Electoral district of Toorak explained

Toorak
State:vic
Created:1889
Abolished:1967
Class:Metropolitan

The electoral district of Toorak was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly in the British colony and later Australian state of Victoria.

Electoral boundary

A 1956 map of electoral boundaries shows the Toorak district encompassing the inner Melbourne suburbs of Toorak and South Yarra. The district was bordered by the Yarra River to the north, Kooyong Road to the east, Commercial Road and Malvern Road to the south and St Kilda Road to the east.[1]

Members for Toorak

MemberPartyTerm
 (Sir) Matthew Davies1889–1892
 Alexander McKinley1892–1894
 Robert Dyce Reid1894–1897
 Duncan GilliesConservative–Liberal Coalition1897–1903
 George FairbairnNon-Labor1903–1906
 Norman BaylesMinisterialist
Independent
Liberal
Nationalist
Economy Party
1906–1920
 (Sir) Stanley ArgyleNationalist1920–1931
 United Australia1931–1940
 Harold ThonemannUnited Australia1941–1945
 Robert Bell HamiltonLiberal1945–1948
  Edward ReynoldsLiberal / LCP1948–1952
 Horace PettyLiberal and Country (LCP)1952–1964
 Philip HudsonLCP / Liberal1964–1967

Election results

See main article: Electoral results for the district of Toorak.

References

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Notes and References

  1. http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/120055 Map showing State Electoral Districts of Toorak and Prahran