Electoral district of Creswick

Coordinates: 37°26′S 143°54′E / 37.433°S 143.900°E / -37.433; 143.900
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Creswick
Victoria
Created1859
Abolished1904
DemographicRural

Creswick was an

Victoria centred on the town of Creswick from 1859 to 1904.[1]

It was defined in the 1858 Electoral Act, its area being bound by Greens Gully,

Middleton Creek, and Limestone Creek.[2]

Members for Creswick

Two members initially, three members from 1877,[3] then one from 1889[4] in the electoral redistribution where 41 new seats were created.[5]

Member 1 Term Member 2 Term
William Frazer Oct. 1859 – Dec. 1870 John Smith Oct. 1859 – July 1861
Robert MacDonald Aug. 1861 – Aug. 1864
James Wheeler Nov. 1864 – Dec. 1867
William Miller Mar. 1868 – Jan. 1871
James Stewart Jan. 1871 – Apr. 1877 Thomas Phillips[6] Apr. 1871 – Mar. 1874 Member 3 Term
Richard Richardson May 1874 – Feb. 1886 Henry Sainsbury May 1877 – Feb. 1880
Thomas Cooper May 1877 – Apr. 1889 William Anderson Mar. 1886 – Mar. 1889 James Wheeler May 1880 – Mar. 1889
Richard Richardson Apr. 1889 – Sep. 1894
Walter Grose Oct. 1894 – May 1904
Wheeler went on to represent Daylesford April 1889 to October 1900.
Anderson went on to represent Windermere May 1894 to May 1898.

References

  1. ^ "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 24 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). 1858. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
  3. ^ "The New Victorian Legislative Assembly". South Australian Register. Trove. 19 May 1877. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
  4. ^ "The New Victorian Legislative Assembly". Western Mail. Trove. 20 April 1889. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
  5. ^ "The Electoral Act Amendment Act 1888" (pdf). Retrieved 12 June 2013.
  6. The Argus
    . Trove. 26 April 1871. Retrieved 25 April 2013.

37°26′S 143°54′E / 37.433°S 143.900°E / -37.433; 143.900