Electoral district of Wimmera - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The electoral district of Wimmera was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly

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Members for Wimmera

Two members (1856–1859)
Member		Party	Term		James McCulloch James McCulloch James McCulloch is also the name of the cashier of the Baltimore branch of the Second National Bank of the United States. This James McCulloch was not involved in the McCulloch vs. Maryland U.S. Supreme Court case....	None	1856–1859
	John Quarterman	None	1857–1859			None	1856–1859

One member (1859–1877)
Member		Party	Term
	Robert Firebrace	None	1859–1861
	Samuel Wilson Samuel Wilson (pastoralist) Sir Samuel Wilson was an Irish-born Australian pastoralist and politician, and later a British Member of Parliament....	None	1861–1864
	James MacBain	None	1864–1877

Two members (1856–1889)
Member		Party	Term		Walter Madden	None	1880–1889		William O'Callaghan	None	1880–1883
	Richard Baker Richard Baker (Victorian politician) Richard Baker was an Australian politician.Born on the Isle of White to Peter Baker and Ruth Tucker, he attended a grammar school at Shalfleet and arrived in Melbourne in 1854, settling as a miner in Ballarat. He married Caroline Saunders, with whom he had seven children...	None	1883–1889		Walter Madden	None	1880–1889

One member (1992–2002)
Member		Party	Term
	Bill McGrath Bill McGrath William 'Bill' Desmond McGrath is a former National Party of Australia politician and Australian rules footballer....	National National Party of Australia The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Traditionally representing graziers, farmers and rural voters generally, it began as the The Country Party, but adopted the name The National Country Party in 1975, changed to The National Party of Australia in 1982. The party is...	1992–1999
	Hugh Delahunty Hugh Delahunty Hugh Francis Delahunty is the Nationals member for Lowan in the Victorian Parliament.-Political career:Delahunty was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly in the 1999 election to represent the electorate of Wimmera with 58% of the two party preferred vote...	National National Party of Australia The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Traditionally representing graziers, farmers and rural voters generally, it began as the The Country Party, but adopted the name The National Country Party in 1975, changed to The National Party of Australia in 1982. The party is...	1999–2002

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