Electoral district of Ripon, Hampden, Grenville and Polwarth
{{Short description|Former electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Council}}
{{for|the lower house seat of the Victorian Legislative Assembly 1856–1859|Electoral district of Polwarth, Ripon, Hampden and South Grenville}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2015}}
{{Use Australian English|date=June 2015}}
{{Infobox Australian Electorate
| upper = yes
| name = Ripon, Hampden, Grenville and Polwarth
| state = vic
| image = Ripon,_Hampden,_Grenville_and_Polwarth_Victoria.png
| caption = Location in Victoria
| created = 1851
| abolished = 1856
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| class = Rural
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The Electoral district of Ripon, Hampden, Grenville and Polwarth was one of the original sixteen electoral districts{{cite web
|url=http://www.legislation.nsw.gov.au/sessionalview/sessional/act/1851-3a.pdf
|title=Victorian Electoral Act
|accessdate=31 May 2013
|publisher= New South Wales Government
}} of the old unicameral Victorian Legislative Council of 1851 to 1856. Victoria being a colony in Australia at the time.
The district's area was defined as consisting of the four central western Victorian counties of Ripon, Hampden, Grenville and Polwarth.
{{cite web
|url=http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/119989
|title=Electoral Districts of South Grant, North Grant, North Grenville, Ripon, Hampden, South Grenville and Polworth, Villiers and Heytesbury, Normanby, Dundas and Follett
|year=1855
|type=map
|accessdate=31 May 2013
}}
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).
{{cite book
|title=Constitutional Development of Victoria, 1851-6
|author=Sweetman, Edward
|year=1920
|publisher=Whitcombe & Tombs Limited
|page=[https://archive.org/details/constitutionalde00swee/page/182 182]
|url=https://archive.org/details/constitutionalde00swee
|accessdate=31 May 2013
}}
Members
One member initially, two from the enlarged Council of 1853.Sweetman, p.108
| class="wikitable" |
| Member 1
! Term |
|---|
| Adolphus Goldsmith
| Nov. 1851 – Nov. 1853{{ref label|res|r}} ! Member 2 ! Term |
| John Thompson Charlton
| Dec. 1853{{ref label|by|b}} – Sep. 1854{{ref label|res|r}} | Aug. 1853 – Feb. 1854{{ref label|res|r}} |
| Robert Pohlman
| Jan. 1855 – Mar. 1856 | May 1854{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60194534 |newspaper=Empire |location=Sydney |page=3 |title=Victoria}}Campbell gazetted on 30 May 1854 – Mar. 1856 |
{{note label|res|r}} = resigned
{{note label|by|b}} = by-election
Campbell went on to represent Polwarth, Ripon, Hampden and South Grenville in the Victorian Legislative Assembly from November 1856.
{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/re-member/bioregsearch.cfm
|title=Re-Member (Former Members)
|publisher=State Government of Victoria
|accessdate=31 May 2013}}
See also
References
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{{Electoral districts of the Victorian Legislative Council|state=expanded}}
{{Electoral provinces of Victoria}}
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Category:Former electoral districts of Victorian Legislative Council