| Sandhurst | |
| State: | vic |
| Created: | 1856 |
| Abolished: | 1904 |
| Class: | Urbanised Rural |
| Coordinates: | -36.75°N 160°W |
Sandhurst (initially Sandhurst Boroughs)[1] was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly[2] [3] in the Australian state of Victoria from 1856 to 1904.[2] It was based on the towns of Sandhurst[4] (now Bendigo) and Lockwood.[5]
The district was defined as:
From 1904, Sandhurst was split into two districts, Bendigo West and Bendigo East.[2]
The district of Sandhurst Boroughs was one of the initial districts of the first Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1856.[6]
One member 1856[6] to 1859,[2] two from 1859.[2] [7]
| Sandhurst (1859–1877, 2 members) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Member 1 | Term | Member 2 | Term |
| John Henderson | Oct 1859 – Jul 1861 | Robert Frederick Howard | Oct 1859 – Jul 1861 |
| James Joseph Casey | Aug 1861 – Mar 1862 | William Denovan | Aug 1861 – Jul 1862 |
| Robert Frederick Howard | Mar 1862 – Dec 1865 | Robert Strickland | Nov 1862 – Aug 1864 |
| Robert Burrowes | Feb 1866 – Apr 1877 | John Halfey | Nov 1864 – Dec 1867 |
| Angus Mackay | Mar 1868 – Apr 1877 |
| Sandhurst (1877–1889, 3 members)[8] (1889–1904, 2 members)[9] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Member 1 | Term | Member 2 | Term | Member 3 | Term |
| Robert Clark | May 1877 – Apr 1883 | Sir John McIntyre | May 1877 – Jun 1880 | W. G. Blackham[10] | May 1877 – Jul 1877[11] |
| Angus Mackay | Jul 1877 – Feb 1880 | ||||
| Angus Mackay | Jul 1883 – Feb 1886 | Robert Burrowes | May 1880 – Sep 1893 | Sir John Quick | Jul 1880 – Mar 1889 |
| Alfred Shrapnell Bailes[12] [13] [14] [15] | Mar 1886 – Sep 1894 | ||||
| Walter Hamilton | Oct 1894 – Oct 1900[16] | Daniel Barnet Lazarus | Oct 1893 – Sep 1897 | ||
| Daniel Barnet Lazarus | Nov 1900 – Sep 1902 | Alfred Shrapnell Bailes* | Oct 1897 – May 1904 | ||
| Walter Hamilton | Oct 1902 – May 1904 |
* Bailes was later member for Bendigo East (1904 to 1907).[2]
