Electoral district of Crowlands

Crowlands Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Location in Victoria
State	Victoria
Created	1859
Abolished	1877
Demographic	Rural

Crowlands was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly^[1] in the Australian colony of Victoria from 1859 to 1877. It was located in north-western Victoria and included the town of Swan Hill.^[2]

Electoral district of Crowlands, Victoria

The district was defined as being:

“

Bounded on the west by the Yarriambiack Creek from the junction of the River Wimmera to Lake Corong; thence by a line north to the Murray; again on the west by a tributary of the River Wimmera to its source near Briggs's Bluff in the Grampians; thence southwards by the Grampians range; on the south by the Dividing Range; on the east by the River Avoca and a line north to the Murray; and on the north by the Murray, excepting the country included within the electoral district of Ararat.

”

^[3]

Coordinates: 36°10′S 143°00′E / 36.167°S 143.000°E

Members

2 members[3]
Member 1		Term	Member 2		Term
	John Houston	Oct 1859   – Dec 1865		John Woods	Oct 1859 – Aug 1864
			Ronald Campbell	Nov 1864 – Dec 1865
	Robert Byrne	Feb 1866   – Oct 1869		Andrew Love	Feb 1866 – Dec 1867
			David Blair	Mar 1868 – Jan 1871
	George Rolfe	Oct 1869^[b] – Jan? 1871
	Robert Walker	Apr 1871   – Mar 1874		John Woods	Apr 1871 – Apr 1877
	Colin Campbell	May 1874   – Apr 1877

^[b] = by-election

After Crowlands was abolished, John Woods went on to represent the Electoral district of Stawell from its creation in 1877 to 1892.^[1]

References

1. "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
2. "Electoral district of Crowlands" (map). 1863. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
3. "An Act to alter the Electoral Districts of Victoria and to increase the number of Members of the Legislative Assembly thereof." (PDF). 1858. Retrieved 24 April 2013.