Electoral district of East Melbourne

Former electoral district of Victoria, Australia (1859–1927)

East Melbourne
Victoria—Legislative Assembly

Location within Greater Melbourne area, 1859

State| Victoria
Created| 1859
Abolished| 1927
Demographic| Metropolitan

East Melbourne was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria from 1859 to 1927.

It was defined in the 1858 Electoral Act as:

> Commencing at that point on the north bank of the River Yarra Yarra intersected by a line passing through the centre of Elizabeth-street; thence north-westerly by a line passing through the centre of Elizabeth-street to Victoria-street; thence east by a line passing through the centre of Victoria-street and Victoria-parade to Gisborne-street; thence southward by the eastern side of Gisborne-street and a line bearing south to the River Yarra Yarra; and thence westerly by the north bank of the River Yarra Yarra to the commencing point.

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Initially the district was created with two members, this was reduced to one member from the Assembly elections of 1904.

## Members for East Melbourne[edit]

Member 1  | Term  | Member 2  | Term

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Alexander Hunter | Oct 1859 – Jun 1861[2] | Sir James McCulloch | Oct 1859 – Jul 1861
Sir Graham Berry | Jul 1861[b]
Ambrose Kyte | Aug 1861 – Dec 1865  | Edward Cohen | Aug 1861 – Dec 1865
Edward Langton | Feb 1866 – Dec 1867  | Nathaniel Levi | Feb 1866 – Dec 1867
Frederick Walsh | Mar 1868 – Mar 1874  | Edward Cohen  | Mar 1868 – Apr 1877
George Selth Coppin | May 1874 – Apr 1877
Ephraim Zox | May 1877 – Jun 1879 [r] | Alexander Kennedy Smith | May 1877 – Jan 1881
Ephraim Zox  | Jul 1879[b] – Oct 1899[d] | Frederick Walsh  | Feb 1881[b] – Feb 1883
George Selth Coppin  | Feb 1883 – Mar 1889
Frank Stuart | Apr 1889 – Sep 1894
John Anderson  | Oct 1894 – Jun 1901
Sir Samuel Gillott | Nov 1899 – Dec 1906[r] | John Francis Deegan | Jul 1901[b] – Sep 1902
William Watt | Oct 1902 – May 1904
Single Member District 1904–1927

Member | Party | Term
| Samuel Gillott | Unaligned  | 1904–1906
| Henry Weedon | Unaligned  | 1906–1911
| Alfred Farthing | Liberal | 1911–1917
| Nationalist | 1917–1927

[b] = by-election
[r] = resigned

## Election results[edit]

Main article: Electoral results for the district of East Melbourne

## References[edit]

1. ^ "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 23 September 2013.
2. ^ Hunter resigned 19 June 1861. "Parliamentary Intelligence". The Star. Ballarat, Vic. 20 June 1861. p. 2.

* "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 11 April 2013.

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Former electoral districts of Victoria

* Abbotsford
* Alberton
* Allandale
* Altona
* Anglesey
* Ararat
* Ascot Vale
* Avoca
* Ballarat
* Ballarat East
* Ballarat North
* Ballarat South
* Ballarat West
* Balwyn
* Barwon
* Belfast
* Benalla
* Benalla and Yarrawonga
* Bendigo
* Bennettswood
* Bogong
* Boroondara
* Borung
* Brunswick East
* Brunswick West
* Bulla
* Bulla and Dalhousie
* Buninyong
* Burwood
* Camberwell
* Carlton
* Carlton South
* Castlemaine
* Castlemaine and Kyneton
* Castlemaine and Maldon
* Castlemaine Boroughs
* Caulfield East
* Clayton
* Clifton Hill
* Clunes and Allandale
* Coburg
* Colac
* Collingwood
* Creswick
* Crowlands
* Dalhousie
* Dandenong and Berwick
* Dandenong North
* Daylesford
* Deer Park
* Delatite
* Derrimut
* Donald and Swan Hill
* Doncaster
* Doveton
* Dromana
* Dundas
* Dundas and Follett
* Dunolly
* Eaglehawk
* East Bourke
* East Bourke Boroughs
* East Melbourne
* Eastern Suburbs
* Elsternwick
* Emerald Hill
* Essendon and Flemington
* Evelyn and Mornington
* Ferntree Gully
* Fitzroy
* Flemington
* Forest Hill
* Frankston East
* Frankston North
* Frankston South
* Geelong East
* Geelong North
* Geelong West
* Gembrook
* Gippsland
* Gippsland Central
* Gippsland North
* Gippsland West
* Gisborne
* Glen Iris
* Glenelg
* Glenhuntly
* Glenroy
* Goulburn
* Goulburn Valley
* Grant
* Greensborough
* Grenville
* Gunbower
* Hampden
* Heatherton
* Heidelberg
* Horsham
* Jika Jika
* Jolimont and West Richmond
* Kara Kara
* Kara Kara and Borung
* Keilor
* Keysborough
* Kilmore
* Kilmore and Anglesey
* Kilmore, Dalhousie and Lancefield
* Kilsyth
* Knox
* Korong
* Korong and Eaglehawk
* Kyneton
* Kyneton Boroughs
* Loddon
* Lyndhurst
* Maldon
* Mandurang
* Maryborough
* Maryborough and Daylesford
* Maryborough and Talbot
* Melbourne South
* Mentone
* Mernda
* Midlands
* Mitcham
* Moira
* Moonee Ponds
* Moorabbin
* Mooroolbark
* Mount Waverley
* The Murray
* Murray Boroughs
* Murray Valley
* Noble Park
* Normanby
* North Grant
* North Grenville
* North Melbourne
* Numurkah and Nathalia
* Nunawading
* Ormond
* Ouyen
* Ovens
* Polwarth and South Grenville
* Polwarth, Ripon, Hampden and South Grenville
* Port Fairy
* Port Fairy and Glenelg
* Port Melbourne
* Portland
* Public Officers
* Railway Officers
* Rainbow
* Reservoir
* Ripon and Hampden
* Ripponlea
* Rodney
* Sandhurst
* Sandhurst South
* Sandridge
* Scoresby
* Seymour
* Shepparton and Euroa
* South Bourke
* South Grant
* South Melbourne
* South Yarra
* Springvale
* St Kilda
* Stawell
* Stawell and Ararat
* Sunshine
* Swan Hill
* Syndal
* Talbot
* Talbot and Avoca
* Toorak
* Tullamarine
* Upper Goulburn
* Upper Yarra
* Villiers and Heytesbury
* Walhalla
* Wangaratta
* Wangaratta and Ovens
* Wangaratta and Rutherglen
* Wantirna
* Waranga
* Warrenheip
* Warrenheip and Grenville
* Warrnambool
* West Bourke
* West Melbourne
* Westernport
* Whittlesea
* Wimmera
* Windermere
* Wonthaggi
* Yarraville
* Yuroke

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