Electoral district of St Kilda

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St Kilda
Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Electoral district of St Kilda 1859.png
Location within Greater Melbourne area, 1859
StateVictoria
Created1856
Abolished1992
DemographicMetropolitan
Coordinates37°52′S 144°59′E / 37.867°S 144.983°E / -37.867; 144.983Coordinates: 37°52′S 144°59′E / 37.867°S 144.983°E / -37.867; 144.983

The Electoral district of St Kilda was one of the inaugural electoral districts of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, abolished on 2 October 1992.

St Kilda was one of the initial districts created in the first Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1856.[1] It included an area south of the Yarra River and the then villages of St Kilda and Elsternwick.[2]

Members for St Kilda[]

Two members initially, one after the redistribution of 1889.

Member 1 Party Term Member 2 Party Term
  Thomas Fellows Unaligned 1856–1858   Frederick James Sargood Unaligned 1856–1857
  Unaligned 1858–1859   Henry Chapman Unaligned 1858–1859
  Sir Archibald Michie Unaligned 1859–1861   James Johnston Unaligned 1859–1864
  Unaligned 1861–1864
  Sir Archibald Michie Unaligned 1864–1865   Unliagned 1864–1865
  Unaligned 1866–1867   Brice Bunny Unaligned 1866–1867
  Thomas Fellows Unaligned 1868–1872   Cole Aspinall Unaligned 1868–1870
  Murray Smith Unaligned 1873–1877   James Stephen Unaligned 1870–1874
  Unaligned 1877–1883   Edward Dixon Unaligned 1874–1880
  Sir Matthew Davies Unaligned 1883–1889   Unaligned 1880–1889
  Sir George Turner Unaligned 1889–1901
  Liberal 1901–1902
  Robert McCutcheon /
Independent Liberal 		1902–1917
  Agar Wynne Unaligned 1917–1920
  Frederic Eggleston Nationalist 1920–1927
  Burnett Gray Liberal 1927–1932
  Sir Archie Michaelis United Australia Party/
Liberal Party 		1932–1952
  John Bourke Labor Party 1952–1955
  Baron Snider Liberal Party 1955–1964
  Brian Dixon Liberal Party 1964–1982
  Andrew McCutcheon Labor Party 1982–1992

See also[]

  • Parliaments of the Australian states and territories
  • List of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly

References[]

  • "Re-Member (former members)". Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  1. ^ Edward Sweetman (1920). Constitutional Development of Victoria, 1851-6. Whitcombe & Tombs Limited. p. 183. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
  2. ^ "Central Province and Electoral Districts of Melbourne, St Kilda, Collingwood, South Melbourne, Richmond and Williamstown" (map). State Library of Victoria. 27 November 1855. Retrieved 26 May 2013.


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