Ovens (or The Ovens) was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria from 1856 to 1927. It was based in northern Victoria, bordered by the Ovens River in the south-west and included the town of Beechworth, Victoria.
The district of Ovens was one of the initial districts of the first Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1856. It was defined in the Victorian Constitution Act 1855 (taking effect at the 1856 elections) as:
Ovens was superseded by Electoral district of Wangaratta and Ovens in 1927.
Members for Ovens One member initially, two from the increase in members of 1859. One again from the redistribution of 1889 when the Electoral district of Wangaratta and Rutherglen, amongst others, was created.
Member 1 Term Member 2 Term Daniel Cameron Nov. 1856 – Mar. 1857 John Wood Apr. 1857 – July 1861 Alexander Keefer Oct. 1859 – Mar. 1860 John Donald Mar. 1860 – July 1861 William Charles Weekes Aug. 1861 – Aug. 1864 Peter Wright Aug. 1861 – Aug. 1864 George Verney Smith Nov. 1864 – Apr. 1877 George Kerferd Nov. 1864 – Jan. 1886 George Billson May 1877 – June 1880 William Zincke July 1880 – Feb. 1883 George Billson Feb. 1883 – Feb. 1886 Joseph Ferguson Mar. 1886 – Mar. 1889 Ferguson Tuthill Jan. 1886 – Mar. 1889
Single Member District 1889–1927MemberPartyTerm Joseph Ferguson Unaligned 1889–1894 J. A. Isaacs Unaligned 1894–1902 Thomas Ashworth Unaligned 1902–1904 Alfred Billson Unaligned 1904–1916 Nationalist 1916–1924 Liberal 1924–1927
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