Electoral district of Sandhurst
Former electoral district in Victoria, Australia
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Sandhurst (initially Sandhurst Boroughs)[1][2] was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly[3][4] in the Australian state of Victoria from 1856 to 1904.[3] It was based on the towns of Sandhurst[5] (now Bendigo) and Lockwood.[6]
| Sandhurst Victoria—Legislative Assembly | |
|---|---|
Location in Victoria, 1859 | |
| State | Victoria |
| Created | 1856 |
| Abolished | 1904 |
| Demographic | Urbanised Rural |
| Coordinates | 36°45′S 144°16′E |
The district was defined as:
SANDHURST — Commencing at a point on the Bendigo Creek 40 chains south of the junction of Ash-street and High-street; thence east one mile and a half; thence north four miles; thence west two and a half miles, crossing the Bendigo Creek, thence south four miles, thence east to the point of commencement.
LOCKWOOD — Commencing at the south-western angle of suburban allotment 23, section 1; bounded on the east by a line northward from that point to the southeastern angle of portion 44, section 4; on the north by a line bearing west to the south-western angle of allotment No. 1, section 4, on the west by a line bearing south to a point due west from the commencing point; and on the south by a line east to the south-west angle of suburban allotment No. 23, section 1, being the commencing point.
aforesaid.[4]
From 1904, Sandhurst was split into two districts, Bendigo West and Bendigo East.[3]
The district of Sandhurst Boroughs was one of the initial districts of the first Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1856.[1]
Members for Sandhurst
One member 1856[1] to 1859,[3] two from 1859.[3][7]
| Sandhurst Boroughs (1856–1859, 1 member) | |
|---|---|
| Member | Term |
| James Macpherson Grant | Nov 1856 – Aug 1859 |
| Sandhurst (1859–1877, 2 members) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Member 1 | Term | Member 2 | Term |
| John Henderson | Oct 1859 – Jul 1861 | Robert Frederick Howard | Oct 1859 – Jul 1861 |
| James Joseph Casey | Aug 1861 – Mar 1862 | William Denovan | Aug 1861 – Jul 1862 |
| Robert Frederick Howard | Mar 1862 – Dec 1865 | Robert Strickland | Nov 1862 – Aug 1864 |
| Robert Burrowes | Feb 1866 – Apr 1877 | John Halfey | Nov 1864 – Dec 1867 |
| Angus Mackay | Mar 1868 – Apr 1877 | ||
| Sandhurst (1877–1889, 3 members)[8] (1889–1904, 2 members)[9] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Member 1 | Term | Member 2 | Term | Member 3 | Term |
| Robert Clark | May 1877 – Apr 1883 | Sir John McIntyre | May 1877 – Jun 1880 | W. G. Blackham[10] | May 1877 – Jul 1877[11] |
| Angus Mackay | Jul 1877 – Feb 1880 | ||||
| Angus Mackay | Jul 1883 – Feb 1886 | Robert Burrowes | May 1880 – Sep 1893 | Sir John Quick | Jul 1880 – Mar 1889 |
| Alfred Shrapnell Bailes[12][13][14][15] | Mar 1886 – Sep 1894 | ||||
| Walter Hamilton | Oct 1894 – Oct 1900[16] | Daniel Barnet Lazarus[16] | Oct 1893 – Sep 1897 | ||
| Daniel Barnet Lazarus | Nov 1900 – Sep 1902 | Alfred Shrapnell Bailes* | Oct 1897 – May 1904 | ||
| Walter Hamilton | Oct 1902 – May 1904 | ||||
* Bailes was later member for Bendigo East (1904 to 1907).[3]