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1844-1849
Port Fairy-Warrnambool District Electoral Rolls

©Jenny Fawcett 2003-2004

The following list of names is for those men who were enabled to vote in the Legislative Council Elections (but is not a list of all residents in the district). The names for all the districts in what was then Port Phillip (now Victoria) were originally published in the Melbourne publications 'Argus' and 'Port Phillip Herald. Until the mid 1850's there were restrictions on eligibility to vote and only landowners and the wealthy secured the right to vote. Women, of course, were not entitled to vote. It needs to be remembered that even though a name is given in the following list it does not mean the person was actually living in the region. Many of those who owned land in several districts registered the right to vote in each district, this was a means of securing as many voting opportunities as possible.
Belfast is the name of that extensive tract of land granted to James Atkinson with which he replaced ( what was originally) the port township of Port Fairy.
For a list of names for the rest of Victoria, consult that excellent resource by the late Marion Button: ELECTORAL LISTS 1841- 1851.

Surname		Name		Place		Edition Date   Paper

Adams		William		Woodford	25/06/1849	A
Alison		John		Rosebrook	
Alison		John		Rosebrook. 	25/06/1849	A
				3 m. from Belf.	30/06/1848	A
Atkinson	Edward Carlton	Belfast		10/09/1844	PPH
Atkinson	James		Belfast Survey	25/06/1849	A

Bell		John		Warrnambool	30/06/1848	A
Bell		John		Warrnambool	25/06/1849	A
Betts		James		Belfast		25/06/1849	A
Betts		Joseph		Belfast		30/06/1848	B
Bird		William		Belfast		30/06/1848	A
Bird		William		Belfast		25/06/1849	A
Broomfield	Davenport	14 miles from
				Belfast		25/06/1849	A
Browne		Andrew		Belfast		30/06/1848	A
Browne		Andrew		Belfast		25/06/1849	A
Browne		James		Belfast		30/06/1848	A
Browne		Joseph		Belfast		25/06/1849	A

Chiene		Walter Glass	Merri.13 miles
				from Belfast	25/06/1849	A
Chisholm	George		Warrnambool	30/06/1848	A
Chisholm	George		Warrnambool	25/06/1849	A
Chisholm	John Moffatt	Warrnambool	30/06/1848	A
Chisholm	John Moffatt	Warrnambool	25/06/1849	A
Clarke		George		Belfast		25/06/1849	A
Clarke		John		Belfast		25/06/1849	A
Coats		John Thos	Belfast		30/06/1848	A
Coats		John Thos	Belfast		25/06/1849	A
Connolly	Michael		Belfast		25/06/1849	A
Cowtan		John		Merri. 14 miles
				from Belfast	25/06/1849	A
Coulson				Belfast		10/09/1844	PPH
Cox		John		Belfast		10/09/1844	PPH
Craig		John Hollins	Warrnambool	30/06/1848	A
Craig		John Hollins	Warrnambool	25/06/1849	A
Cronin		John		Tower Hill. 6
				miles from Belfast 30/06/1848	A
Cronin		John		Tower Hill	25/06/1849	A

Denny		Thomas		Warrnambool	25/06/1849	A
Dyson		John		Warrnambool	25/06/1849	A

Elliott		William		Warrnambool	25/06/1849	A

Finn		John		Belfast		25/06/1849	A
Fletcher	George		Belfast		30/06/1848	A
Frizzell	John		Melbourne	15/10/1841	PPH
Frizzell	John		Belfast		30/06/1848	A
Frizzell	John		Belfast		25/06/1849	A

Gibney		John		Belfast		30/06/1848	A
Gibney		John		Belfast		25/06/1849	A
Green		John		Belfast		30/06/1848	A
Gunn		Daniel		Belfast		29/06/1848	A

Hayes		James		Warrnambool	30/06/1848	A
Hays		James		Warrnambool	29/06/1848	A
Henty		John		Merri. 15 miles
				from Belfast	30/06/1848	A
Henty		John		Merri. 16 miles
				from Belfast	29/06/1848	A
Henty		John		on the Wannon	10/09/1844	PPH
Hill		James		Belfast		30/06/1848	A
Hovendon	William		Belfast		29/06/1849	A
Hovendon	William		Belfast		30/06/1848	A
Hucklebridge	George		Belfast		30/06/1848	A
Hucklebridge	George		Belfast		29/06/1848	A
Huniford	Matthew		Belfast		30/06/1848	A

Johnstone	John		Belfast		29/06/1848	A

Keith		William		Warrnambool	30/06/1848	A
Keith		William		Warrnambool	29/06/1848	A
Kell		Andrew		Belfast		30/06/1848	A
Kell		Andrew		Belfast		29/06/1848	A
Kinworthy	John		Belfast		30/06/1848	A

Mackay		Mitchel		Belfast		30/06/1848	A
Manifold	Thomas		Merri. 14 miles
				from Belfast	30/06/1848	A
Manifold	Thomas		"	"	03/07/1849	A
Macarthy	John		Woodford.15 miles
				from Belfast	30/06/1848	A
Macarthy	John		"	"	03/07/1849	A
McCracken	Hugh		Belfast		03/07/1849	A
McDonald	Allen		Merri. 15 miles
				from Belfast	03/07/1849	A
McDonald	John		"	"	03/07/1849	A
McKenzie	Alexander	Belfast		03/07/1849	A
McLaws		David		Belfast		30/06/1848	A
McLaws		David 		Belfast		30/06/1848	A
McMahon		Robert		Belfast		03/07/1849	A
McNeil		Archibald	Belfast		10/09/1844	PPH
Middleton	William		Belfast		30/06/1848	A
Middleton	William		Belfast		03/07/1849	A

Nicol		Gilbert		Warrnambool	30/06/1848	A
Nicol		Gilbert		Warrnambool	03/07/1849	A

Percy		Samuel		Belfast		03/07/1849	A

Ritchie		John		Wranga Wrange	30/06/1848	A
Ritchie		John		Wranga Wranga	03/07/1849	A
Rutledge	Richard		Farnham 	10/09/1844	PPH
Rutledge	Richard		Farnham		03/07/1849	A
Rutledge	William		Farnham. 10 miles
				from Belfast	10/09/1844	PPH
Rutledge	William		Farnham.	30/06/1848	A
Rutledge	William		Farnham		03/07/1849	A

Saunders	John		Belfast		30/06/1848	A
Saunders	John		Belfast		03/07/1849	A
Stevins		Frederick Perk.	Belfast		30/06/1848	A
Stevens		Fredk Perkins	Belfast		03/07/1849	A

Taylor		John Walmyn	Belfast		03/07/1849	A
Thompson	George		Belfast		03/07/1849	A
Thompson	William		Belfast		03/07/1849	A
Thomson		George		Belfast		30/06/1849	A

Urqhart		Roderick	10 miles from
				Belfast		30/06/1848	A

Watson		William		Rosebrook Rd
				Belfast		03/07/1849	A
Watson		William		Rosebrook Rd
				2 miles from Belf.30/06/1848	A
Winter		George		Merri. 14 miles	
				from Belfast	30/06/1848	A
				Merri. 16 miles
				from Belfast	30/06/1848	A
Witton		William		Belfast		03/07/1849	A
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