Electoral district of Daylesford explained

Daylesford
State:	vic
Created:	1889
Abolished:	1927
Namesake:	Town of Daylesford
Class:	Rural

The Electoral district of Daylesford was an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It included the town of Daylesford, around 155 km north-west of Melbourne.

It was merged, along with Maryborough, into the Electoral district of Maryborough and Daylesford in 1927.^[1]

Members for Daylesford

Member		Party	Term
	James Wheeler	Unaligned	1889–1900
		Donald McLeod	Liberal	1900–1917
			Nationalist	1917–1923
		James McDonald	Labor	1923*
		Roderick McLeod	Nationalist	1923–1924
		James McDonald	Labor	1924–1927

• In the 1923 by-election, James McDonald of Labor was initially declared the winner, but a later recount established that Roderick McLeod had won.

Election results

See main article: Electoral results for the district of Daylesford.

See also

• Parliaments of the Australian states and territories
• List of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly

Notes and References

1. Web site: Re-Member (Former Members) . State Government of Victoria . 28 May 2014.