Electoral district of Wimmera

For the district of the old unicameral Victorian Legislative Council 1851–1856, see Electoral district of Wimmera (Victorian Legislative Council).

Wimmera
Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Location in Victoria, 1856–1859
StateVictoria
Dates current1856–1889, 1992–2002
NamesakeThe Wimmera
DemographicRural

The electoral district of Wimmera was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria.

36°00′S 142°00′E / 36.000°S 142.000°E / -36.000; 142.000

It was defined initially as "Bounded on the West by the Boundary Line of Victoria and South Australia; on the North by the River Murray; on the East by a Line to Lake Bael Bael, thence by the River Avoca to its Source; and on the South by the Boundaries of the Counties of Follett, Dundas and Ripon".[1]

In the Electoral Act of 1858 (which took effect in 1859), Wimmera was reduced in size and to one member; the Electoral district of Crowlands was created which incorporated part of the previous Wimmera district.[2]

In the Electoral Act of 1877 established the seat as a two-member constituency, reabsorbing Crowlands.[3]

In the redistribution of 1889, Wimmera was abolished and new districts including Horsham, Lowan and Donald & Swan Hill were created.

  1. ^ "Victoria Constitution Act 1855" (PDF). Retrieved 2 June 2013.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference 1858Act was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "THE NEW ELECTORAL ACT". The Argus. 9 May 1877. p. 6.