Electoral district of Carlton

Coordinates: 37°47′30″S 144°58′0″E / 37.79167°S 144.96667°E / -37.79167; 144.96667
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Carlton
Victoria
Created1877
Abolished1958
DemographicMetropolitan
Coordinates37°47′30″S 144°58′0″E / 37.79167°S 144.96667°E / -37.79167; 144.96667

Carlton was an

Victoria located in the inner-Melbourne suburb of Carlton from 1877[1] to 1958.[2]

The district was defined as:

Commencing at a point in the centre of

Sydney road ; thence north by a line passing through the centre of the Sydney road to Park street Brunswick ; thence east by a line passing through the centre of Park street east to Nicholson street ; and thence south by a line passing through the centre of Nicholson street to the commencing point.[1]

Members for Carlton

Member Party Term
  James Munro Unaligned 1877–1880
  John Gardiner Unaligned 1880–1892
  Frederick Bromley
Labour
1892–1908
  Robert Solly
Labor
1908–1932
  Bill Barry
Labor
1932–1955
 
Labor (Anti-Communist)
1955
  Denis Lovegrove
Labor
1955–1958

Election results

External links

  • Election Notice, Carlton - 1897
  • Victoria Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) (PDF). Vol. 68. Robert S. Brain. 1891.

References

  1. ^ a b "The Electoral Act Amendment Act 1876". Australasian Legal Information Institute. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
  2. ^ "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 10 April 2013.