| Ovens | |
| State: | vic |
| Created: | 1856 |
| Abolished: | 1927 |
| Namesake: | The Ovens |
| Class: | Rural |
Ovens (or The Ovens) was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly[1] in the Australian state of Victoria from 1856 to 1927. It was based in northern Victoria, bordered by the Ovens River in the south-west and included the town of Beechworth, Victoria.[2]
The district of Ovens was one of the initial districts of the first Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1856.[3] It was defined in the Victorian Constitution Act 1855 (taking effect at the 1856 elections) as:
Ovens was superseded by Electoral district of Wangaratta and Ovens in 1927.[1]
One member initially,[3] two from the increase in members of 1859.[4] One again from the redistribution of 1889 when the Electoral district of Wangaratta and Rutherglen, amongst others, was created.
| Member 1 | Term | Member 2 | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov. 1856 – Mar. 1857 | |||
| John Wood[5] | Apr. 1857 – July 1861 | ||
| Alexander Keefer[6] | Oct. 1859 – Mar. 1860 | ||
| John Donald[7] | Mar. 1860 – July 1861 | ||
| William Charles Weekes[8] | Aug. 1861 – Aug. 1864 | Peter Wright | Aug. 1861 – Aug. 1864 |
| George Verney Smith | Nov. 1864 – Apr. 1877 | George Kerferd[9] | Nov. 1864 – Jan. 1886 |
| George Billson[10] | May 1877 – June 1880 | ||
| William Zincke[11] | July 1880 – Feb. 1883 | ||
| George Billson | Feb. 1883 – Feb. 1886 | ||
| Joseph Ferguson[12] | Mar. 1886 – Mar. 1889 | Ferguson Tuthill[13] | Jan. 1886 – Mar. 1889 |
| Single Member District 1889–1927 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | |
| Joseph Ferguson | Unaligned | 1889–1894 | |
| J. A. Isaacs | Unaligned | 1894–1902 | |
| Thomas Ashworth | Unaligned | 1902–1904 | |
| Alfred Billson | Unaligned | 1904–1916 | |
| Nationalist | 1916–1924 | ||
| Liberal | 1924–1927 | ||
See main article: Electoral results for the district of Ovens.