Electoral district of Polwarth, Ripon, Hampden and South Grenville explained

Polwarth, Ripon, Hampden and South Grenville
State:	vic
Created:	1856
Abolished:	1859
Class:	Rural

Polwarth, Ripon, Hampden and South Grenville was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly^[1] in the Australian state of Victoria from 1856 to 1859. It was based in western Victoria.^[2]

The district of Polwarth, Ripon, Hampden and South Grenville was one of the initial districts of the first Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1856.^[3]

In 1859 "Polwarth, Ripon, Hampden and South Grenville" was abolished and new districts of "Grenville" (two members), "Ripon and Hampden" (one member) and "Polwarth and South Grenville" (one member) were created due to the increase of numbers in the Victorian Legislative Assembly.^[4]

Members for Polwarth, Ripon, Hampden and South Grenville

Campbell later represented Crowlands from May 1874 to April 1877.^[1]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Re-Member (Former Members) . State Government of Victoria . 12 April 2013.
2. Web site: Electoral Districts of South Grant, North Grant, North Grenville, Ripon, Hampden, South Grenville and Polworth, Villiers and Heytesbury, Normanby, Dundas and Follett . 1856 . map . 29 April 2013.
3. Book: Constitutional Development of Victoria, 1851-6 . Edward Sweetman . 1920 . Whitcombe & Tombs Limited . 183 . 29 April 2013.
4. Web site: An Act to alter the Electoral Districts of Victoria and to increase the number of Members of the Legislative Assembly thereof. . 1858 . Australasian Legal Information Institute . 29 April 2013.