Electoral district of South Bourke
The Electoral district of South Bourke was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in then Australian colony of Victoria.
It was one of the original 36 electoral districts of the Assembly.
It covered an area east of Melbourne, bounded by Dandenong Creek in the south and east, Moorabbin, Prahran and Hawthorn in the west and Templestowe in the north.
It was abolished in 1889.
Members for South Bourke
Two members originally, one after the redistribution of 1877.
Member 1 | Term | Member 2 | Term |
Patrick O'Brien | Nov. 1856 – Aug. 1859 | Charles Pasley | Nov. 1856 – July 1857 |
Patrick O'Brien | Nov. 1856 – Aug. 1859 | Sidney Ricardo | July 1857 – Aug. 1859 |
Louis Smith | Oct. 1859 – Dec. 1865 | Hibbert Newton | Oct. 1859 – July 1861 |
George Paton Smith | Feb. 1866 – Jan. 1871 | Michael O'Grady | Aug. 1861 – May? 1868 |
James Fergusson | Apr. 1871 – Mar. 1874 | John Crews | May 1868 – Apr. 1877 |
George Paton Smith | May 1874 – Apr. 1877 | John Crews | May 1868 – Apr. 1877 |
James Fergusson | May 1877 – Feb. 1880 | - | - |
John Keys | May 1880 – Mar. 1889 | - | - |
= resigned
= by election
Keys went on to represent the new Electoral district of Dandenong and Berwick from April 1889.