Electoral district of Mandurang

The Electoral district of Mandurang was an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly (Australia), based in north central Victoria around, but not including, the town of Bendigo (then known as Sandhurst).

Mandurang Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Location in Victoria
State	Victoria
Created	1859
Abolished	1904
Demographic	Rural
Coordinates	36°20′S 144°10′E

The district was defined as:

Bounded on the north by the Murray; on the east by the Campaspe; on the south by the Myrtle Creek and the northern boundary of Maldon, and on the west by the River Loddon, excluding the parish of Tarnagulla and the electoral district of Sandhurst^[1]

The district of Mandurang was created in the expansion of the Legislative Assembly in 1859^[1] and abolished in the redistribution of 1904.

Initially two members were returned, an additional member was added from 1877. After the 1889 electoral re-distribution where Sandhurst South and 40 other districts were created by the Electoral Act Amendment Act 1888,^[2] Mandurang reverted to one member.

Members

Member 1		Party	Term	Member 2		Party	Term
	George Brodie	Unaligned	Oct 1859 – May 1861		Thomas Carpenter	Unaligned	Oct 1859 – Jul 1861
	James Forester Sullivan	Unaligned	May 1861 – Jan 1871		John D. Owens	Unaligned	Aug 1861 – Jul 1863
	Thompson Moore	Unaligned	Apr 1871 – Jun 1880		James J. Casey	Unaligned	Aug 1863 – Feb 1880	Member 3		Party	Term
									Henry R. Williams	Unaligned	May 1877 – Feb 1883
	Hugh McColl	Unaligned	Jul 1880 – Apr 1885		John Fisher	Unaligned	May 1880 – Feb 1883
	John M. Highett	Ministerial	Jul 1885 – Jun 1893		Thompson Moore	Unaligned	Feb 1883 – Feb 1886		Charles Yeo	Unaligned	Feb 1883 – Feb 1886
					James McColl	Unaligned	Mar 1886 – Mar 1889		Joseph Tilley Brown	Unaligned	Mar 1886 – Mar 1889
	Richard O'Neill	Unaligned	Jul 1893 – Sep 1902
	Maximilian Hirsch	Ministerial	Oct 1902 – Nov 1903
	William T. Webb	Unaligned	Dec 1903 – May 1904

See also

• Parliaments of the Australian states and territories
• List of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly

References

• Parliament of Victoria

1. "An Act to alter the Electoral Districts of Victoria and to increase the number of Members of the Legislative Assembly thereof" (PDF). 1858. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
2. "The Electoral Act Amendment Act 1888" (pdf). Retrieved 27 November 2013.