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Electoral district of Ripon, Hampden, Grenville and Polwarth

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State
  
Victoria

Abolished
  
1856

Founded
  
1851

Created
  
1851

Demographic
  
Rural

Date dissolved
  
1856

Electoral district of Ripon, Hampden, Grenville and Polwarth

The Electoral district of Ripon, Hampden, Grenville and Polwarth was one of the original sixteen electoral districts of the old unicameral Victorian Legislative Council of 1851 to 1856. Victoria being a colony in Australia at the time.

The district's area was defined as consisting of the four central western Victorian counties of Ripon, Hampden, Grenville and Polwarth.

From 1856 onwards, the Victorian parliament consisted of two houses, the Victorian Legislative Council (upper house, consisting of Provinces) and the Victorian Legislative Assembly (lower house).

Members

One member initially, two from the enlarged Council of 1853.

r = resigned
b = by-election

Campbell went on to represent Polwarth, Ripon, Hampden and South Grenville in the Victorian Legislative Assembly from November 1856.

References

Electoral district of Ripon, Hampden, Grenville and Polwarth Wikipedia