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Avoca was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly[1] in the Australian state of Victoria from 1859 to 1889. It was based in northern Victoria. It was defined by the 1858 Electoral Act as:

Avoca
VictoriaLegislative Assembly
Location in Victoria
StateVictoria
Created1859
Abolished1889
DemographicRural
Coordinates37°05′S 143°28′E / 37.083°S 143.467°E / -37.083; 143.467

Commencing at the source of the River Avoca in the Main Dividing Range ; thence northwards by that river and by a line bearing north to the River Murray ; thence by the River Murray to the River Loddon; thence south-wards by the River Loddon to McNeil's Creek;[a] thence by McNeil's Creek to the Main Dividing Range; and thence westerly by the Main Dividing Range to the commencing point aforesaid, including the parish of Tarnagulla.[2]

[a] McNeil's Creek now known as Bet Bet Creek.[3]

In April 1889, a new district, Talbot and Avoca, was created.[4]

Members

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2 members[5]
Member 1 Term Member 2 Term
  George Samuel Evans Oct 1859 – Jul   1861   James Macpherson Grant Oct 1859 – Jul   1870
  Benjamin George Davies Aug 1861 – Feb 1880
  Peter Finn Oct 1870# – Jan 1871
  James Macpherson Grant Apr 1871 – Apr 1885
  Thomas Langdon May 1880 – Mar 1889   George Enright Bourchier Jun 1885# – Mar 1889

      # = by-election

References

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  1. ^ "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
  • ^ "An Act to alter the Electoral Districts of Victoria and to increase the number of Members of the Legislative Assembly thereof" (PDF). Australasian Legal Information Institute. 1858. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
  • ^ "'VIC-1861-census_01 page xxxv". Historical Census and Colonial Data Archive. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
  • ^ "The New Victorian Legislative Assembly". Western Mail. Trove. 20 April 1889. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
  • ^ "The Victorian Parliament". South Australian Register. Trove. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
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