Electoral district of Alberton

The Electoral district of Alberton was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian colony of Victoria,[1] located in the south-east of the then-colony.

Alberton
VictoriaLegislative Assembly
Location in Victoria
StateVictoria
Created1856
Abolished1859
DemographicRural

Its area was defined as: "Commencing at the Mouth of Worrigall Creek on the Ninety Mile Beach Bounded on the North by a Line West Seventeen Miles to the Eastern Branch of the River Tarra; thence on the South-west by a Line in a South-westerly Direction to the Mouth of the Little River in Corner Inlet; and on the South and South-east by the Sea coast (including Snake Island) to the commencing Point".[2]

38°38′S 146°38′E / 38.633°S 146.633°E / -38.633; 146.633

Alberton was abolished in 1859, its area became part of the new electoral district of South Gipps Land.[3]

Member edit

Member Party Term
  James Davis None 1856–1859

References edit

  1. ^ "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
  2. ^ "Victoria Constitution Act 1855" (PDF). Retrieved 9 June 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 9 June 2013.