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→top: The 1903 Constitution Act reserved one seat in the Legislative Assembly to be elected by and from Public Officers and similarly two seats for Railway Officers, and one seat in the Legislative Council for both groups combined. In 1907, these four seats were abolished and such officers voted instead in their electoral district and province and were otherwise prohibited from political campaigning
 
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{{Short description|Former electoral province of the Victorian Legislative Council, Australia}}
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The '''Electoral district of Public and Railway Officers''' was an electoral district of the [[Victorian Legislative Assembly]].
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The '''Public and Railway Officers seat''' was an electorate of the [[Victorian Legislative Council]].<ref name=parl>{{cite re-member |num2=1194 |name=William Evans |accessdate=12 February 2019}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article10321451 |newspaper=[[The Argus (Melbourne)|The Argus]] |title=Public and Railway Service Vote |accessdate=20 November 2012 |date=26 May 1904 |page=7 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite book |url=http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/images/stories/volume-hansard/Hansard%2019%20CA%20V107%20Jun-Aug%201904.pdf
|title=Victoria Parliamentary Debates (Hansard), Session 1904
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}}</ref> The 1903 [[Constitution of Victoria|Constitution Act]] reserved one seat in the [[Victorian Legislative Assembly|Legislative Assembly]] to be elected by and from [[Electoral district for Public Officers|Public Officers]] and similarly two seats for [[Electoral district for Railway Officers|Railway Officers]], and one seat in the Legislative Council for both groups combined. In 1907, these four seats were abolished and such officers voted instead in their electoral district and province and were otherwise prohibited from political campaigning.<ref>{{multiref|
{{cite journal |last1=Plehwe |first1=R. |title=Political Rights of Victorian Public Employees |journal=Australian Journal of Public Administration |date=September 1983 |volume=42 |issue=3 |pages=362–375 |doi=10.1111/j.1467-8500.1983.tb00974.x}}|
[https://web.archive.org/web/20231108173812/http://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/vic/hist_act/tca1903218/ Constitution Act 1903] (No. 1864.)|
[https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/vic/hist_act/tca1906218.pdf Constitution Act 1906] (No. 2075)
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==Members of Public and Railway Officers==
==Members of Public and Railway Officers==

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| [[William Evans (Australian politician)|William Evans]]
| [[William Evans (Australian politician)|William Evans]]<ref name=parl/>
| [[Australian Labor Party]]
| [[Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch)|Labor]]
| Jun 1904 – Mar 1907
| 1904–1907
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==See also==
==See also==
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* [[Parliaments of the Australian states and territories]]
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* [[List of members of the Victorian Legislative Council]]


==References==
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*[[Parliaments of the Australian states and territories]]
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*[[List of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly]]

==External links==

TBA


{{Electoral districts of Victoria}}
{{Electoral provinces of Victoria}}


[[Category:Former electoral districts of Victoria (Australia)|Public and Railway Officers, Electoral district of]]
[[Category:Former electoral provinces of Victoria (state)|Public and Railway Officers]]
[[Category:1904 establishments in Australia]]
[[Category:1907 disestablishments in Australia]]




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Latest revision as of 00:53, 12 August 2024

Public and Railway Officers Province
Victoria—Legislative Council
StateVictoria
Created1904
Abolished1907

The Public and Railway Officers seat was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council.[1] [2] [3] The 1903 Constitution Act reserved one seat in the Legislative Assembly to be elected by and from Public Officers and similarly two seats for Railway Officers, and one seat in the Legislative Council for both groups combined. In 1907, these four seats were abolished and such officers voted instead in their electoral district and province and were otherwise prohibited from political campaigning.[4]

Members of Public and Railway Officers

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Member Party Term
  William Evans[1] Labor Jun 1904 – Mar 1907

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "William Evans". Re-Member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Archived from the original on 23 April 2023. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  2. ^ "Public and Railway Service Vote". The Argus. 26 May 1904. p. 7. Retrieved 20 November 2012 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ Victoria Parliamentary Debates (Hansard), Session 1904 (PDF). Vol. 107. Melbourne: S. Brain. 1905.
  4. ^


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