Electoral district of West Melbourne

West Melbourne
VictoriaLegislative Assembly
Location within Greater Melbourne area, 1859
State Victoria
Created 1859
Abolished 1904
Demographic Metropolitan

West Melbourne (sometimes referred to as Melbourne West) was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria from 1859 to 1904.

The Electoral District of West Melbourne was defined as being bound by the Yarra River on the south, Elizabeth Street on the east, Victoria Street on the north and "the western boundary of the city" by the 1858 Electoral Districts Act.

Members for West Melbourne

Two members initially, one from 1889.

Member Term Member Term
Robert Caldwell October 1859 – July 1861 Thomas Loader October 1859 – August 1864
James Orkney August 1861 – August 1864
John Hutchison Blackwood November 1864 – December 1867 John Harbison November 1864 – December 1865
Edward Langton May 1868 – April 1877 Charles MacMahon February 1866 – February? 1878
John Andrew May 1877 – February 1880 Bryan O'Loghlen February 1878# – February 1880
James Orkney May 1880 – October 1885 Charles MacMahon May 1880 – February 1886
Godfrey Downes Carter November 1885# – March 1889 James William Peirce March 1886 – March 1889
William Maloney April 1889 – 21 November 1903
Thomas Tunnecliffe 21 December 1903# – 11 May 1904

      # = by-election