Electoral district of Castlemaine

Castlemaine Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Location in Victoria
State	Victoria
Created	1859
Abolished	1904
Demographic	Urbanised Rural

Castlemaine was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly^[1] in the Australian state of Victoria from 1859 to 1904. It included the towns of Castlemaine, Muckleford and Harcourt.^[2]

It was preceded by the Electoral district of Castlemaine Boroughs, which existed from 1856 to 1859 and was one of the original districts of the Victorian Legislative Assembly.

In 1904 the district of Castlemaine was abolished, and a new electorate, the Electoral district of Castlemaine and Maldon, was created. One of the last members of Castlemaine, Harry Lawson, represented Castlemaine and Maldon from 1904 to 1927.

Members for Castlemaine

Three members were initially elected.^[2][3] Two members from May 1877. ^{[1] [4][5]}

Member 1	Term	Member 2	Term	Member 3	Term
Butler Cole Aspinall	Oct 1859    – Sep 1860 ^[r][6]	John Macadam	Oct 1859   –  May 1861	Vincent Pyke[3]	Oct 1859 – Jun 1862^[r]
James Chapman[7]	Nov 1860^[b] – Oct 1861^[d]	Alexander John Smith	May 1861^[b] – July 1861	George Allen Smyth	Nov 1862^[b] – Aug 1864
Alexander John Smith	Nov 1861^[b] – Aug 1864	John Macadam	Aug 1861  –  Aug 1864
William Zeal	Nov 1864   – Dec 1865^[r]	Thomas Carpenter	Nov 1864   – Dec 1865	Samuel Bindon	Nov 1864 – Oct 1868^[r]
William Baillie	Feb 1866   – Nov 1870	James Farrell	Feb 1866 – May? 1878^[r]	Richard Kitto	Feb 1869^[b] – Jan 1871
James Patterson	Dec 1870^[b] – Oct 1895			William Zeal	Apr 1871   – Mar 1874^[r]
				Robert Walker	May 1874  – Apr 1877
		Charles Pearson	July 1878^[b] – Feb 1883
		James Service	Feb 1883   – Feb 1886
		William Gordon	Mar 1886   – Sep 1894
James McCay	Nov 1895^[b] – Dec 1899	Edward Williams	Oct 1894   – May 1904
Harry Lawson[8][9]	Dec 1899^[b] – May 1904

^b = by-election

^d = disqualified

^r = resigned

References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "An Act to alter the Electoral Districts of Victoria and to increase the number of Members of the Legislative Assembly thereof." (PDF). 1858. Retrieved 30 Jun 2013.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "The Elections". The Argus. 29 August 1859. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
4. ↑ "The Elections in Victoria.". The Sydney Morning Herald. 12 May 1877. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
5. ↑ "The General Election". Gippsland Times. 29 March 1889. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
6. ↑ "Castlemaine". Bendigo Advertiser. 26 September 1860.
7. ↑ "The Late Elections". Bendigo Advertiser. 12 Oct 1860. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
8. ↑ "Ministerial Elections". The Argus. 20 December 1899.
9. ↑ "Castlemaine. Mr McCay Defeated". The Argus. 21 December 1899.

Coordinates: 37°2′S 144°13′E / 37.033°S 144.217°E