Electoral district of West Bourke

West Bourke
Victoria—Legislative Assembly
West Bourke; Victoria—Legislative Assembly
	Location in Victoria
State	Victoria
Created	1856
Abolished	1904
Namesake	Bourke West
Demographic	Rural

West Bourke was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria from 1856 to 1904. Coordinates: 37°30′S 144°35′E / 37.500°S 144.583°E / -37.500; 144.583

The district of West Bourke was one of the initial districts of the first Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1856.^[1]

Boundaries[]

The boundaries of the district included the Great Dividing Range from the source of the Werribee River to the north-eastern branch of the near Big Hill, then from the Saltwater River to the south-western corner of the parish of Bulla Bulla. The eastern boundary included the source of the Moonee Ponds to , then south to the Yarra River, Port Phillip Bay and to the mouth of the Werribee River at its source in the Great Dividing Range.^[2]

Electoral districts of West Bourke, East Bourke and South Bourke

Members for West Bourke[]

Two members initially, three from the expansion of 1859.^[3] Fewer members after the redistributions of 1877 and 1889.

Member 1	Term	Member 2	Term
Patrick Phelan	Nov 1856 – Jan 1860	Robert McDougall	Nov 1856 – Aug 1857
Patrick Phelan	Nov 1856 – Jan 1860	Joseph Wilkie	Aug 1857 – Aug 1859	Member 3	Term
John Carre Riddell	Feb 1860 – April 1877		Oct 1859 – Jul 1861		Oct 1859 – Jul 1861
		John Smith	Aug 1861 – Jan 1879	Charles MacMahon	Aug 1861 – Aug 1864
				Mark Last King	Nov 1864 – Mar 1874
				John Madden	May 1874 – Oct 1875
	May 1877 – Feb 1880
	May 1877 – Feb 1880			Mark Last King	Nov. 1875 – April 1877
	May 1880 – Jun 1880^[4]	Alfred Deakin	Jul 1879 – Aug 1879
	May 1880 – Jun 1880^[4]	Robert Harper	Aug 1879 – Jun 1880
Bryan O'Loghlen	July 1880 – Feb 1883	Alfred Deakin	Jul 1880 – Mar 1889
Samuel Staughton Sr.	Feb 1883 – Aug 1901
	Sep 1901 – May 1903
Andrew Robert Robertson	Jun 1903 – May 1904

References[]

^ Edward Sweetman (1920). Constitutional Development of Victoria, 1851-6. Whitcombe & Tombs Limited. p. 183. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
^ "An Act to alter the Electoral Districts of Victoria and to increase the number of Members of the Legislative Assembly thereof" (PDF). Austlii. 17 December 1858. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
^ "An Act to alter the Electoral Districts of Victoria and to increase the number of Members of the Legislative Assembly thereof" (PDF). 1858. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
^ "The Bacchus Marsh Express". TROVE. 29 August 1903. Retrieved 12 February 2015.

"Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 16 June 2021.

[Sweetman-1] Edward Sweetman (1920). Constitutional Development of Victoria, 1851-6. Whitcombe & Tombs Limited. p. 183. Retrieved 4 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). Austlii. 17 December 1858. Retrieved 12 February 2015.

[3] "An Act to alter the Electoral Districts of Victoria and to increase the number of Members of the Legislative Assembly thereof" (PDF). 1858. Retrieved 8 June 2013.

[4] "The Bacchus Marsh Express". TROVE. 29 August 1903. Retrieved 12 February 2015.

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