Electoral district of Victoria

Victoria South Australia—House of Assembly
State	South Australia
Created	1857, 1915
Abolished	1902, 1993
Namesake	Queen Victoria
Demographic	Rural
Coordinates

Victoria was an electorate in the South Australian House of Assembly from 1857 until 1902 and from 1915 to 1993.

In 1902 the district was merged with Albert to create Victoria and Albert, but was separated again in 1915, electing candidates of both major parties at various times. Victoria was replaced by the safe Liberal seat of MacKillop in 1993.

In 1860, the electorate had booths at Mosquito Plains, Mount Gambier, Penola and Robe. In 1865, it added Port MacDonnell, Bordertown, Kingston, South Australia and Wellington, and Naracoorte in 1868. In 1875, Bordertown, Kingston, Naracoorte, Robe and Wellington were transferred to the new electorate of Albert, and the new Victoria consisted of only Millicent, Mount Gambier, Penola, Port MacDonnell and Tarpeena. Booths were added at Beachport (1883), Tantanoola (1884), Furner (1893) and Kalangadoo (1896).

When the electorate was recreated in 1915, it had booths at Beachport, Bordertown, Conmurra, Frances, Furner, Glencoe, Glenroy, Hynam East, Kalangadoo, Keith, Kincraig, Kingston, Kongorong, Kybybolite, Lochaber, Lucindale, Mount Gambier, Millicent, Mundalla, Penola, Port MacDonnell, Reedy Creek, Rendelsham, Robe, Tantanoola, Wirrega, Wolseley and Yale Paddock. It lost booths at Beachport, Hynam East, Kongorong and Yale Paddock in 1918, but added booths at Hundred of Jessie, Mount McIntyre and Yahl.

In 1938, when it became a single-member district for the first time, Victoria lost a significant number of voters to the new seat of Mount Gambier: the new Victoria covered Beachport, Binnum, Bool Lagoon, Conmurra, Coonawarra, Frances, Furner, Glenroy, Hatherleigh, Hynam, Hundred of Jessie, Kalangadoo, Kingston, Kybybolite, Lochaber, Lucindale, Millicent, Mount Benson, Mount Burr, Mount McIntyre, Nangula, Naracoorte, Penola, Reedy Creek, Rendelsham, Robe and Tantanoola.

The seat of Millicent (1956-1977) came from the south of the seat of Victoria.

Members for Victoria

Single member (1857–1862)
Member		Party	Term
	Robert Leake		1857–1857
	George Hawker		1858–1865

Two members (1862–1902)
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	George Hawker		1862–1865		Randolph Stow		1862–1865
	Adam Gordon		1865–1866		John Riddoch		1865–1870
	James Umpherston		1866–1868
	Henry Kent Hughes		1868–1870
	Park Laurie		1870–1871		William Paltridge		1870–1871
					Neville Blyth		1871–1871
	John Riddoch		1871–1873		Edwin Derrington		1871–1873
	Park Laurie		1873–1875		T. Wilde Boothby		1873–1875
	George Hawker		1875–1883		John Ingleby		1875–1877
					Lavington Glyde		1877–1884
	William Whinham		1883–1884
	Friedrich Krichauff		1884–1890		John Bagot		1884–1887
					Daniel Livingston		1887–1888
					John Osman		1888–1893
	James Cock		1890–1899
					George Riddoch	Defence League	1893–1896
					James Morris		1896–1902
	John Livingston		1899–1902
Two members (1915–1938)
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	Peter Reidy	Labor	1915–1917		Clarence Goode	Labor	1915–1917
		National	1917–1923			National	1917–1918
					Vernon Petherick	Liberal Union	1918–1923
		Liberal Federation	1923–1932			Liberal Federation	1923–1924
					Eric Shepherd	Labor	1924–1933
						Parliamentary Labor	1931–1933
	Vernon Petherick	Liberal and Country	1932–1938
					Ronald Hunt	Liberal and Country	1933–1938

Single-member (1938–1993)
Member		Party	Term
	Clement Smith	Independent	1938–1941
	Vernon Petherick	Liberal and Country	1941–1945
	Jim Corcoran	Labor	1945–1947
	Roy McLachlan	Liberal and Country	1947–1953
	Jim Corcoran	Labor	1953–1956
	Leslie Harding	Liberal and Country	1956–1965
	Allan Rodda	Liberal and Country	1965–1974
		Liberal	1974–1985
	Dale Baker	Liberal	1985–1993

External links

• 1985 & 1989 election boundaries, page 18 & 19