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 1TermMember 2Term
Patrick O'BrienNov. 1856 – Aug. 1859Charles PasleyNov. 1856 – July 1857
Patrick O'BrienNov. 1856 – Aug. 1859Sidney RicardoJuly 1857 – Aug. 1859
Louis SmithOct. 1859 – Dec. 1865Hibbert NewtonOct. 1859 – July 1861
George Paton SmithFeb. 1866 – Jan. 1871Michael O'GradyAug. 1861 – May? 1868
James FergussonApr. 1871 – Mar. 1874John CrewsMay 1868 – Apr. 1877
George Paton SmithMay 1874 – Apr. 1877John CrewsMay 1868 – Apr. 1877
James FergussonMay 1877 – Feb. 1880--
John KeysMay 1880 – Mar. 1889--

= resigned

= by election
Keys went on to represent the new Electoral district of Dandenong and Berwick from April 1889.