Electoral district of South Melbourne explained

South Melbourne
State:	vic
Created:	1856
Abolished:	1859
Class:	Metropolitan

Electoral district of South Melbourne was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly^[1] in the British colony of Victoria (Australia).Its area was defined by the Victoria Constitution Act as: "Bounded on the North by the Yarra Yarra River, from its Junction with the Saltwater River to Princes’ Bridge, on the East by the Road bearing Southeast to the Northern Angle of Section No. 46, St. Kilda, thence by Fitz Roy Street to the Sea Coast, thence by the Sea Coast to the Yarra Yarra River, and by the said River to its Junction with the Saltwater River, being the commencing Point."^[2]

South Melbourne was abolished by the Victorian Electoral Act, 1858.^[3] New districts of Emerald Hill and Sandridge were created.^[3]

Members for South Melbourne

Member		Party	Term
		Sir Andrew Clarke^[4]	Unaligned	Nov. 1856 – Aug. 1858
		Robert Anderson	Unaligned	Oct. 1858 – Aug. 1859

= by-election
= resigned^[1]

External links

• Electoral District of South Melbourne, 1855^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Re-Member (Former Members). State Government of Victoria. 15 June 2013.
2. Web site: Victoria Constitution Act 1855 . 5 May 2013.
3. Web site: An Act to alter the Electoral Districts of Victoria and to increase the number of Members of the Legislative Assembly thereof. . 1858 . 15 June 2013.
4. Betty Malone, 'Clarke, Sir Andrew (1824 - 1902)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Vol.3, MUP, 1969, pp 409-411.
5. Web site: Central Province and Electoral Districts of Melbourne, St Kilda, Collingwood, South Melbourne, Richmond and Williamstown. . 27 November 1855 . map . State Library of Victoria. 12 May 2013.