Collingwood | |
State: | vic |
Created: | 1856 |
Abolished: | 1958 |
Collingwood was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria from 1856 to 1958.[1] It centred on the Melbourne suburb of Collingwood, Victoria.[2]
The district of Collingwood was one of the initial districts of the first Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1856.[3] It was defined initially as:
The district initially had two members,[3] which was increased to three from 1859,[4] reverted to two after 1877, and was represented by only one member from 1904.[1]
Member 1 | Term | Member 2 | Term | ||
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Thomas Embling | Nov 1856 – July 1861 | George Harker | Nov 1856 – Aug 1859 | Member 3 | Term |
George Milner Stephen | Oct 1859 – July 1861 | Charles Jardine Don | Oct 1859 – Aug 1864 | ||
Graham Berry | Aug 1861 – Dec 1865 | John Edwards | Aug 1861 – Dec 1867 | George Harker | Nov 1864 – Dec 1865 |
Thomas Embling | Feb 1866 – Dec 1867 | Isaac Reeves | Feb 1866 – Oct 1869 | ||
John Everard | Mar 1868 – Feb 1871 | William Bates[5] | Mar 1868 – Mar 1874 | ||
George Harker | Apr 1871 – Mar 1874 | William Vale | Oct 1869 – Mar 1874 | ||
John Everard | May 1874 – July 1874 | James Forester Sullivan | May 1874 – Feb 1876 | Albert Lee Tucker | May 1874 – Apr 1877 |
George David Langridge | Aug 1874 – Mar 1891 | ||||
James Mirams | Feb 1876 – Feb 1886 | ||||
William Guard Feild | Mar 1886 – Mar 1889 | ||||
John Hancock | Jun 1891 – Apr 1892 | William Beazley | Apr 1889 – May 1904 | ||
Edgar Wilkins | May 1892 – Dec 1908 | ||||
Single Member District | ||||
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Member | Party | Term | ||
Martin Hannah | Labor | 1908 – 1920 | ||
Independent | 1920 – 1921 | |||
Tom Tunnecliffe | Labor | 1921 – 1947 | ||
Bill Towers | Labor | 1947 – 1958 | ||
= by-election
See main article: Electoral results for the district of Collingwood.