Electoral district of Avoca

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Avoca
VictoriaLegislative Assembly
File:Electoral district of Avoca, Victoria.png
Location in Victoria
State Victoria
Created 1859
Abolished 1889
Demographic Rural
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Avoca was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly[1] in the Australian state of Victoria from 1859 to 1889. It was based in northern Victoria. It was defined by the 1858 Electoral Act as: <templatestyles src="Template:Blockquote/styles.css" />

Commencing at the source of the River Avoca in the Main Dividing Range ; thence northwards by that river and by a line bearing north to the River Murray ; thence by the River Murray to the River Loddon; thence south-wards by the River Loddon to McNeil's Creek;[a] thence by McNeil's Creek to the Main Dividing Range; and thence westerly by the Main Dividing Range to the commencing point aforesaid, including the parish of Tarnagulla.[2]

[a] McNeil's Creek now known as Bet Bet Creek.[3]

In April 1889, a new district, Talbot and Avoca, was created.[4]

Members

2 members[5]
Member 1 Term Member 2 Term
  George Samuel Evans Oct 1859 – Jul   1861   James Macpherson Grant Oct 1859 – Jul   1870
  Benjamin George Davies Aug 1861 – Feb 1880
  Peter Finn Oct 1870# – Jan 1871
  James Macpherson Grant Apr 1871 – Apr 1885
  Thomas Langdon May 1880 – Mar 1889   George Enright Bourchier Jun 1885# – Mar 1889

      # = by-election

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