Electoral district of North Melbourne

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North Melbourne
Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Electoral district of North Melbourne 1859.png
Location within Greater Melbourne area, 1859
StateVictoria
Created1859
Abolished1927
DemographicMetropolitan

North Melbourne was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly[1] in the Australian state of Victoria from 1859[2] to 1927.

The Electoral District of North Melbourne was defined as being bound by Victoria Street/Parade on the south, Nicholson Street on the east, the southern boundary of portion 90, parish of Jika Jika on the north and a line south from Mains Bridge (now Flemington Bridge)[3] to the Victoria Street alignment by the 1858 Electoral Districts Act.[2] This included the suburbs of Carlton, Parkville and North Melbourne.

The district was abolished, along with several others, when the Electoral Districts Act 1926[4] was implemented in 1927.

Members[]

Two members initially,[2] one from the redistribution of 1889 when Port Melbourne and other districts were created.[1]

Member 1 Term Member 2 Term
Oct 1859 – Jul  1861 George Elliott Barton Oct 1859 – Jul? 1861
Patrick Costello Aug 1861 – Nov 1861[x] Aug 1861 – Aug 1864
Nov 1861[5]– Aug 1864
Nov 1864 – Mar 1874 Nov 1864 – Dec 1865
Feb 1866 – Jan 1871
James Munro May 1874 – Apr 1877 Apr 1871 – Apr 1877
May 1877 – Apr 1892 May 1877 – Mar 1881
James Munro Apr 1881[b] – Feb 1883
James Rose Feb 1883 – Mar 1889
May 1892 – May 1893
Jun 1893[b] – Sep 1894
George Prendergast Oct 1894 – Sep 1897
William Watt Oct 1897 – Oct 1900
George Prendergast Nov 1900 – Dec 1926
b = by-election
x = expelled

Prendergast went on to represent the Electoral district of Footscray, which was re-created in 1927.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
  2. ^ a b c "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 2 May 2013.
  3. ^ "Moonee Valley Thematic Environmental History, p.50". Retrieved 2 May 2013.
  4. ^ "Electoral Districts Act 1926". Australasian Legal Information Institute. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  5. ^ "Legislative Assembly". The Argus. Melbourne, Vic. 27 November 1861.

Coordinates: 37°47′57″S 144°56′48″E / 37.79917°S 144.94667°E / -37.79917; 144.94667

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