Electoral district of Wimmera

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

{{for|the district of the old unicameral Victorian Legislative Council 1851–1856|Electoral district of Wimmera (Victorian Legislative Council)}}

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{{Infobox Australian electorate

| upper =

| name = Wimmera

| state = vic

| image = Electoral district of Wimmera, Victorian Legislative Assembly.png

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| caption = Location in Victoria, 1856–1859

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| abolished =

| lifespan = 1856–1889, 1992–2002

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| namesake = The Wimmera

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| area =

| class = Rural

}}The electoral district of Wimmera was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria.

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It was defined initially as "Bounded on the West by the Boundary Line of Victoria and South Australia; on the North by the River Murray; on the East by a Line to Lake Bael Bael, thence by the River Avoca to its Source; and on the South by the Boundaries of the Counties of Follett, Dundas and Ripon".

{{cite web

|url=http://foundingdocs.gov.au/resources/transcripts/vic5_doc_1855.pdf

|title=Victoria Constitution Act 1855

|access-date=2 June 2013

}}

In the Electoral Act of 1858 (which took effect in 1859), Wimmera was reduced in size and to one member; the Electoral district of Crowlands was created which incorporated part of the previous Wimmera district.

In the Electoral Act of 1877 established the seat as a two-member constituency, reabsorbing Crowlands.{{cite news |title=THE NEW ELECTORAL ACT. |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/5921450 |work=The Argus |date=9 May 1877 |pages=6}}

In the redistribution of 1889, Wimmera was abolished and new districts including Horsham, Lowan and Donald & Swan Hill were created.