Electoral district of Sandhurst (Victorian Legislative Council)

For the lower house seat in the Victorian Legislative Assembly 1856–1904, see Electoral district of Sandhurst.

The Electoral district of Sandhurst was an electoral district of the old unicameral Victorian Legislative Council of 1851 to 1856. Victoria being a colony in Australia at the time. Sandhurst was added to the Council in 1855, along with four other districts.^[1]

The Electoral district of Sandhurst's area included the parishes of Sandhurst, Lockwood, Strathfieldsaye, Sedgwick, Mandurang, Huntley, Nerring, Marong, Ravenswood, and Heathcote.^[1]

Sandhurst was abolished along with all the other districts in the Legislative Council in 1856 as part of the new Parliament of Victoria. New Provinces were created that made up the Legislative Council, which was the upper house from 1856.^[2]

Member

Member 1	Term	Member 2	Term
James Macpherson Grant^[3]	Nov 1855 – Mar 1856	Robert Benson^[3]	Nov 1855 – Mar 1856

Grant went on to represent the Electoral district of Sandhurst in the new Victorian Legislative Assembly from November 1856.^[3]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 "An Act to further alter "The Victoria Electoral Act of 1851" and to increase the Number of Members of the Legislative Council of Victoria. (Assented to 22nd May, 1855.)" (PDF). Australasian Legal Information Institute. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
↑ Sweetman, Edward (1920). Constitutional Development of Victoria, 1851-6. Whitcombe & Tombs Limited. p. 182. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 19 May 2013.

Former electoral districts of the unicameral Victorian Legislative Council (1851 – 1856)

Avoca Ballaarat Belfast and Warrnambool Castlemaine Geelong Gipps' Land Grant Kilmore, Kyneton and Seymour Loddon City of Melbourne Murray Normanby, Dundas and Follett North Bourke Ovens Portland Ripon, Hampden, Grenville and Polwarth Sandhurst South Bourke, Evelyn and Mornington Talbot, Dalhousie and Angelsey Villiers and Heytesbury Wimmera

Former electoral provinces of the Victorian Legislative Council (1856 – 2006)

Coordinates: 36°45′S 144°16′E / 36.750°S 144.267°E / -36.750; 144.267

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