Electoral district of Loddon
| Loddon Victoria | |
|---|---|
| Created | 1856 |
| Abolished | 1859 |
| Demographic | Rural |
Loddon was an
Victoria from 1856 to 1859. It was based in northern Victoria around the Loddon River.[2]
36°30′S 144°15′E / 36.500°S 144.250°E
Its area was defined in the Victoria Constitution Act of 1855 as: "Bounded on the West by the Sandhurst Boroughs."[3]
The district of Loddon was one of the initial districts of the first Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1856.[4]
Loddon was abolished in the redistribution of 1859, parts of the former Loddon district were incorporated into Castlemaine and the new electoral districts of Maldon and Mandurang.[5]
Members for Loddon
| Member 1 | Term | Member 2 | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
John Downes Owens
|
Nov 1856 – Aug 1859 | Ebenezer Syme | Nov 1856 – Aug 1859 |
- Owens later represented Mandurang from 1861 to 1863.[6]
References
- ^ "Former Members". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
- ^ "Electoral district of the Loddon" (map). 1856. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
- ^ "Victoria Constitution Act 1855" (PDF). Retrieved 11 June 2013.
- ^ Sweetman, Edward (1920). Constitutional Development of Victoria, 1851-6. Whitcombe & Tombs Limited. p. 183. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
- ^ "An Act to alter the Electoral Districts of Victoria and to increase the number of Members of the Legislative Assembly thereof" (PDF). 1858. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
- ^ "John Downes Owens". Re-Member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Archived from the original on 23 April 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2022.