Electoral district of Avoca (Victorian Legislative Council) explained

Upper:	yes
Avoca
State:	vic
Created:	1855
Abolished:	1856
Namesake:	Town of Avoca, Victoria
Class:	Rural

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

-37.0833°N 173°W

The Electoral district of Avoca's area included the parishes of Amherst, Carisbrook, Maryborough, Avoca, Tarnagulla, and Burrembeep.^[1]

Avoca 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]

External links

• 1855 map of the Electoral District of Avoca at the State Library of Victoria

Notes and References

1. Web site: An Act to further alter "The Victoria Electoral Act of 1851" and to increase the Number of Members of the Legislative Council of Victoria. . 18 May 2013 . Australasian Legal Information Institute.
2. Book: Constitutional Development of Victoria, 1851-6 . Sweetman, Edward . 1920 . Whitcombe & Tombs Limited . 182 . 18 May 2013.
3. Web site: Re-Member (Former Members). State Government of Victoria. 18 May 2013.