Electoral district of Colac

Former state electoral district of Victoria, Australia

Australian electorate

Colac
Victoria—Legislative Assembly

Location in Victoria (highlighted by red circle)

State| Victoria
Created| 1856
Abolished| 1859
Namesake| Colac, Victoria
Demographic| Urbanised Rural

The Electoral district of Colac was an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, one of the inaugural districts of the first Assembly in 1856.[1][2]

Its area was defined by the 1855 Act as:

> Commencing at the South-west Angle of Section 17, in the Parish of Nalangil, bounded on the West by a Line North to the North-west Angle of Section 17, in the Parish of Warrion ; on the North by a Line East from the last-mentioned Point to the North-east Angle of Section 9, in the Parish of Irrewarra ; on the East by a Line, South from that Point to the South-east Angle of Section 2, in the Parish of Elliminyt ; and on the South by a Line West from that Angle to the point of Commencement[2]

Colac was abolished in 1859, its area became part of the new Electoral district of Polwarth and South Grenville.[3]

The inaugural election took place on 3 October 1856; after votes for Rutherford and Theodore Hancock, a Melbourne solicitor were tied at 46 each, Rutherford was elected by the casting vote of the returning officer.[4]

## Members for Colac

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Member | Party | Term

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| Andrew Rutherford | Unaligned  | Oct 1856 – Jul   1857
| Theodore Hancock | Unaligned  | Jul  1857 – Aug 1859

## See also

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* Parliaments of the Australian states and territories
* List of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly

## References

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1. ^ "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
2. ^ a b "Victoria Constitution Act 1855" (PDF). Retrieved 3 January 2014.
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 9 June 2013.
4. ^ "Death of an Old Colac Identity". The Colac Herald. Vic.: National Library of Australia. 27 July 1894. p. 3. Retrieved 28 September 2014.

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