Electoral_district_of_Dundas_and_Follett

Electoral district of Dundas (Victoria)

Electoral district of Dundas (Victoria)

Former state electoral district of Victoria, Australia

Dundas (called Dundas and Follett 1856–59)[1] was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria from 1856 to 1976. It covered a region of western Victoria and consisted of the counties of Dundas and Follett.[2]

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The district of Dundas and Follett was one of the initial districts created in the first Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1856.[3] It was renamed Dundas from 1859 as a result of the Electoral Act (of December 1858) although it covered the same area as Dundas and Follett previously.[4]

Later its borders were re-arranged somewhat and included the sub-divisions of Harrow, Casterton, Hamilton, Branxholme, Penshurst and Mortlake.[5]

Members

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Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Dundas (Victoria)

References

  1. [1]
    "Victoria Constitution Act 1855" (PDF). Retrieved 27 May 2013.
  2. [2]
    "Electoral Districts of South Grant, North Grant, North Grenville, Ripon, Hampden, South Grenville and Polworth, Villiers and Heytesbury, Normanby, Dundas and Follett" (map). 1856. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
  3. [3]
    Edward Sweetman (1920). Constitutional Development of Victoria, 1851-6. Whitcombe & Tombs Limited. p. 183. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
  4. [4]
    "An Act to alter the Electoral Districts of Victoria and to increase the number of Members of the Legislative Assembly thereof" (PDF). 1858. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
  5. [5]
    "1956 Map Showing State Electoral Districts of Dundas and Portland". Retrieved 3 April 2013.

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