Electoral district of Dundas (Victoria)

Dundas (called Dundas and Follett 1856–59)^[1] was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria from 1856 to 1976. It covered a region of western Victoria and consisted of the counties of Dundas and Follett.^[2]

Dundas Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Dundas. c.1860
State	Victoria
Created	1856
Abolished	1976
Namesake	Dundas and Follett
Demographic	Rural

The district of Dundas and Follett was one of the initial districts created in the first Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1856.^[3] It was renamed Dundas from 1859 as a result of the Electoral Act (of December 1858) although it covered the same area as Dundas and Follett previously.^[4]

Later its borders were re-arranged somewhat and included the sub-divisions of Harrow, Casterton, Hamilton, Branxholme, Penshurst and Mortlake.^[5]

Members

Member		Party	Term
	Charles Griffith		1856–1858
	William Mollison		1858–1864
	George Fairbairn		1864–1865
	John Alexander MacPherson		1866–1878
	John Serjeant		1878–1880
	Charles Myles Officer		1880–1892
	Samuel Samuel		1892–1892
	John Thomson		1892–1900
	Arthur Robinson		1900–1902
	John Thomson	Anti-Socialist	1902–1909
		Liberal	1909–1914
	William Kennedy Smith	Liberal	1914–1917
		Nationalist	1917–1917
	Bill Slater	Labor	1917–1932
	Athol Cooper	United Australia	1932–1932
	Bill Slater	Labor	1932–1947
	William McDonald	Liberal	1947–1952
	Bob McClure	Labor	1952–1955
	(Sir) William McDonald	Liberal	1955–1970
	Edward Lewis	Labor	1970–1973
	Bruce Chamberlain	Liberal	1973–1976

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Dundas (Victoria)