Victoria was an electorate in the South Australian House of Assembly from 1857 until 1902 and from 1915 to 1993.

In 1902 the district was merged with Albert to create Victoria and Albert, but was separated again in 1915, electing candidates of both major parties at various times. However, after 1956, it was held by the Liberal and Country League and its successor, the Liberal Party, usually without serious difficulty. It was abolished in 1993 and replaced by the safe Liberal seat of MacKillop.

In 1860, the electorate had booths at Mosquito Plains, Mount Gambier, Penola and Robe. In 1865, it added Port MacDonnell, Bordertown, Kingston, South Australia and Wellington, and Naracoorte in 1868. In 1875, Bordertown, Kingston, Naracoorte, Robe and Wellington were transferred to the new electorate of Albert, and the new Victoria consisted of only Millicent, Mount Gambier, Penola, Port MacDonnell and Tarpeena. Booths were added at Beachport (1883), Tantanoola (1884), Furner (1893) and Kalangadoo (1896).

When the electorate was recreated in 1915, it had booths at Beachport, Bordertown, Conmurra, Frances, Furner, Glencoe, Glenroy, Hynam East, Kalangadoo, Keith, Kincraig, Kingston, Kongorong, Kybybolite, Lochaber, Lucindale, Mount Gambier, Millicent, Mundalla, Penola, Port MacDonnell, Reedy Creek, Rendelsham, Robe, Tantanoola, Wirrega, Wolseley and Yale Paddock. It lost booths at Beachport, Hynam East, Kongorong and Yale Paddock in 1918, but added booths at Hundred of Jessie, Mount McIntyre and Yahl.

In 1938, when it became a single-member district for the first time, Victoria lost a significant number of voters to the new seat of Mount Gambier: the new Victoria covered Beachport, Binnum, Bool Lagoon, Conmurra, Coonawarra, Frances, Furner, Glenroy, Hatherleigh, Hynam, Hundred of Jessie, Kalangadoo, Kingston, Kybybolite, Lochaber, Lucindale, Millicent, Mount Benson, Mount Burr, Mount McIntyre, Nangula, Naracoorte, Penola, Reedy Creek, Rendelsham, Robe and Tantanoola.

The seat of Millicent (1956–1977) came from the south of the seat of Victoria.

Members for Victoria

Single member (1857–1862)Member Party Term  Robert Leake 1857–1857  George Hawker 1858–1865

Two members (1862–1902)Member Party TermMember Party Term  George Hawker 1862–1865  Randolph Stow 1862–1865  Adam Gordon 1865–1866  John Riddoch 1865–1870  James Umpherston 1866–1868  Henry Kent Hughes 1868–1870  Park Laurie 1870–1871  William Paltridge 1870–1871  Neville Blyth 1871–1871  John Riddoch 1871–1873  Edwin Derrington 1871–1873  Park Laurie 1873–1875  T. Wilde Boothby 1873–1875  George Hawker 1875–1883  John Ingleby 1875–1877   Lavington Glyde 1877–1884  William Whinham 1883–1884  Friedrich Krichauff 1884–1890  John Bagot 1884–1887  Daniel Livingston 1887–1888  John Osman1888–1893  James Cock 1890–1899  George Riddoch Defence League 1893–1896 James Morris1896–1902  John Livingston 1899–1902  Two members (1915–1938)Member Party Term Member Party Term   Peter Reidy Labor 1915–1917 Clarence Goode Labor 1915–1917 National1917–1923  National 1917–1918 Vernon Petherick Liberal Union 1918–1923 Liberal Federation1923–1932  Liberal Federation 1923–1924 Eric Shepherd Labor 1924–1933 Parliamentary Labor1931–1933 Vernon PetherickLiberal and Country1932–1938  Ronald Hunt Liberal and Country 1933–1938

Single-member (1938–1993)Member Party Term  Clement Smith Independent 1938–1941  Vernon Petherick Liberal and Country 1941–1945  Jim Corcoran Labor 1945–1947  Roy McLachlan Liberal and Country 1947–1953  Jim Corcoran Labor 1953–1956  Leslie Harding Liberal and Country 1956–1965  Allan Rodda Liberal and Country 1965–1974  Liberal 1974–1985  Dale Baker Liberal 1985–1993

Election results

References

External links 1985 & 1989 election boundaries, page 18 & 19