Andrew Rutherford (pastoralist)

Australian politician

Andrew Rutherford (c.1809 – 23 July 1894) was a Scottish-born pastoralist and politician in colonial Victoria who served as a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly.[1]

Rutherford was born in Caithness, Scotland, son of Gideon Rutherford, a sheep farmer, and Mary, née Brown.[1] He arrived in the Port Phillip District around 1841 and herded livestock overland from New South Wales.[1]

Rutherford was the owner of several large properties and established a home on Lake Connewarre at Leopold.[1]

Rutherford was elected member for Colac in the Legislative Assembly of Victoria on 3 October 1856, being elected by the casting vote of the returning officer.[2] He was sworn-in in November 1856.[1] He resigned in July 1857[1] after a petition by locals calling for his resignation.[2] He later unsuccessfully contested the seats of East Bourke in 1859, West Geelong in 1870 and 1871, and Geelong in 1877.[1]

Rutherford died at Leopold on 23 July 1894, aged 85.[3]

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1. ^ a b c d e f g "Andrew Rutherford". Re-Member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Archived from the original on 23 April 2023. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
2. ^ a b "Death of an old Colac identity". The Colac Herald. 27 July 1894. p. 3. Retrieved 28 September 2014 - via Trove.
3. ^ "Family Notices". The Argus. 25 July 1894. p. 1. Retrieved 28 September 2014 - via Trove.

Victorian Legislative Assembly

New district |  Member for Colac
3 October 1856 – July 1857  | Succeeded by

Theodore Hancock