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Electoral district of North Grant

Coordinates: 37°40′S 143°53′E / 37.667°S 143.883°E / -37.667; 143.883
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North Grant
VictoriaLegislative Assembly
Location in Victoria
StateVictoria
Created1856
Abolished1859
DemographicRural
Coordinates37°40′S 143°53′E / 37.667°S 143.883°E / -37.667; 143.883

North Grant was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria from 1856 to 1859.[1] It was bordered on the north by the Werribee River and included the town of Buninyong.[2] The district of North Grant was one of the initial districts of the first Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1856.[3] North Grant was incorporated into the electoral district of Grenville in 1859.[4]

Members for North Grant

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Member Term
John Humffray Nov 1856 – Aug 1859

References

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  1. ^ "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
  2. ^ "Electoral Districts of South Grant, North Grant, North Grenville, Ripon, Hampden, South Grenville and Polworth, Villiers and Heytesbury, Normanby, Dundas and Follett" (map). 1856. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
  3. ^ Edward Sweetman (1920). Constitutional Development of Victoria, 1851-6. Whitcombe & Tombs Limited. p. 183. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
  4. ^ "An Act to alter the Electoral Districts of Victoria and to increase the number of Members of the Legislative Assembly thereof" (PDF). Australasian Legal Information Institute. 1858. Retrieved 27 May 2014.