Electoral district of Dundas (Victoria)

Dundas
Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Dundas. c.1860
StateVictoria
Created1856
Abolished1976
NamesakeDundas and Follett
DemographicRural

Dundas (called Dundas and Follett 1856–59)[1] was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria from 1856 to 1976. It covered a region of western Victoria and consisted of the counties of Dundas and Follett.[2]

The district of Dundas and Follett was one of the initial districts created in the first Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1856.[3] It was renamed Dundas from 1859 as a result of the Electoral Act (of December 1858) although it covered the same area as Dundas and Follett previously.[4]

Later its borders were re-arranged somewhat and included the sub-divisions of Harrow, Casterton, Hamilton, Branxholme, Penshurst and Mortlake.[5]

  1. ^ "Victoria Constitution Act 1855" (PDF). Retrieved 27 May 2013.
  2. ^ "Electoral Districts of South Grant, North Grant, North Grenville, Ripon, Hampden, South Grenville and Polworth, Villiers and Heytesbury, Normanby, Dundas and Follett" (map). 1856. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
  3. ^ Edward Sweetman (1920). Constitutional Development of Victoria, 1851-6. Whitcombe & Tombs Limited. p. 183. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
  4. ^ "An Act to alter the Electoral Districts of Victoria and to increase the number of Members of the Legislative Assembly thereof" (PDF). 1858. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
  5. ^ "1956 Map Showing State Electoral Districts of Dundas and Portland". Retrieved 3 April 2013.