Electoral_district_of_Avoca

Electoral district of Avoca

Electoral district of Avoca

Colonial electoral district of Victoria

For the district of the old unicameral Victorian Legislative Council 1851–1856, see Electoral district of Avoca (Victorian Legislative Council).

Avoca was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly[1] in the Australian state of Victoria from 1859 to 1889. It was based in northern Victoria. It was defined by the 1858 Electoral Act as:

Commencing at the source of the River Avoca in the Main Dividing Range ; thence northwards by that river and by a line bearing north to the River Murray ; thence by the River Murray to the River Loddon; thence south-wards by the River Loddon to McNeil's Creek;[a] thence by McNeil's Creek to the Main Dividing Range; and thence westerly by the Main Dividing Range to the commencing point aforesaid, including the parish of Tarnagulla.[2]

[a] McNeil's Creek now known as Bet Bet Creek.[3]

Quick Facts Avoca Victoria—Legislative Assembly, State ...

In April 1889, a new district, Talbot and Avoca, was created.[4]

Members

More information 2 members, Member 1 ...

      # = by-election

References

  1. [1]
    "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
  2. [2]
    "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 10 March 2014.
  3. [3]
    "'VIC-1861-census_01 page xxxv". Historical Census and Colonial Data Archive. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
  4. [4]
    "The New Victorian Legislative Assembly". Western Mail. Trove. 20 April 1889. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
  5. [5]
    "The Victorian Parliament". South Australian Register. Trove. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
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