Electoral district of The Murray

Former electoral district in Victoria, Australia

For the district of the old unicameral Victorian Legislative Council 1851–1856, see Electoral district of Murray (Victorian Legislative Council). For other districts, see Electoral district of Murray (disambiguation).

Australian electorate

The Murray
Victoria—Legislative Assembly

Location in Victoria

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

The Murray (or just Murray) was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly[1] in the Australian colony of Victoria from 1856 to 1877.

It was based in north-eastern Victoria, south of the Murray River.[2] Its area was defined in the Victorian Constitution Act of 1855 as: "Bounded on the South and West by the Counties of Evelyn and Anglesea and the River Goulburn to its Junction with the River Murray; on the North and North-east by the River Murray; and on the East by the great dividing Range, excepting the Country comprised in the Electoral Districts of the Murray Boroughs and of Beechworth" (Ovens).[3]

## History

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The Murray Boroughs was a separate electorate and consisted of the towns of Wodonga, Wangaratta, Benalla, Euroa, Avenal and Seymour.[3]

The district of The Murray was one of the initial districts of the first Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1856.[4] 36°30′S 146°30′E﻿ / ﻿36.500°S 146.500°E﻿ / -36.500; 146.500

### 1861 election controversy

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In August 1861 the electorate was declared for David Reid with 393 votes, a majority of ten, over John Orr.[5] Mr Curtis A. Reid, the returning electoral officer for The Murray and brother of David Reid disallowed the entirety of the Longwood votes as they were made in pencil[6] not pen and ink. John Orr brought a petition against the return of David Reid[7][8] and in May 1862 the Elections and Qualification Committee declared the votes legal and disqualified David Reid as member for The Murray.[9]

## Members for The Murray

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Initially, two members represented the electorate,[4][10] then only one following the redistribution of 1859.[11]

Member 1  | Term  | Notes  | Member 2  | Term  | Notes

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Travers Adamson | Nov. 1856 – Aug. 1859  |  | John Goodman | Nov. 1856 – Jan. 1858  | Resigned
William Forlonge | Jan. 1858[b] Jan. 1859  | Resigned
William Nicholson | Jan. 1859[b] Aug. 1859  |
David Reid | Oct. 1859 – May 1862  | Disqualified
John Orr | May 1862 – Dec. 1867  |
William Witt | Mar. 1868 – July 1872  | Resigned
John Orr  | July 1872[b] Mar. 1874  |
William Witt  | May 1874 – Apr. 1877  |

b = by-election

Nicholson went on to represent the then newly created Electoral district of Sandridge from October 1859.[1]

## References

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1. ^ a b "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
2. ^ "Electoral district of The Murray and The Ovens" (map). 1856. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
3. ^ a b "Victoria Constitution Act 1855" (PDF). Retrieved 6 June 2013.
4. ^ a b Sweetman, Edward (1920). Constitutional Development of Victoria, 1851-6. Whitcombe & Tombs Limited. p. 183. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
5. ^ "MURRAY ELECTION". Ovens and Murray Advertiser. Beechworth, Vic. 27 August 1861. p. 3. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
6. ^ "MURRAY ELECTION". Ovens and Murray Advertiser (Beechworth, Vic. : 1855 - 1866; 1914 -1918). Beechworth, Vic.: National Library of Australia. 29 August 1861. p. 3. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
7. ^ "THE MURRAY ELECTION CASE". Ovens and Murray Advertiser (Beechworth, Vic. : 1855 - 1866; 1914 -1918). Beechworth, Vic.: National Library of Australia. 29 March 1862. p. 3. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
8. ^ "THE MURRAY ELECTION CASE". Ovens and Murray Advertiser (Beechworth, Vic. : 1855 - 1866; 1914 -1918). Beechworth, Vic.: National Library of Australia. 5 April 1862. p. 2. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
9. ^ "THE MURRAY ELECTION CASE". Ovens and Murray Advertiser (Beechworth, Vic. : 1855 - 1866; 1914 -1918). Beechworth, Vic.: National Library of Australia. 3 May 1862. p. 3. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
10. ^ "The Election results". The Argus. 20 September 1856. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
11. ^ "An Act to alter the Electoral Districts of Victoria and to increase the number of Members of the Legislative Assembly thereof" (PDF). 1858. Retrieved 29 May 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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