Electoral district of Kilmore, Kyneton and Seymour

For the lower house seat of the Victorian Legislative Assembly 1856–1877, see Electoral district of Kilmore.

The Electoral district of Kilmore, Kyneton and Seymour was one of the original sixteen electoral districts[1] of the old unicameral Victorian Legislative Council of 1851 to 1856. Victoria being a colony in Australia at the time.

The district's area was based on the towns of Kilmore, Kyneton and Seymour.[1]

From 1856 onwards, the Victorian parliament consisted of two houses, the Victorian Legislative Council (upper house, consisting of Provinces) and the Victorian Legislative Assembly (lower house).[2]

Members

One member initially, two from the expansion of the Council in 1853.[3]

Member 1 Term
Peter Snodgrass Nov. 1851 – Mar. 1856 Member 2 Term
Patrick O'Brien Aug. 1853 – Mar. 1856

Snodgrass went on to represent the Electoral district of Anglesey in the Victorian Legislative Assembly from November 1856.[4]
O'Brien went on to represent the Electoral district of South Bourke in the Victorian Legislative Assembly from November 1856.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Victorian Electoral Act" (PDF). New South Wales Government. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
  2. ↑ Sweetman, Edward (1920). Constitutional Development of Victoria, 1851-6. Whitcombe & Tombs Limited. p. 182. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
  3. ↑ Sweetman, p.108
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 20 May 2013.

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