Creswick was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the colony, and later Australian state of Victoria centred on the town of Creswick from 1859 to 1904.

As defined in the 1858 Electoral Act, its area was bound by Greens Gully, Loddon River, the Great Dividing Range, the Coliban River, Middleton Creek, and Limestone Creek.

Members for Creswick Two members initially, three members from 1877, then one after the 1889 electoral redistribution, under which 41 new seats were created.

Member 1 Term Member 2 Term William Frazer Oct. 1859 – Dec. 1870 John Smith Oct. 1859 – July 1861 Robert MacDonald Aug. 1861 – Aug. 1864 James Wheeler Nov. 1864 – Dec. 1867 William Miller Mar. 1868 – Jan. 1871 James Stewart Jan. 1871 – Apr. 1877 Thomas Phillips Apr. 1871 – Mar. 1874 Member 3 Term Richard Richardson May 1874 – Feb. 1886 Henry Sainsbury May 1877 – Feb. 1880 Thomas Cooper May 1877 – Apr. 1889 William Anderson Mar. 1886 – Mar. 1889 James Wheeler May 1880 – Mar. 1889 Richard Richardson Apr. 1889 – Sep. 1894 Walter Grose Oct. 1894 – May 1904

Wheeler went on to represent Daylesford from April 1889 to October 1900. Anderson went on to represent Windermere from May 1894 to May 1898.

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