Electoral district of Ovens (Victorian Legislative Council) explained

Upper:	yes
Ovens
State:	vic
Created:	1855
Abolished:	1856
Namesake:	The Ovens
Class:	Rural

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

The electoral district of Ovens's area was bound by Whorouly Creek, Ovens River and the Great Dividing Range.^[1] It included the town of Beechworth, Victoria.^[2]

Ovens 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.^[3]

Member

Cameron went on to represent the Electoral district of Ovens in the new Victorian Legislative Assembly from November 1856.^[4]

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. (Assented to 22nd May, 1855.) . 19 May 2013 . Australasian Legal Information Institute.
2. Web site: Electoral district of Ovens. 1855. 9 June 2013. map.
3. Book: Constitutional Development of Victoria, 1851-6 . Sweetman, Edward . 1920 . Whitcombe & Tombs Limited . 182 . 19 May 2013.
4. Web site: Re-Member (Former Members). State Government of Victoria. 19 May 2013.