Electoral district of Creswick

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Creswick
Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Electoral district of Creswick, Victoria.png
Location in Victoria
StateVictoria
Created1859
Abolished1904
DemographicRural

Creswick was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the colony, and later Australian state of Victoria centred on the town of Creswick from 1859 to 1904.[1]

It was defined in the 1858 Electoral Act, its area being bound by Greens Gully, Loddon River, Great Dividing Range, Coliban River, Middleton Creek and Limestone Creek.[2]

Members for Creswick[]

Two members initially, three members from 1877,[3] then one from 1889[4] in the electoral redistribution where 41 new seats were created.[5]

Member 1 Term Member 2 Term
Oct. 1859 – Dec. 1870 John Smith Oct. 1859 – July 1861
Aug. 1861 – Aug. 1864
James Wheeler Nov. 1864 – Dec. 1867
Mar. 1868 – Jan. 1871
Jan. 1871 – Apr. 1877 [6] Apr. 1871 – Mar. 1874 Member 3 Term
Richard Richardson May 1874 – Feb. 1886 May 1877 – Feb. 1880
May 1877 – Apr. 1889 William Anderson Mar. 1886 – Mar. 1889 James Wheeler May 1880 – Mar. 1889
Richard Richardson Apr. 1889 – Sep. 1894
Walter Grose Oct. 1894 – May 1904
Wheeler went on to represent Daylesford April 1889 to October 1900.
Anderson went on to represent Windermere May 1894 to May 1898.

References[]

  1. ^ "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
  2. ^ "An Act to alter the Electoral Districts of Victoria and to increase the number of Members of the Legislative Assembly thereof" (PDF). 1858. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
  3. ^ "The New Victorian Legislative Assembly". South Australian Register. Trove. 19 May 1877. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
  4. ^ "The New Victorian Legislative Assembly". Western Mail. Trove. 20 April 1889. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
  5. ^ "The Electoral Act Amendment Act 1888" (pdf). Retrieved 12 June 2013.
  6. ^ "Parliament". The Argus. Trove. 26 April 1871. Retrieved 25 April 2013.

Coordinates: 37°26′S 143°54′E / 37.433°S 143.900°E / -37.433; 143.900

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