Geelong West was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria from 1859 to 1985. It was located west of the city of Geelong, defined in the Victorian Electoral Act, 1858 as:
Geelong West (along with Electoral district of Geelong East) was created when the four-member Electoral district of Geelong was abolished in 1859. Geelong West and Geelong East were abolished in 1877, replaced by a re-created 3-member district of Geelong. Geelong West was re-created in 1955.
Members First incarnation (1859–1877, 2 members) Member 1 Term Member 2 Term John Henry Brooke 1859 – 1864 James Harrison 1859 – 1860 Nicholas Foott 1860 – 1868 George Brown 1864 – 1865 Richard Heath 1866 – 1867 James Gattie Carr 1868 – 1870 Graham Berry 1868 – 1877 Robert de Bruce Johnstone 1870 – 1877 Foott died 24 September 1868, replaced by Graham Berry in October 1868. Johnstone and Berry went on to represent the re-created Geelong from 1877.
Second incarnation (1955–1967)MemberPartyTerm Colin MacDonald Labor 1955–1958 Max Gillett Liberal and Country 1958–1964 Neil Trezise Labor 1964–1967
Third incarnation (1976–1985)MemberPartyTerm Hayden Birrell Liberal 1976–1982 Hayden Shell Labor 1982–1985
Election results
External links Electoral districts of Geelong West and Geelong, 1956 Map at State Library of Victoria
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