Electoral district of Castlemaine Boroughs

Castlemaine Boroughs
Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Castlemaine Boroughs; Victoria—Legislative Assembly
	Location in Victoria
State	Victoria
Created	1856
Abolished	1859
Namesake	Castlemaine, Victoria
Coordinates	37°4′S 144°13′E / 37.067°S 144.217°ECoordinates: 37°4′S 144°13′E / 37.067°S 144.217°E

Castlemaine Boroughs was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria from 1856 to 1859. It included the towns Castlemaine, Muckleford, Harcourt and Elphinstone,^[1] ^[2] all roughly 110 to 130 km north-west of Melbourne. The boundaries included non-continuous urban areas.

The district of Castlemaine Boroughs was one of the initial districts of the first Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1856.^[3] Castlemaine Boroughs was abolished in 1859, the new district of Castlemaine was created that year when the Victorian Electoral Act of 1858 was implemented.^[4]

Members for Castlemaine Boroughs[]

Member 1	Term	Member 2	Term
Alexander Palmer	Nov. 1856 – July 1857	Vincent Pyke	Nov. 1856 – Feb. 1857
Richard Davies Ireland	Aug. 1857 – Aug. 1859	Robert Sitwell	Mar. 1857 – Aug. 1859

Vincent Pyke became one of the three members of the new district of Castlemaine in 1859.^[5]

References[]

^ Electoral district of Castlemaine Boroughs. WorldCat. OCLC 222281143.
^ "Victoria Constitution Act 1855" (PDF). Retrieved 12 April 2013.
^ Edward Sweetman (1920). Constitutional Development of Victoria, 1851-6. Whitcombe & Tombs Limited. p. 183. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
^ "An Act to alter the Electoral Districts of Victoria and to increase the number of Members of the Legislative Assembly thereof" (PDF). 1858. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
^ "The Elections". The Argus. 29 August 1859. Retrieved 24 April 2013.

"Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 4 April 2013.

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[1] Electoral district of Castlemaine Boroughs. WorldCat. OCLC 222281143.

[2] "Victoria Constitution Act 1855" (PDF). Retrieved 12 April 2013.

[Sweetman-3] Edward Sweetman (1920). Constitutional Development of Victoria, 1851-6. Whitcombe & Tombs Limited. p. 183. Retrieved 21 August 2013.

[4] "An Act to alter the Electoral Districts of Victoria and to increase the number of Members of the Legislative Assembly thereof" (PDF). 1858. Retrieved 21 August 2013.

[5] "The Elections". The Argus. 29 August 1859. Retrieved 24 April 2013.

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