North Melbourne was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria from 1859 to 1927.
The Electoral District of North Melbourne was defined as being bound by Victoria Street/Parade on the south, Nicholson Street on the east, the southern boundary of portion 90, parish of Jika Jika on the north and a line south from Mains Bridge (now Flemington Bridge) to the Victoria Street alignment by the 1858 Electoral Districts Act. This included the suburbs of Carlton, Parkville and North Melbourne.
The district was abolished, along with several others, when the Electoral Districts Act 1926 was implemented in 1927.
Members Two members initially, one from the redistribution of 1889 when Port Melbourne and other districts were created.
Member 1 Term Member 2 Term John Sinclair Oct 1859 – Jul 1861 George Elliott Barton Oct 1859 – Jul? 1861 Patrick Costello Aug 1861 – Nov 1861 John Davies Aug 1861 – Aug 1864 John Sinclair Nov 1861– Aug 1864 John Goulson Burtt Nov 1864 – Mar 1874 William Robinson Nov 1864 – Dec 1865 John Harbison Feb 1866 – Jan 1871 James Munro May 1874 – Apr 1877 John Curtain Apr 1871 – Apr 1877 John Laurens May 1877 – Mar 1889 Joseph Storey May 1877 – Mar 1881 James Munro Apr 1881 – Feb 1883 James Rose Feb 1883 – Mar 1889
Single Member District 1889–1927MemberPartyTerm John Laurens Unaligned 1889–1892 David Wyllie Unaligned 1892–1893 Sylvanus Reynolds Unaligned 1893–1894 George Prendergast Labour 1894–1897 William Watt Unaligned 1897–1900 George Prendergast Labor 1900–1927
= by-election = expelled
Prendergast went on to represent the Electoral district of Footscray, which was re-created in 1927.
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