York was an electoral district of the

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from 1870 to 1890, during the period when the Legislative Council was the sole chamber of the

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. York was one of the original ten Legislative Council districts created by the ''Legislative Council Act 1870'' (33 Vict, No. 13). The district's boundaries took in part of the

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to the west and areas of the central, southern, and eastern Wheatbelt, but extended through to the

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and the border with

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. It was bordered by the district of Greenough to the north, the district of Toodyay to the north-west, the district of Swan to the west, and the districts of Fremantle (to 1874) and Murray and Williams (after 1874) to the south.. Four men represented York in the Legislative Council between 1870 and 1890, with Charles Harper serving the longest (from 1884 to 1890). Harper went on to be elected to the Legislative Assembly after the advent of

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in 1890, while two other members for York,

John Monger John Henry Monger Jr (25 January 1831 – 23 December 1892) was a Member of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 1870 to 1875, and again from 1890 to 1892. Monger was born in Perth, Western Australia in 1831; his father, John Henry ...

and Edward Hamersley, were nominated to the reconstituted Legislative Council.''The Western Australian Parliamentary Handbook (Twenty-Third Edition)''
, p. 370.

Members

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York York is a cathedral city in North Yorkshire, England, with Roman Britain, Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the rivers River Ouse, Yorkshire, Ouse and River Foss, Foss. It has many historic buildings and other structures, such as a Yor ...

1870 establishments in Australia 1890 disestablishments in Australia