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Electoral district of Gippsland North

Coordinates: 37°30′S 148°0′E / 37.500°S 148.000°E / -37.500; 148.000
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Gippsland North
VictoriaLegislative Assembly
Location in Victoria, 1859
StateVictoria
Created1859
Abolished1955
NamesakeGippsland
DemographicRural

Gippsland North (North Gipps Land or North Gippsland until 1889) was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria located in northern Gippsland from 1859 to 1955.[1]

In 1859, the Electoral district of Gippsland was abolished and new districts of Electoral district of North Gipps Land and South Gipps Land were created. The district of North Gipps Land was defined in the Victorian Electoral Act, 1858 as:

Bounded on the south and east by the sea ; on the north by a line bearing west from Cape Howe to the source of the nearest tributary of the Murray, and by the Alps; and on the west by the Alps and the counties of Evelyn and Mornington, excepting the country comprised in the Electoral District of South Gipps Land

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Members

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One member initially, two from 1877,[3] One member again from 1889 when the new Electoral district of Gippsland Central was created.[1][4]

North Gipps Land                                 (Two members 1877–1889)
Member 1 Term
John Johnson (Knud Olai Boe) Oct 1859  – July 1861
John Everard Aug 1861  – Aug 1861[d]
George Mackay Nov 1861[b] – Apr 1864
John Everard Apr 1864[b] – Aug 1864
William Pearson, Sr. Nov 1864  – Dec 1867
Frederick Leopold Smyth Mar 1868  – Mar? 1875
James McKean May 1875[b] – July 1876[x] Member 2 Term
Charles Gavan Duffy Aug 1876[b] – Feb 1880 Frederick Leopold Smyth May 1877 – Feb 1880
Allan McLean May 1880  – Mar 1889 James McKean May 1880 – Feb 1883
Albert Harris Feb 1883 – Mar 1889
Single Member District
Member Party Term
  Allan McLean 1889 – 1901
  Hubert Keogh 1901 – 1908
  James McLachlan Labor 1908 – 1916
  National Labor 1916 – 1917
  Independent 1917 – 1938
  Alexander Borthwick Country 1938 – 1942
  Bill Fulton Country 1942 – 1945
  James Johns Labor 1945 – 1947
  Bill Fulton Country 1947 – 1952
  Hector Stoddart Labor 1952 – 1955

Election Auditors

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John Lightfoot Esquire, a resident of Sale, was re-appointed as the Election Auditor for the district of North Gipps Land in July 1859.[5]

Elections

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At the 1859 election for North Gipps Land, Mr Boyd Cuninghame nominated Mr Johnson of Mewburn Park. Mr Johnson was a long time resident and his political views were well known. The nomination was seconded by Mr P. McArdell. No other candidate was nominated and therefore Mr Johnson was duly declared elected.[6]

Notes

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b = by-election
d = disqualified
x = expelled

References

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  1. ^ a b "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
  2. ^ "An Act to alter the Electoral Districts of Victoria and to increase the number of Members of the Legislative Assembly thereof" (PDF). 1858. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
  3. ^ "The Elections in Victoria". The Sydney Morning Herald. Trove. 12 May 1877. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
  4. ^ "The New Victorian Legislative Assembly". Western Mail. Trove. 20 April 1889. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
  5. ^ "Election Notice". Gippsland Guardian Trove 26 August 1859. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  6. ^ "THE ELECTIONS". The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 – 1954). Melbourne, Vic.: National Library of Australia. 19 September 1859. p. 6. Retrieved 12 February 2015.

37°30′S 148°0′E / 37.500°S 148.000°E / -37.500; 148.000