Electoral district of West Melbourne

West Melbourne (sometimes referred to as Melbourne West) was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria from 1859[1] to 1904. [2]

For the former electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council, see Melbourne West Province.

West Melbourne
Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Location within Greater Melbourne area, 1859
StateVictoria
Created1859
Abolished1904
DemographicMetropolitan

The Electoral District of West Melbourne was defined as being bound by the Yarra River on the south, Elizabeth Street on the east, Victoria Street on the north and "the western boundary of the city" by the 1858 Electoral Districts Act.[1]

Members for West Melbourne

Two members initially,[1] one from 1889.[3]

Member Term Member Term
Robert Caldwell October 1859 – July 1861 Thomas Loader October 1859 – August 1864
James Orkney August 1861 – August 1864
John Hutchison Blackwood November 1864 – December 1867 John Harbison November 1864 – December 1865
Edward Langton May 1868 – April 1877 Charles MacMahon February 1866 – February? 1878
John Andrew May 1877 – February 1880 Bryan O'Loghlen February 1878# – February 1880
James Orkney May 1880 – October 1885 Charles MacMahon May 1880 – February 1886
Godfrey Downes Carter November 1885# – March 1889 James William Peirce March 1886 – March 1889
William Maloney April 1889 – 21 November 1903
Thomas Tunnecliffe 21 December 1903# – 11 May 1904

      # = by-election

References
  1. "An Act to alter the Electoral Districts of Victoria and to increase the number of Members of the Legislative Assembly thereof" (PDF). 1858. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
  2. "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
  3. "The New Victorian Legislative Assembly". Western Mail. Trove. 20 April 1889. Retrieved 24 April 2013.

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