Electoral district of Colac

The Electoral district of Colac was an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, one of the inaugural districts of the first Assembly in 1856.[1][2]

Colac
Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Location in Victoria (highlighted by red circle)
StateVictoria
Created1856
Abolished1859
NamesakeColac, Victoria
DemographicUrbanised Rural

Its area was defined by the 1855 Act as:

Commencing at the South-west Angle of Section 17, in the Parish of Nalangil, bounded on the West by a Line North to the North-west Angle of Section 17, in the Parish of Warrion ; on the North by a Line East from the last-mentioned Point to the North-east Angle of Section 9, in the Parish of Irrewarra ; on the East by a Line, South from that Point to the South-east Angle of Section 2, in the Parish of Elliminyt ; and on the South by a Line West from that Angle to the point of Commencement[2]

Colac was abolished in 1859, its area became part of the new Electoral district of Polwarth and South Grenville.[3]

The inaugural election took place on 3 October 1856; after votes for Rutherford and Theodore Hancock, a Melbourne solicitor were tied at 46 each, Rutherford was elected by the casting vote of the returning officer.[4]

Members for Colac
MemberPartyTerm
  Andrew Rutherford Unaligned Oct 1856 – Jul   1857
  Theodore Hancock Unaligned Jul  1857 – Aug 1859

See also

References
  1. "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
  2. "Victoria Constitution Act 1855" (PDF). Retrieved 3 January 2014.
  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.
  4. "Death of an Old Colac Identity". The Colac Herald. Vic.: National Library of Australia. 27 July 1894. p. 3. Retrieved 28 September 2014.

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