Electoral district of Castlemaine Boroughs

Castlemaine Boroughs was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria from 1856 to 1859. It included the towns Castlemaine, Muckleford, Harcourt and Elphinstone, all roughly 110 to 130 km north-west of Melbourne. The boundaries included non-continuous urban areas.

For the electorate of the old unicameral Victorian Legislative Council (1851-56), see Electoral district of Castlemaine (Victorian Legislative Council).

Castlemaine Boroughs
Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Location in Victoria
StateVictoria
Created1856
Abolished1859
NamesakeCastlemaine, Victoria
Coordinates37°4′S 144°13′E

The district of Castlemaine Boroughs was one of the initial districts of the first Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1856. Castlemaine Boroughs was abolished in 1859, the new district of Castlemaine was created that year when the Victorian Electoral Act of 1858 was implemented.

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