Electoral district of Anglesey

Not to be confused with Anglesey (UK Parliament constituency).

Anglesey
Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Location in Victoria, 1856
StateVictoria
Dates current1856–1859, 1889–1904
DemographicRural

The electoral district of Anglesey was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria.

The district of Anglesey was one of the initial districts of the first Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1856.[1] Its area was defined in the Victoria Constitution Act of 1855 as containing the County of Anglesey and part of the County of Dalhousie, excepting the area included in the electoral districts of Kyneton Boroughs and Kilmore and the Borough of Seymour.[2]

In between Anglesey's abolition in 1864 and re-creation in 1889, the Electoral district of Kilmore and Anglesey existed from 1877 to 1889, Thomas Hunt was member for its entire existence.[3]

Members for Anglesey

    First incarnation (1856–1864)    
Member Term
Peter Snodgrass 1856–1859
District renamed Electoral district of Dalhousie in 1859.[4]
  Second incarnation (1889–1904)  
Thomas Hunt 1889–1892
Malcolm McKenzie 1892–1903
Thomas Hunt 1903–1904

References

  1. ^ Sweetman, Edward (1920). Constitutional Development of Victoria, 1851-6. Whitcombe & Tombs Limited. p. 183. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
  2. ^ "Victoria Constitution Act 1855" (PDF). p. 459. Retrieved 12 June 2013.
  3. ^ "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
  4. ^ "An Act to alter the Electoral Districts of Victoria and to increase the number of Members of the Legislative Assembly thereof" (PDF). 1858. Retrieved 12 June 2013.

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