Electoral district of North Bourke


The Electoral district of North Bourke was one of the original sixteen electoral districts of the old unicameral Victorian Legislative Council of 1851 to 1856. Victoria being a colony in Australia at the time.
The district's area was defined as: "Bounded on the north by the great dividing range from the source of the River Plenty to the source of the Werribee River on the west by the Werribee River to Port Phillip Bay on the south by Port Phillip Bay to the mouth of the Yarra Yarra River and by that river to the confluence of the River Plenty and on the east by the River Plenty to its head in the great dividing range."
From 1856 onwards, the Victorian parliament consisted of two houses, the Victorian Legislative Council and the Victorian Legislative Assembly.

Members

Two members initially, three from the expansion of the Council in 1853.
Member 1TermMember 2Term--
Charles DightNov. 1851 – Oct. 1852John SmithNov. 1851 – May? 1853Member 3Term
William NicholsonNov. 1852 – Mar. 1856William BurnleyAug. 1853 – Mar. 1856George AnnandAug. 1853 – July 1855
William NicholsonNov. 1852 – Mar. 1856William BurnleyAug. 1853 – Mar. 1856Thomas EmblingSep. 1855 – Mar. 1856