Electoral district of Carlton

Carlton
VictoriaLegislative Assembly
StateVictoria
Created1877
Abolished1958
DemographicMetropolitan
Coordinates37°47′30″S 144°58′0″E / 37.79167°S 144.96667°E / -37.79167; 144.96667

Carlton was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria located in the inner-Melbourne suburb of Carlton from 1877[1] to 1958.[2]

The district was defined as:

Commencing at a point in the centre of Nicholson street in line with the centre of Faraday street ; thence west by a line passing through the centre of Faraday street to Madeline street ; thence north by a line passing through the centre of Madeline street and north-westerly westerly and south-westerly by a line passing through the centre of College Crescent to the Sydney road ; thence north by a line passing through the centre of the Sydney road to Park street Brunswick ; thence east by a line passing through the centre of Park street east to Nicholson street ; and thence south by a line passing through the centre of Nicholson street to the commencing point.[1]

Members for Carlton

Member Party Term
  James Munro Unaligned 1877–1880
  John Gardiner Unaligned 1880–1892
  Frederick Bromley Labour 1892–1908
  Robert Solly Labor 1908–1932
  Bill Barry Labor 1932–1955
  Labor (Anti-Communist) 1955
  Denis Lovegrove Labor 1955–1958

Election results

  • Election Notice, Carlton - 1897
  • Victoria Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) (PDF). Vol. 68. Robert S. Brain. 1891.

References

  1. ^ a b "The Electoral Act Amendment Act 1876". Australasian Legal Information Institute. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
  2. ^ "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 10 April 2013.