Electoral district of Victoria and Albert explained

Victoria and Albert
State:sa
Created:1902
Abolished:1915
Namesake:Queen Victoria and Albert, Prince Consort
Class:Rural
Coordinates:-35.5°N 140°W

Victoria and Albert was an electoral district in the South Australian House of Assembly from 1902 to 1915. The seat elected candidates of both major parties at various times. It merged the seats of Victoria and Albert, which were both recreated on its abolition.[1]

At its creation in 1902, it included booths at Beachport, Bordertown, Conmurra, Cookes Plains, East Wellington, Frances, Furner, Glenroy, Holder, Kalangadoo, Keith, Kingston SE, Kingston On Murray, Lucindale, Lyrup, Meningie, Millicent, Mount Gambier, Murtho, Naracoorte, Nildottie, Mundalla, Paisley, Penola, Point McLeay, Port MacDonnell, Pyap, Robe, Tantanoola, Waikerie and Wolseley. It added booths at Coonalpyn, Glencoe and Wow Wow (1905), and Lameroo, Rendelsham and Tailem Bend but dropped Wow Wow (1906). Additional booths in 1910 included Geranium, Kybybolite, Loxton, Parilla, Parrakie, Peake, Pinnaroo, Sherlock, Tintinarra, and Wilkawatt, with Pyap withdrawn. The final election in 1912 saw additional booths at Chapman Bore, Clanfield, Coomandook, Eastern Well, Hampton Well, Hooper, Lochaber, Maidia, Moorlands, Poyntz Bore, Seymour and Wirrega.[2]

The abolition of Victoria and Albert in 1915 saw the re-establishment of its two predecessor electorates in Victoria and Albert, but with different boundaries than their previous incarnations.

Members for Victoria and Albert

Three members
Member Party Term Member Party Term Member Party Term
 John Livingston1902–1904 Archibald Peake1902–1906 Andrew HandysideNational League1902–1904
 Farmers and Producers1904–1906 William SeniorLabor1904–1912
 Donald CampbellLabor1906–1912 Liberal and Democratic1906–1910
 Liberal Union1910–1915
 George BodeyLiberal Union1912–1915  William AngusLiberal Union1912–1915

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Statistical Record of the Legislature, 1836 - 2007. Parliament of South Australia. 20 June 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20190311113513/http://www.parliament.sa.gov.au/AboutParliament/From1836/Documents/StatisticalRecordoftheLegislature1836to20093.pdf. 11 March 2019. dead.
  2. Web site: History of South Australian elections 1857-2006, volume 1 . Electoral Commission of South Australia . 4 October 2015 . Jaensch, Dean . https://web.archive.org/web/20140302093736/http://www.ecsa.sa.gov.au/publications?view=document&id=480 . 2 March 2014 . dead .