warrnambool in the Victorian Legislative Assembly from November 1856.[5]


See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Victorian Electoral Act" (PDF). New South Wales Government. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
  2. ↑ Sweetman, Edward (1920). Constitutional Development of Victoria, 1851-6. Whitcombe & Tombs Limited. p. 182. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
  3. ↑ Sweetman, p.108
  4. ↑ "Progress of the Elections". The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.). 9 June 1853. p. 4.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 17 May 2013.

Coordinates: 38°20′30″S 142°22′0″E / 38.34167°S 142.36667°E