Electoral district of Ascot Vale
state electoral district of Victoria (1976–1985)
Ascot Vale was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria.
Ascot Vale was created in the 1955 electoral district redistribution; several districts, including Electoral district of Essendon, were abolished in 1955. The district of Essendon was re-created in 1958 and Ascot Vale abolished. Ascot Vale was then re-created in 1976 after several districts, including Electoral district of Moonee Ponds were abolished that year.
“Electoral district of Ascot Vale” enters the record as state electoral district of Victoria (1976–1985). Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Electoral, district and Ascot can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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