Electoral district of Gippsland

For the district of the old unicameral Victorian Legislative Council 1851–1856, see Electoral district of Gipps' Land (Victorian Legislative Council). For the electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council 1882–2006, see Gippsland Province.

Gippsland
Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Location in Victoria
StateVictoria
Created1856
Abolished1859
NamesakeGipps' Land
DemographicRural

Gippsland (or Gipps' Land) was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria from 1856 to 1859.[1] From 1859, two new districts were created: South Gippsland and North Gippsland.[1]

The district of Gippsland was one of the initial districts of the first Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1856.[2]

Its area was defined as: "Bounded on the South and East by the Sea ; on the North by a Line bearing West from Cape Howe to the Source of the nearest Tributary of the Murray, and by the Alps; and on the West by the Alps and the Counties of Evelyn and Mornington, excepting the Country comprised in the Electoral District of Alberton".[3]

  1. ^ a b "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
  2. ^ Sweetman, Edward (1920). Constitutional Development of Victoria, 1851-6. Whitcombe & Tombs Limited. p. 183. Retrieved 12 June 2013.
  3. ^ "Victoria Constitution Act 1855" (PDF). Retrieved 28 May 2013.