Former electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Council
Australian electorate
The Electoral district of Villiers and Heytesbury was one of the original sixteen electoral districts[ 1] unicameral Victorian Legislative Council of 1851 to 1856. Victoria being a colony in Australia at the time.
The district was located in western Victoria and included the counties of Villiers and Heytesbury ,[ 1] Lake Corangamite along the coast westward past Port Fairy .[ 2]
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).[ 3]
Members
One member initially, two from 1853.[ 3]
r b Rutledge later represented Villiers and Heytesbury in the Victorian Legislative Assembly from November 1856.[ 6] The Murray in the Victorian Legislative Assembly from January 1858.[ 6]
See also
References
^ a b "Victorian Electoral Act" (PDF) . New South Wales Government. Retrieved 20 May 2013 .^
"Electoral Districts of South Grant, North Grant, North Grenville, Ripon, Hampden, South Grenville and Polworth, Villiers and Heytesbury, Normanby, Dundas and Follett" (map). 1856. Retrieved 21 May 2013 .
^ a b
Sweetman, Edward (1920). Constitutional Development of Victoria, 1851-6 182 . Retrieved 20 May 2013 .
^ a b Labilliere, Francis Peter (1878). "Early History of the Colony of Victoria" . Retrieved 21 July 2014 .^ "The Maitland Mercury" . Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser . 12 April 1854. p. 2. Retrieved 4 April 2013 .^ a b
"Re-Member (Former Members)" . State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 20 May 2013 .
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