The electoral district of Benambra is one of the electoral districts of Victoria, Australia, for the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It covers an area of in north-eastern Victoria. The largest settlement is the city of Wodonga. Benambra also includes the towns of Baranduda, Barnawartha, Beechworth, Chiltern, Corryong, Eskdale, Kiewa, Mitta Mitta, Mount Beauty, Rutherglen, Tallangatta, Tangambalanga, Tawonga, Wahgunyah, and Yackandandah. It lies in the Northern Victoria Region of the upper house, the Legislative Council.
The district of Benambra was created by the Electoral Act Amendment Act 1876. taking effect at the 1877 elections.
The district has been held by various conservative parties unbroken since 1877, with the Liberal Party taking the seat from the Nationals in 1976 and retaining it since.
The district is named after Benambra, a small town 28km north of Omeo in Gippsland. The town of Benambra is not actually located in the electoral district (it is in Gippsland East). Benambra is thought to be Aboriginal in origin meaning hills with big trees or men spearing eels.
Members for Benambra MemberPartyTerm Peter Wright Liberal 1877–1880 Peter Wallace Conservative 1880–1886 Peter Wright Liberal 1886–1889 Albert Craven Conservative1889–1913 Conservative Liberal Commonwealth Liberal John Leckie Commonwealth Liberal 1913–1917 Henry Beardmore Economy 1917–1918 Nationalist 1917–1931 United Australia 1931–1932 Roy Paton Country 1932–1947 Tom Mitchell Country 1947–1976 National Lou Lieberman Liberal 1976–1992 Tony Plowman Liberal 1992–2006 Bill Tilley Liberal 2006–present
Election results
References
External links District profile from the Victorian Electoral Commission