Electoral district of Ovens


Ovens was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria from 1856 to 1927. It was based in northern Victoria, bordered by the Ovens River in the south-west and included the town of Beechworth, Victoria.
The district of Ovens was one of the initial districts of the first Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1856. It was defined in the Victorian Constitution Act 1855 as:
Ovens was superseded by Electoral district of Wangaratta and Ovens in 1927.

Members for Ovens

One member initially, two from the increase in members of 1859. One again from the redistribution of 1889 when the Electoral district of Wangaratta and Rutherglen, amongst others, was created.
Member 1TermMember 2Term
Daniel Cameron Nov. 1856 – Mar. 1857
John WoodApr. 1857 – July 1861
John WoodApr. 1857 – July 1861Alexander KeeferOct. 1859 – Mar. 1860
John WoodApr. 1857 – July 1861John DonaldMar. 1860 – July 1861
William Charles WeekesAug. 1861 – Aug. 1864Peter WrightAug. 1861 – Aug. 1864
George Verney SmithNov. 1864 – Apr. 1877George KerferdNov. 1864 – Jan. 1886
George BillsonMay 1877 – June 1880George KerferdNov. 1864 – Jan. 1886
William ZinckeJuly 1880 – Feb. 1883George KerferdNov. 1864 – Jan. 1886
George BillsonFeb. 1883 – Feb. 1886George KerferdNov. 1864 – Jan. 1886
Joseph FergusonMar. 1886 – Sep. 1894Ferguson TuthillJan. 1886 – Mar. 1889
John Alfred IsaacsOct. 1894 – Sep. 1902Ferguson TuthillJan. 1886 – Mar. 1889
John Alfred IsaacsOct. 1894 – Sep. 1902
Thomas AshworthOct. 1902 – May 1904
Alfred BillsonJune 1904 – Mar. 1927