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Electoral district of Benambra
The electoral district of Benambra is one of the electoral districts of Victoria, Australia, for the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It covers an area of 10,037 square kilometres (3,875 sq mi) in north-eastern Victoria. The largest settlement is the city of Wodonga. Benambra also includes the towns of Baranduda, Barnawartha, Beechworth, Chiltern, Corryong, Eskdale, Kiewa, Mitta Mitta, Mount Beauty, Rutherglen, Tallangatta, Tangambalanga, Tawonga, Wahgunyah, and Yackandandah. It lies in the Northern Victoria Region of the upper house, the Legislative Council.
The district of Benambra was created by the Electoral Act Amendment Act 1876. taking effect at the 1877 elections.
The district has been held by various conservative parties unbroken since 1877, with the Liberal Party taking the seat from the Nationals in 1976 and retaining it since.
The district is named after Benambra, a small town 28km north of Omeo in Gippsland. The town of Benambra is not actually located in the electoral district (it is in Gippsland East). Benambra is thought to be Aboriginal in origin meaning hills with big trees or men spearing eels.
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Wright | Liberal | 1877–1880 | |
| Peter Wallace | Conservative | 1880–1886 | |
| Peter Wright | Liberal | 1886–1889 | |
| Albert Craven | Conservative | 1889–1913 | |
| Conservative Liberal | |||
| Commonwealth Liberal | |||
| John Leckie | Commonwealth Liberal | 1913–1917 | |
| Henry Beardmore | Economy | 1917–1918 | |
| Nationalist | 1917–1931 | ||
| United Australia | 1931–1932 | ||
| Roy Paton | Country | 1932–1947 | |
| Tom Mitchell | Country | 1947–1976 | |
| National | |||
| Lou Lieberman | Liberal | 1976–1992 | |
| Tony Plowman | Liberal | 1992–2006 | |
| Bill Tilley | Liberal | 2006–2026 |
- District profile from the Victorian Electoral Commission Archived 19 January 2021 at the Wayback Machine
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