Electoral district of Toodyay
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Toodyay was an electoral district
Electoral districts of Western Australia
The Western Australian Legislative Assembly is elected from 59 single-member electoral districts. These districts are often referred to as electorates or seats....

 of the Legislative Assembly
Western Australian Legislative Assembly
The Legislative Assembly, or lower house, is one of the two chambers of parliament in the Australian state of Western Australia. It sits in Parliament House in the state capital, Perth....

 in the Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n state of Western Australia
Western Australia
Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...

 from 1890 to 1977.

The district was based on the town of Toodyay
Toodyay, Western Australia
Toodyay is a town located in the Wheatbelt region in the Avon Valley, 85 km north-east of Perth, Western Australia. Toodyay is connected to Perth via both rail and road.-History:...

 lying to the north-east of Perth
Perth, Western Australia
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....

. It was one of the original 30 seats contested at the 1890 state election.

The district was abolished at the 1977 state election
Western Australian state election, 1977
Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 19 February 1977 to elect all 55 members to the Legislative Assembly and 17 members to the 32-seat Legislative Council...

. Its last member, Mick Nanovich of the Liberal Party
Liberal Party of Australia
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, went on to become the member for Whitford
Electoral district of Whitford
Whitford was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1977 to 1996.-History:The district was based in the northern suburbs of Perth and was created first contested at the 1977 state election...

.

Members

MemberPartyTerm
  Bernard Clarkson 1890–1897
  Timothy Quinlan
Timothy Quinlan
Timothy Francis Quinlan, CMG was a Member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1890 to 1911, and Speaker of the Legislative Assembly from 1905 to 1911....

Ministerial 1897–1911
  Alfred Piesse Liberal (WA) 1911–1914
  Country
National Party of Western Australia
The National Party of Western Australia is a political party in Western Australia. It is affiliated with the National Party of Australia but maintains a separate structure and identity....

1914–1923
  Country (MCP) 1923–1924
  John Lindsay Country (ECP) 1924
  Country 1924–1930
  Linsday Thorn Country 1930–1959
  James Craig Country 1959–1971
  James Moiler
James Moiler
James Moiler was an Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, representing Toodyay from 1971 to 1974 and Mundaring from 1974 to 1977.-References:...

Labor
Australian Labor Party
The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...

1971–1974
  Mick Nanovich Liberal
Liberal Party of Australia
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1974–1977
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