Electoral district of Benambra
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The Electoral district of Benambra is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It is located in north-east Victoria and includes the towns of Chiltern, Wodonga, Yackandandah, Beechworth, Tallangatta, and Corryong. It covers an area of 9 thousand square kilometres.
Remarkably, the distract has held by various conservative parties unbroken since 1877, with the Liberal Party taking the seat from the Nationals in 1976.
| Member | Party | Term |
|---|---|---|
| Peter Wright | Liberal | 1877-1880 |
| Peter Wallace | Conservative | 1880-1886 |
| Peter Wright | Liberal | 1886-1889 |
| Albert Craven | Conservative/Conservative Liberal/ Fusion Liberal | 1889-1913 |
| John Leckie | Fusion Liberal | 1913-1917 |
| Henry Beardmore | Economy/ Nationalist/ United Australia | 1917-1932 |
| James Paton | Country | 1932-1947 |
| Thomas Mitchell | Country/ National | 1947-1976 |
| Lou Lieberman | Liberal | 1976-1992 |
| Tony Plowman | Liberal | 1992-2006 |
| Bill Tilley | Liberal | 2006 - |