The Constitution of Victoria 1856 described the boundary of the electoral district of Belfast as:
"Commencing at a point on the sea coast bearing south 7 degrees 30 minutes west, 16 chains 25 links from the south-west angle of section No. 15, township of Belfast, and bounded on the west by a line bearing north 62 chains; on the north by a line bearing east 45 chains 25 links; again on the west by a line bearing north 3 chains 75 links to the River Moyne, by that river to its mouth, and by the sea coast to the point of commencement; also that portion commencing at the south-west angle of section A, parish of Belfast, and bounded on the north-east by a line bearing north-west 15 chains to the Moyne Saltwater Lagoon, by that lagoon and the River Moyne to its mouth and by the sea coast northerly to the last mentioned point of commencement."[3]
electoral, district, belfast, district, unicameral, victorian, legislative, council, 1851, 1856, warrnambool, electorates, city, belfast, northern, ireland, electoral, wards, belfast, former, parliamentary, constituency, belfast, parliament, constituency, elec. For the district of the old unicameral Victorian Legislative Council 1851 1856 see Electoral district of Belfast and Warrnambool For electorates in the city of Belfast Northern Ireland see Electoral wards of Belfast For the former UK parliamentary constituency see Belfast UK Parliament constituency The electoral district of Belfast was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly in the British colony of Victoria 1 It was one of the original lower house seats in the first Parliament of Victoria in 1856 2 Belfast was renamed in 1889 to Port Fairy after the town of Belfast was also renamed BelfastVictoria Legislative AssemblyBelfast 1856 StateVictoriaCreated1856Abolished1889DemographicRuralElectoral boundary editThe Constitution of Victoria 1856 described the boundary of the electoral district of Belfast as Commencing at a point on the sea coast bearing south 7 degrees 30 minutes west 16 chains 25 links from the south west angle of section No 15 township of Belfast and bounded on the west by a line bearing north 62 chains on the north by a line bearing east 45 chains 25 links again on the west by a line bearing north 3 chains 75 links to the River Moyne by that river to its mouth and by the sea coast to the point of commencement also that portion commencing at the south west angle of section A parish of Belfast and bounded on the north east by a line bearing north west 15 chains to the Moyne Saltwater Lagoon by that lagoon and the River Moyne to its mouth and by the sea coast northerly to the last mentioned point of commencement 3 Members for Belfast editMember Term Francis Beaver 1856 1859 John Hood 1859 1864 Augustus Greeves 1864 1865 Gordon Evans 1866 1867 Henry Wrixon 1868 1877 Sir John O Shanassy 1877 1883 John Madden 1883 1888 Sir Bryan O Loghlen 1888 1889 O Loghlen went on to represent the renamed Port Fairy from 1889 References edit Re Member Former Members State Government of Victoria Retrieved 12 June 2013 Sweetman Edward 1920 Constitutional Development of Victoria 1851 6 Whitcombe amp Tombs Limited p 183 Retrieved 12 June 2013 Adamson Travers 1856 Acts and ordinances in force in Victoria Volume 2 Melbourne John Ferres Government Printer p 1565 38 22 S 142 14 E 38 367 S 142 233 E 38 367 142 233 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Electoral district of Belfast amp oldid 1153605663, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
