The Electoral district of Villiers and Heytesbury was one of the original sixteen electoral districts of the old unicameral Victorian Legislative Council of 1851 to 1856. Victoria being a colony in Australia at the time.
The district was located in western Victoria and included the counties of Villiers and Heytesbury, covering the area from Lake Corangamite along the coast westward past Port Fairy.
From 1856 onwards, the Victorian parliament consisted of two houses, the Victorian Legislative Council (upper house, consisting of Provinces) and the Victorian Legislative Assembly (lower house).
Members One member initially, two from 1853. Member 1 Term William Rutledge Oct 1851 – Mar 1854 Member 2 Term Claud Farie Apr 1854 – Oct 1855 George Winter Jun 1853 – Aug 1854 James Mylne Knight Dec 1855 – Mar 1856 William Forlonge Oct 1854 – Mar 1856
= resigned = by-election
Rutledge later represented Villiers and Heytesbury in the Victorian Legislative Assembly from November 1856. Forlonge later represented The Murray in the Victorian Legislative Assembly from January 1858.
See also Parliaments of the Australian states and territories List of members of the Victorian Legislative Council
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