Electoral district of Castlemaine Boroughs
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| Castlemaine Boroughs Victoria—Legislative Assembly |
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Location in Victoria
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| State | Victoria |
| Created | 1856 |
| Abolished | 1859 |
| Namesake | Castlemaine, Victoria |
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Castlemaine Boroughs was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria from 1856 to 1859. It included the towns Castlemaine, Muckleford, Harcourt and Elphinstone,[1] [2] all roughly 110 to 130 km north-west of Melbourne. The boundaries included non-continuous urban areas.
The district of Castlemaine Boroughs was one of the initial districts of the first Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1856.[3] Castlemaine Boroughs was abolished in 1859, the new district of Castlemaine was created that year when the Victorian Electoral Act of 1858 was implemented.[4]
Members for Castlemaine Boroughs
| Member 1 | Term | Member 2 | Term |
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| Alexander Palmer | Nov. 1856 – July 1857 | Vincent Pyke | Nov. 1856 – Feb. 1857 |
| Richard Davies Ireland | Aug. 1857 – Aug. 1859 | Robert Sitwell | Mar. 1857 – Aug. 1859 |
Vincent Pyke became one of the three members of the new district of Castlemaine in 1859.[5]
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