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Electoral district of Avoca (Victorian Legislative Council)

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State
  
Victoria

Abolished
  
1856

Founded
  
1855

Created
  
1855

Demographic
  
Rural

Date dissolved
  
1856

Namesake
  
Town of Avoca, Victoria

The Electoral district of Avoca was an electoral district of the old unicameral Victorian Legislative Council of 1851 to 1856. Victoria being a colony in Australia at the time. Avoca was added to the Council in 1855, along with four other districts.

The Electoral district of Avoca's area included the parishes of Amherst, Carisbrook, Maryborough, Avoca, Tarnagulla, and Burrembeep.

Avoca was abolished along with all the other districts in the Legislative Council in 1856 as part of the new Parliament of Victoria. New Provinces were created that made up the Legislative Council, which was the upper house from 1856.

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Electoral district of Avoca (Victorian Legislative Council) Wikipedia