Electoral district of Polwarth and South Grenville

Polwarth and South Grenville
Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Polwarth and South Grenville; Victoria—Legislative Assembly
	Location in Victoria
State	Victoria
Created	1859
Abolished	1889
Demographic	Rural

Polwarth and South Grenville was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly^[1] in the Australian state of Victoria from 1859 to 1889. It was based in western Victoria.^[2]

Polwarth and South Grenville was created after the Electoral district of Polwarth, Ripon, Hampden and South Grenville was divided in 1859.^[1]^[3]

Members for Polwarth and South Grenville

Member	Term
Joseph Wilkie	Oct. 1859 – July 1861
William Nixon	Aug. 1861 – July 1863
Sir Archibald Michie	Aug. 1863 – Aug. 1864
Joseph Henry Connor	Nov. 1864 – Jan. 1871
William Robertson	Apr. 1871 – Mar. 1874
Joseph Henry Connor	May 1874 – Apr. 1877
William Joseph O'Hea	May 1877 – Feb. 1880
William Robertson	May 1880 – June 1880
William Joseph O'Hea	July 1880 – July 1881
William Robertson	Aug. 1881 – Feb. 1886
Charles Lamond Forrest	Mar. 1886 – Mar. 1889

After the abolition of Polwarth and South Grenville in 1889, a new Electoral district of Polwarth was created, Charles Forrest went on to represent Polwarth from April 1889 to September 1894.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
^ "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 29 April 2013.
^ "An Act to alter the Electoral Districts of Victoria and to increase the number of Members of the Legislative Assembly thereof" (PDF). Australasian Legal Information Institute. 1858. Retrieved 5 May 2013.

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[parl-1] "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 12 April 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 29 April 2013.

[3] "An Act to alter the Electoral Districts of Victoria and to increase the number of Members of the Legislative Assembly thereof" (PDF). Australasian Legal Information Institute. 1858. Retrieved 5 May 2013.

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