Electoral district of Portland (Victorian Legislative Council)

For the lower house seat of Portland in the Victorian Legislative Assembly, see Electoral district of Portland.

Portland Victoria—Legislative Council
Boundary in 1851
State	Victoria
Created	1851
Abolished	1856
Namesake	Town of Portland
Demographic	Urbanised Rural

The Electoral district of Portland (also known as Town of Portland) was a former electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council (Australia).^[1]

From 1851 to 1856, this was a district of the unicameral Victorian Legislative Council; initially with one member and two from the enlarged council of 1853.^[2] It centred on the town of Portland, Victoria.

In 1856 the Electoral district of Portland (an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly) was created.^[2]

Members

Two members from 1853.

Member 1	Term
Thomas Wilkinson	Nov. 1851 – Mar. 1856^[1]	Member 2	Term
Thomas Wilkinson	Nov. 1851 – Mar. 1856^[1]	James Henty	Aug. 1853 – Mar. 1856^[1]

References

1 2 3 "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
1 2 Edward Sweetman (1920). Constitutional Development of Victoria, 1851-6. Whitcombe & Tombs Limited. p. 182. Retrieved 24 October 2012.

Coordinates: 38°20′S 141°36′E / 38.333°S 141.600°E / -38.333; 141.600

Former electoral districts of the unicameral Victorian Legislative Council (1851 – 1856)

Avoca Ballaarat Belfast and Warrnambool Castlemaine Geelong Gipps' Land Grant Kilmore, Kyneton and Seymour Loddon City of Melbourne Murray Normanby, Dundas and Follett North Bourke Ovens Portland Ripon, Hampden, Grenville and Polwarth Sandhurst South Bourke, Evelyn and Mornington Talbot, Dalhousie and Angelsey Villiers and Heytesbury Wimmera

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