Electoral district of Daylesford

The Electoral district of Daylesford was an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly.^[1] It included the town of Daylesford, around 155 km north-west of Melbourne.

Daylesford Victoria—Legislative Assembly
State	Victoria
Created	1889
Abolished	1927
Namesake	Town of Daylesford
Demographic	Rural

It was merged, along with Maryborough, into the Electoral district of Maryborough and Daylesford in 1927.^[1]

Members for Daylesford

Member		Party	Term
	James Wheeler	Unaligned	1889–1900
	Donald McLeod	Liberal	1900–1917
		Nationalist	1917–1923
	James McDonald	Labor	1923*
	Roderick McLeod	Nationalist	1923–1924
	James McDonald	Labor	1924–1927

• In the 1923 by-election, James McDonald of Labor was initially declared the winner, but a later recount established that Roderick McLeod had won.

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Daylesford

See also

• Parliaments of the Australian states and territories
• List of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly