Electoral district of Creswick explained

Creswick was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the colony, and later Australian state of Victoria centred on the town of Creswick from 1859 to 1904.^[1]

As defined in the 1858 Electoral Act, its area was bound by Greens Gully, Loddon River, the Great Dividing Range, the Coliban River, Middleton Creek, and Limestone Creek.^[2]

Members for Creswick

Two members initially, three members from 1877,^[3] then one after the 1889 electoral redistribution,^[4] under which 41 new seats were created.^[5]

Member 1	Term	Member 2	Term
William Frazer	Oct. 1859 – Dec. 1870	John Smith	Oct. 1859 – July 1861
		Robert MacDonald	Aug. 1861 – Aug. 1864
		James Wheeler	Nov. 1864 – Dec. 1867
		William Miller	Mar. 1868 – Jan. 1871
James Stewart	Jan. 1871 – Apr. 1877	Thomas Phillips[6]	Apr. 1871 – Mar. 1874	Member 3	Term
		Richard Richardson	May 1874 – Feb. 1886	Henry Sainsbury	May 1877 – Feb. 1880
Thomas Cooper	May 1877 – Apr. 1889	William Anderson	Mar. 1886 – Mar. 1889	James Wheeler	May 1880 – Mar. 1889
Richard Richardson	Apr. 1889 – Sep. 1894
Walter Grose	Oct. 1894 – May 1904

Wheeler went on to represent Daylesford from April 1889 to October 1900.Anderson went on to represent Windermere from May 1894 to May 1898.

References

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Re-Member (Former Members). State Government of Victoria. 24 April 2013.
2. Web site: An Act to alter the Electoral Districts of Victoria and to increase the number of Members of the Legislative Assembly thereof. . 1858 . 24 July 2013.
3. Web site: The New Victorian Legislative Assembly . South Australian Register . 19 May 1877 . Trove . 24 April 2013.
4. Web site: The New Victorian Legislative Assembly . Western Mail . Trove . 20 April 1889 . 24 April 2013.
5. Web site: The Electoral Act Amendment Act 1888 . 12 June 2013 . pdf .
6. Web site: Parliament . . 26 April 1871 . 25 April 2013 . Trove.