Division of Wimmera
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The Division of Wimmera was an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Victoria. It was named after the Wimmera region in which it was located. It originally encompassed the towns of Mildura, Swan Hill and Warracknabeal, but by the time it was abolished in 1977, it had drifted south and grown smaller to only include Ararat, Horsham and Maryborough. The Division was proclaimed in 1900, and was one of the original 75 divisions to be contested at the first Federal election. It was abolished at the redistribution of October 31, 1977.
[edit] Members
- Pharez Phillip (Protectionist) 1901-1906
- Sydney Sampson (Protectionist/Commonwealth Liberal/Nationalist) 1906-1919
- Percy Stewart (Victorian Farmers Union/Country/Independent) 1919-1931
- Hugh McClelland (Country) 1931-1937
- Alexander Wilson (Country) 1937-1946
- Winton Turnbull (Country) 1946-1949
- William Lawrence (Liberal) 1949-1958
- Robert King (Country/National Country) 1958-1977
