title: Electoral district of Crowlands
text: # Electoral district of Crowlands
  
  Crowlands was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian colony of Victoria from 1859 to 1877. It was located in north-western Victoria and included the town of Swan Hill.
  
  The district was defined as being:
  
     Bounded on the west by the Yarriambiack Creek from the junction of the River Wimmera to Lake Corong; thence by a line north to the Murray; again on the west by a tributary of the River Wimmera to its source near Briggs's Bluff in the Grampians; thence southwards by the Grampians range; on the south by the Dividing Range; on the east by the River Avoca and a line north to the Murray; and on the north by the Murray, excepting the country included within the electoral district of Ararat.
  
  36°10′S 143°00′E﻿ / ﻿36.167°S 143.000°E﻿ / -36.167; 143.000
  
  ## Members
  
  2 members :
  
  | Member 1 | Term | Member 2 | Term |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | John Houston | Oct 1859 – Dec 1865 | John Woods | Oct 1859 – Aug 1864 |
  | John Houston | Oct 1859 – Dec 1865 | Ronald Campbell | Nov 1864 – Dec 1865 |
  | Robert Byrne | Feb 1866 – Oct 1869 | Andrew Love | Feb 1866 – Dec 1867 |
  | Robert Byrne | Feb 1866 – Oct 1869 | David Blair | Mar 1868 – Jan 1871 |
  | George Rolfe | Oct 1869 – Jan? 1871 | David Blair | Mar 1868 – Jan 1871 |
  | Robert Walker | Apr 1871 – Mar 1874 | John Woods | Apr 1871 – Apr 1877 |
  | Colin Campbell | May 1874 – Apr 1877 | John Woods | Apr 1871 – Apr 1877 |
  
      = by-election
  
  After Crowlands was abolished, John Woods went on to represent the electoral district of Stawell from its creation in 1877 to 1892.
  
  