| Donald and Swan Hill | |
| State: | vic |
| Created: | 1889 |
| Abolished: | 1904 |
| Class: | Rural |
| Coordinates: | -36.8333°N 158°W |
The Electoral district of Donald and Swan Hill was an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It was created by the Electoral Act Amendment Act 1888,[1] taking effect at the 1889 elections. It was abolished by the Victorian Electoral Districts Boundaries Act 1903.[2]
At its creation, it was defined as: "Commencing on the western boundary of the colony at the north-west angle of the county of Lowan; thence easterly by the north boundaries of the counties of Lowan and Borung to the three-chain road on the west of allotment 6, parish of Narraport; south, east, and southerly by that road to the east boundary of the parish; by the east boundaries of the parishes of Narraport and Corack, and west by the south boundary of the parish of Corack to Lake Buloke; southerly by the eastern shore of the lake and the Avon River to the north boundary of the parish of Rich Avon East; by the north boundaries of the parishes of Rich Avon East and Swanwater to the west boundary of the parish of Coonooer West; north by that boundary to a road on the south of allotments 44, 45, and 26; easterly by that road to the south-east angle of allotment 26; north to the road on the south of allotment 61; easterly by that road running north of allotments 69 and 70, all in the parish of Coonooer West, and a line to the Avoca River; down that river to the south-west angle of the parish of Quambatook; easterly by the southern boundaries of the parishes of Quambatook and Gredgwin to the southwest angle of the parish of Leaghur; by the west and north boundaries of that parish to the Loddon River; down the Loddon River and the Murray River to the north-west angle of the colony; and south by the west boundary of the colony to the commencing point."
| Member | Party | Term | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sir John William Taverner | Unaligned | Apr 1889 – Feb 1904 | |||
| James Meldrum | Ministerialist | Mar 1904 – May 1904 | |||
Taverner resigned his seat to take up the position of Agent-General.[3] Meldrum won the March 1904 by-election.[4]