Electoral district of Murray Boroughs

Murray Boroughs
Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Location in Victoria
StateVictoria
Created1856
Abolished1877
NamesakeMurray River
DemographicRural

Murray Boroughs was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria from 1856 to 1877.[1] It was based in northern Victoria, and included the towns of Benalla[2] Avenel[3] Euroa[4] Seymour,[5] Wodonga and Wangaratta.[6] The district of Murray Boroughs was one of the initial districts of the first Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1856.[7]

  1. ^ "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
  2. ^ "Electoral district of the Murray Boroughs, Benalla" (map). 1855. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
  3. ^ "Electoral district of the Murray Boroughs, Avenel" (map). 1855. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
  4. ^ "Electoral district of the Murray Boroughs, Euroa" (map). 1855. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
  5. ^ "Electoral district of the Murray Boroughs, Seymour" (map). 1855. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
  6. ^ "Victoria Constitution Act 1855" (PDF). Retrieved 12 April 2013.
  7. ^ Edward Sweetman (1920). Constitutional Development of Victoria, 1851-6. Whitcombe & Tombs Limited. p. 183. Retrieved 10 April 2013.