Electoral district of Kilmore, Kyneton and Seymour

The Electoral district of Kilmore, Kyneton and Seymour 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.

The district's area was based on the towns of Kilmore, Kyneton and Seymour.[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

One member initially, two from the expansion of the Council in 1853.[3]

Member 1	Term
Peter Snodgrass	Nov. 1851 – Mar. 1856	Member 2	Term
		Patrick O'Brien	Aug. 1853 – Mar. 1856

Snodgrass went on to represent the Electoral district of Anglesey in the Victorian Legislative Assembly from November 1856.[4]
O'Brien went on to represent the Electoral district of South Bourke in the Victorian Legislative Assembly from November 1856.[4]

See also

• Parliaments of the Australian states and territories
• List of members of the Victorian Legislative Council

References

1. "Victorian Electoral Act" (PDF). New South Wales Government. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
2. Sweetman, Edward (1920). Constitutional Development of Victoria, 1851-6. Whitcombe & Tombs Limited. p. 182. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
3. Sweetman, p.108
4. "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 20 May 2013.