Electoral district of Port Fairy

{{Short description|Former electoral district of Victoria, Australia}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}

{{Infobox Australian electorate

|name = Port Fairy

|state = vic

|image = Australia Victoria Moyne Shire location map.svg

|caption = Port Fairy is in current Moyne Shire

|created = 1889

|abolished = 1927

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|class = Rural

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Port Fairy was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria from 1889 to 1927.{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/re-member/bioregsearch.cfm

|title=Re-Member (Former Members)

|publisher=State Government of Victoria

|access-date=9 April 2013}}

It was created when the Electoral district of Belfast was renamed. Bryan O'Loghlen was the last member for Belfast, serving 1888–1889.

It centred on the coastal town of Port Fairy in western Victoria. It was replaced in 1927 by the Electoral district of Port Fairy and Glenelg.

In 2002, Port Fairy was incorporated into the South-West Coast electorate. Denis Napthine has been the sitting member since 2002.{{Cite web|url = http://www.vec.vic.gov.au/ElectoralBoundaries/South-WestCoastDistrictProfile.html|title = South-West Coast District profile|access-date = 12 February 2015|website = Victorian Electoral Commission}}

Members for Port Fairy

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| Bryan O'Loghlen

| Unaligned

| 1889–1894

 

| James Duffus

| Unaligned

| 1894–1897

 

| Bryan O'Loghlen

| Unaligned

| 1897–1900

 

| James Duffus

| Unaligned

| 1900–1908

{{Australian party style|Labor}}| 

| Jeremiah Wall

| Labor

| 1908–1911

{{Australian party style|Commonwealth Liberal}}| 

| James Duffus

| Liberal

| 1911–1914

{{Australian party style|Labor}}| 

| Henry Bailey

| Labor

| 1914–1927

Election results

{{main|Electoral results for the district of Port Fairy}}

References