North Western Province (Victoria)
| North Western Province Victoria—Legislative Council | |
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North Western Province, 1856 | |
| State | Victoria |
| Created | 1856 |
| Abolished | 2006 |
| Demographic | Rural |
North Western Province (or North-Western Province) was a former electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council (Australia), created in 1856 and was abolished in 2006.[1]
Victoria was a British colony in Australia when North-Western Province was created, it became a state of Australia on Federation on 1 January 1901.
Coordinates: 36°0′S 143°0′E / 36.000°S 143.000°E
North Western was one of the six original upper house Provinces of the bi-cameral Victorian Parliament created in November 1856, each Province initially having five members.[2]
Located in the far north-west of Victoria, "North-Western Province" was defined in the Victoria Constitution Act 1855, as "Including the Counties of Talbot and Dalhousie, and the Pastoral District of the Wimmera and of the Loddon, except the proposed County of Rodney."[3]
Members for North Western Province
Five members were elected initially,[2] three after the redistribution of 1882 when Northern and North Central provinces were split off.[4]
Four from the enlargement of the Council in 1889,[5] two from 1904.[1]
| Member 1 | Member 2 | Member 3 | Member 4 | Member 5 | Term |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis Keogh | John Allan | William Mitchell | John Patterson | George Urquhart | Nov 1856 – Aug 1858 |
| Alexander Fraser [6] | Sep 1858 – Oct 1858 | ||||
| David Wilkie | Nov 1858 – Apr 1859 | ||||
| vacant |
May 1859 – Jul 1859 | ||||
| William Mitchell [7][8][9] | Aug 1859 – Apr 1860 | ||||
| George Rolfe [b] [10] | Apr 1860 | ||||
| vacant |
May 1860 | ||||
| Francis Robertson | Jun 1860 – Oct 1862 | ||||
| William Campbell [11] | Nov 1862 – Oct 1864 | ||||
| Nicholas Fitzgerald | Nov 1864 – Nov 1868 | ||||
| Francis Robertson [12] | Nov 1868 – Nov 1881 | ||||
| William Stanbridge [b] | Dec 1881 – Apr 1882 | ||||
| William Zeal [b] [13][14] | May 1882 – Nov 1882 | ||||
| George Young | James Bell | David Coutts[15][16] | Dec 1882 – Sep 1889 | ||
| Joseph Pratt | Oct 1889 – Nov 1891 | ||||
| Duncan McBryde | Dec 1891 – Sep 1896 | ||||
| Pharez Phillips | Sep 1896 – May 1897 | ||||
| Thomas Comrie | Jun 1897 – May 1901 | ||||
| Henry Williams | Jun 1901 – Nov 1903 | ||||
| Richard Rees[b] | Dec 1903 – May 1904 | ||||
| Jun 1904 – May 1907 | |||||
| Frederick Hagelthorn [17] | Jun 1907 – May 1919 | ||||
| George Goudie | May 1919 – Oct 1919 | ||||
| William Crockett[b] | Nov 1919 – May 1928 | ||||
| William McCann | Jun 1928 – Oct 1931 | ||||
| Henry Pye [b] | Mar 1932 – Apr 1942 | ||||
| Percy Byrnes [b] | May 1942 – Apr 1949 | ||||
| Colin McNally | Jun 1949 – May 1952 | ||||
| Arthur Mansell [b] | Jul 1952 – Sep 1969 | ||||
| Bernie Dunn[b] | Nov 1969 – May 1973 | ||||
| Ken Wright | May 1973 – Sep 1988 | ||||
| Ron Best | Oct 1988 – Nov 1992 | ||||
| Barry Bishop | Oct 1992 – Nov 2006 | ||||
| Damian Drum | Nov 2002 – Nov 2006 |
- [b] = elected in a by-election
Drum became member for Northern Victoria Region from 25 November 2006.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
- 1 2 Edward Sweetman (1920). Constitutional Development of Victoria, 1851-6. Whitcombe & Tombs Limited. p. 182. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
- ↑ "Victoria Constitution Act 1855" (PDF). p. 24. Retrieved 4 Jun 2013.
- ↑ "Stonewalling Governmrnt Bills". Bendigo Advertiser. Trove. 22 July 1882. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
- ↑ "Business Directory". The Mildura Cultivator. 26 April 1902. Retrieved 8 May 2013. (Four members in place)
- ↑ "The North-Western Province Election". The Argus (Melbourne). 23 September 1858.
- ↑ "Mr. Mitchell". Gippsland Guardian. 26 August 1859. p. 2.
- ↑ "Intercolonial news". The Sydney Morning Herald. 2 December 1884. Retrieved 8 May 2013. Mitchell was member for Northern at time of his death.
- ↑ Victorian Hansard, Session 1882 (PDF). XXXIX. John Ferres. (Mitchell represented Northern Province from 1882)
- ↑ "North-Western Province Election". Bendigo Advertiser. 30 April 1860. p. 3.
- ↑ "Election for the North-Western Province". Bendigo Advertiser. 11 November 1862. p. 3.
- ↑ "Victoria". Illustrated Sydney News. 28 November 1868. p. 6.
- ↑ Victorian Hansard, Session 1882 (PDF). XXXIX. John Ferres. p. 202. (Campbell resigned; Zeal replaced him, sworn in 9 May 1882)
- ↑ Browne, Geoff. "Zeal". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: Australian National University. Retrieved 2 January 2013. (Zeal transferred to North Central Province)
- ↑ "North-Western Province Election". Kerang Times and Swan Hill Gazette. Trove. 8 Dec 1882. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
- ↑ "Legislative Council Elections". South Bourke and Mornington Journal. Trove. 15 Sep 1886. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
- ↑ "North-Western Province Elections". The Horsham Times. Trove. 11 Jun 1907. Retrieved 4 January 2013.