title: Electoral district of Ararat
text: # Electoral district of Ararat
  
  Ararat was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria. The electorate was abolished in 1904 and replaced by the electoral district of Stawell and Ararat.
  
  Its area was defined as:
  
     Commencing at the south-western angle of the agricultural reserve of Crowlands; thence south eighteen miles; thence west sixteen miles; thence north eighteen miles; and thence east sixteen miles to the commencing point.
  
  This equivalent to approximately 30 km by 25.7 km.
  
  ## Members for Ararat
  
  Two members initially, one member from 1877.
  
  | Member 1 | Term | Member 2 | Term |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | William Joseph O'Hea | Oct 1859 – Jul 1861 | William McLellan | Oct 1859 – Apr 1877 |
  | Daniel Ratcliffe Flint | Aug 1861 – Mar 1862 | William McLellan | Oct 1859 – Apr 1877 |
  | Tharp Mountain Girdlestone | Apr 1862 – Dec 1865 | William McLellan | Oct 1859 – Apr 1877 |
  | William Wilson | Feb 1866 – Mar 1874 | William McLellan | Oct 1859 – Apr 1877 |
  | Michael Byrne Carroll | May 1874 – May 1875 | William McLellan | Oct 1859 – Apr 1877 |
  | David Gaunson | May 1875 – Jul 1881 | William McLellan | Oct 1859 – Apr 1877 |
  | William Wilson | Jul 1881 – Feb 1883 | | |
  | William McLellan | Feb 1883 – Sep 1897 | | |
  | Richard Frederick Toutcher | Oct 1897 – May 1904 | | |
  