The Electoral district of South Bourke (sometimes Bourke South) was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in then Australian colony of Victoria. It was one of the original 36 electoral districts of the Assembly. It covered an area east of Melbourne, bounded by Dandenong Creek in the south and east, Moorabbin, Prahran and Hawthorn in the west and Templestowe in the north. It was abolished in 1889.
Members for South Bourke Two members originally, one after the redistribution of 1877. Member 1TermMember 2Term Patrick O'Brien Nov. 1856 – Aug. 1859 Charles Pasley Nov. 1856 – July 1857 Sidney Ricardo July 1857 – Aug. 1859 Louis Smith Oct. 1859 – Dec. 1865 Hibbert Newton Oct. 1859 – July 1861 George Paton Smith Feb. 1866 – Jan. 1871 Michael O'Grady Aug. 1861 – May? 1868 James Fergusson Apr. 1871 – Mar. 1874 John Crews May 1868 – Apr. 1877 George Paton Smith May 1874 – Apr. 1877 James Fergusson May 1877 – Feb. 1880 John Keys May 1880 – Mar. 1889
= resigned = by election
Keys went on to represent the new Electoral district of Dandenong and Berwick from April 1889.
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