Electoral district of Gipps' Land

The Electoral district of Gipps' Land was one of the original sixteen electoral districts[1] of the old unicameral Victorian Legislative Council of 1851 to 1856. Victoria being a colony in Australia at the time.

For the upper house seat of the Victorian Legislative Council 1882–2006, see Gippsland Province. For the lower house seat of the Victorian Legislative Assembly 1856–59 (also known as Gipps' Land), see Electoral district of Gippsland.

Gipps' Land
Victoria—Legislative Council
Location in Victoria
StateVictoria
Created1851
Abolished1856
Area41,000 km2 (15,830.2 sq mi)
DemographicRural

The area of Gipps' Land was defined as: "Bounded on the south and east by the sea on the north by a line running in a westerly direction from Cape Howe to the source of the nearest tributary of the Murray and the Australian Alps again on the west by the Alps and the Counties of Evelyn and Mornington."[1]

From 1856 onwards, the Victorian parliament consisted of two houses, the Victorian Legislative Council (upper house, consisting of Provinces) and the Victorian Legislative Assembly (lower house).[2]

Members for Gipps' Land

These were members in the unicameral Legislative Council of Victoria which existed from 1851 to 20 March 1856.[3]

MemberPartyTerm
Robert Turnbull   Unaligned November 1851 – May 1853[r]
George Ward Cole   Unaligned August 1853[b] – May 1855
John King   Unaligned November 1855 – March 1856

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Notes

r = resigned
b = by-election

Turnbull went on to represent Eastern Province (January 1864 to November 1872) in the Victorian Legislative Council.[4] Cole went on to represent Central Province (October 1859 to April 1879) in the Victorian Legislative Council.[4] King went on to represent Gippsland Province (November 1856 to September 1857) in the Victorian Legislative Council.[4]

References
  1. "Victorian Electoral Act" (PDF). New South Wales Government. Retrieved 24 October 2012.
  2. Edward Sweetman (1920). Constitutional Development of Victoria, 1851-6. Whitcombe & Tombs Limited. p. 182. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
  3. Edward Sweetman (1920). Constitutional Development of Victoria, 1851-6. Whitcombe & Tombs Limited. pp. 28–29, 111. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
  4. "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
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