词条 | Nelson Province (Australia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| upper = yes | name = Nelson Province | state = vic | image = | imagesize = | caption = | created = 1882 | abolished = 1940 | lifespan = | mp = | mp-party = | namesake = | electors = | area = | class = }}Nelson Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council (Australia). It was created in the wide-scale redistribution of Provinces 1882 when Central and Eastern Provinces were abolished and ten new Provinces were created.[1] Its area included Camperdown, Ararat and Mortlake.[1] Nelson was created and defined by the Legislative Council Act 1881 (taking effect from the 1882 elections) as consisting of the following divisions: Hampden, Mortlake, Ararat Shire, Ararat Borough, Ripon, Grenville, Ballaarat, Lexton, Avoca, Stawell Shire and Stawell Borough.[2] Nelson was later refined in 1904 as consisting of: Ararat, Beaufort, Carisbrook (boroughs of Carisbrook and Majorca), Clunes, Creswick, Dunolly (boroughs of Dunolly and Tarnagulla and the shire of Bet Bet), Glenorchy (shire of Stawell), Landsborough (shire of Avoca), Lexton, Maryborough, Moyston (shire of Ararat), St. Arnaud, Stawell, Stuart Mill (shire of Kara Kara), Talbot and Timor (shire of Tullaroop and the portion of the shire of Maldon within the province).[3] Nelson Province was finally abolished in 1940 in the wake of another redistribution of Provinces in 1937 when four new Provinces were created. Nelson, Wellington and Melbourne East Provinces were all abolished in the years 1937 to 1940.[4] Members for Nelson ProvinceThree members initially, two after the redistribution of 1904.[4] The first three members, Thomas Bromell, Charles Sladen and James Williamson were all "Assigned from original Western Province", Williamson was elected in place of the retiring Robert Simson.[5]
{{ref label|b|b}} = by-election {{ref label|r|r}} = resigned References1. ^{{cite web |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11560999 |title=Nelson Province |work=The Argus |date=1 December 1882 |accessdate=13 May 2013}} {{Electoral provinces of Victoria}}{{coord|37|30|S|143|0|E|dim:200km|display=title}}2. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/vic/hist_act/tlca1881231/ |title=The Legislative Council Act 1881 |publisher=Australasian Legal Information Institute |accessdate=14 June 2013}} 3. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/vic/hist_act/epba1903313/ |title=Electoral Provinces Boundaries Act 1903 |accessdate=16 June 2013 |publisher=Australasian Legal Information Institute}} 4. ^1 2 {{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/re-member/bioregsearch.cfm|title=Re-Member (Former Members)|publisher=State Government of Victoria|accessdate=29 May 2014}} 5. ^{{cite book |title=Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Council During the Session 1883}} 6. ^{{cite web |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13517573 |title=Intercolonial News |work=Sydney Morning Herald |date=28 Dec 1882 |publisher=Trove |accessdate=14 May 2013}} 3 : Former electoral provinces of Victoria (Australia)|1882 establishments in Australia|1940 disestablishments in Australia |
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