Electoral district of South Grant

Colonial electoral district of Victoria (1856–1877)

Australian electorate

South Grant
Victoria—Legislative Assembly

Electoral district of South Grant, 1856

State| Victoria
Created| 1856
Abolished| 1877
Demographic| Rural

South Grant was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly[1] in the Australian state of Victoria from 1856 to 1877.[1]

South Grant was based in the countryside surrounding (but not including) Geelong, bordered on the north and east by the Werribee River, on the west by the Yarrowee River and the coastline to current-day Anglesea.[2] 37°55′S 144°20′E﻿ / ﻿37.917°S 144.333°E﻿ / -37.917; 144.333

The district of South Grant was one of the initial districts of the first Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1856.[3]

## Members for South Grant

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Three members were elected to the district.[1][3]

Member 1  | Member 2  | Member 3  | Term

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William Haines | Horatio Wills | John Myles | Nov 1856 – Nov 1858
John Bell # | Jan 1859 – Aug 1859
Peter Lalor | James Carr | Oct 1859 – Jul 1861
Michael Cummins | William McCann [s] | Aug 1861 – Aug 1864
John Rout Hopkins | Nov 1864 – Aug 1867
William Stutt # | Sep 1867 – Dec 1867
George Cunningham[4] | Jan 1868 – Jan 1871
John Rout Hopkins
| Jonas Levien | Apr 1871  – Mar 1874
Peter Lalor | Mar 1874[5]– Apr 1877

# = won seat in by-election s = seat forfeited

## References

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1. ^ a b c "Find a Member". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
2. ^ "Electoral Districts of South Grant, North Grant, North Grenville, Ripon, Hampden, South Grenville and Polworth, Villiers and Heytesbury, Normanby, Dundas and Follett" (map). 1855. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
3. ^ a b Sweetman, Edward (1920). Constitutional Development of Victoria, 1851-6. Whitcombe & Tombs Limited. p. 183. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
4. ^ "Thursday Morning Jan. 23rd". Geelong Advertiser. 23 January 1868.
5. ^ "Election Notices". Geelong Advertiser. 28 March 1874.

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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
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* Bendigo
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* 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
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* Dandenong North
* Daylesford
* Deer Park
* Delatite
* Derrimut
* Donald and Swan Hill
* Doncaster
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* Dromana
* Dundas
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* Dunolly
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* East Bourke
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* East Melbourne
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* Evelyn and Mornington
* Ferntree Gully
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* Kilsyth
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* Kyneton
* Kyneton Boroughs
* Loddon
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* The Murray
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* Noble Park
* Normanby
* North Grant
* North Grenville
* North Melbourne
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* Polwarth, Ripon, Hampden and South Grenville
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* South Grant
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* Warrnambool
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