Electoral district of Crowlands

Crowlands
Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Crowlands; Victoria—Legislative Assembly
	Location in Victoria
State	Victoria
Created	1859
Abolished	1877
Demographic	Rural

Crowlands was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly^[1] in the Australian colony of Victoria from 1859 to 1877. It was located in north-western Victoria and included the town of Swan Hill.^[2]

The district was defined as being:

Bounded on the west by the Yarriambiack Creek from the junction of the River Wimmera to Lake Corong; thence by a line north to the Murray; again on the west by a tributary of the River Wimmera to its source near Briggs's Bluff in the Grampians; thence southwards by the Grampians range; on the south by the Dividing Range; on the east by the River Avoca and a line north to the Murray; and on the north by the Murray, excepting the country included within the electoral district of Ararat.

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36°10′S 143°00′E / 36.167°S 143.000°E / -36.167; 143.000

Members

2 members^[3]
Member 1		Term	Member 2		Term
	John Houston	Oct 1859 – Dec 1865		John Woods	Oct 1859 – Aug 1864
	John Houston	Oct 1859 – Dec 1865		Ronald Campbell	Nov 1864 – Dec 1865
	Robert Byrne	Feb 1866 – Oct 1869		Andrew Love	Feb 1866 – Dec 1867
	Robert Byrne	Feb 1866 – Oct 1869		David Blair	Mar 1868 – Jan 1871
	George Rolfe	Oct 1869^[b] – Jan? 1871		David Blair	Mar 1868 – Jan 1871
	Robert Walker	Apr 1871 – Mar 1874		John Woods	Apr 1871 – Apr 1877
	Colin Campbell	May 1874 – Apr 1877		John Woods	Apr 1871 – Apr 1877

^[b] = by-election

After Crowlands was abolished, John Woods went on to represent the electoral district of Stawell from its creation in 1877 to 1892.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
^ "Electoral district of Crowlands" (map). 1863. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
^ ^a ^b "An Act to alter the Electoral Districts of Victoria and to increase the number of Members of the Legislative Assembly thereof" (PDF). 1858. Retrieved 24 April 2013.

[parl-1] "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 12 April 2013.

[2] "Electoral district of Crowlands" (map). 1863. Retrieved 19 April 2013.

[1858Act-3] "An Act to alter the Electoral Districts of Victoria and to increase the number of Members of the Legislative Assembly thereof" (PDF). 1858. Retrieved 24 April 2013.

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