Electoral district of Kilmore explained

Kilmore
State:vic
Created:1856
Abolished:1877
Class:Rural

Kilmore was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria centred on Kilmore from 1856 to 1877. It was superseded in 1877 by Kilmore and Anglesey.[1]

The district of Kilmore was one of the initial districts of the first Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1856.[2]

It was defined as:

Commencing at a Point on the Eastern Branch of the Korkarruc Creek, Two Miles 55 Chains South of its Junction with the main Stream, and bounded on the North by a Line East from the said Point to Dry Creek; on the East by the Western Branch of the Dry Creek to its Source, thence by a Line South to the Boundary of the County of Bourke; on the South by the said Boundary to the Source of the Eastern Branch of the aforesaid Korkarruc Creek, and on the West by that Eastern Branch to the commencing Point.[3]

Members for Kilmore

MemberTerm
Sir John O'ShanassyNov. 1856 – Dec. 1865
Richard Davies IrelandFeb. 1866 – Dec. 1867
Lawrence BourkeMar. 1868 – Mar. 1874
Thomas HuntMay 1874 – Apr. 1877

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Re-Member (Former Members). State Government of Victoria. 10 April 2013.
  2. Book: Constitutional Development of Victoria, 1851-6 . Edward Sweetman . 1920 . Whitcombe & Tombs Limited . 183 . 10 April 2013.
  3. Web site: Victoria Constitution Act 1855 . 28 May 2013.