Electoral district of Emerald Hill

Emerald Hill was first proclaimed in 1859,[1]

and was defined in the Victorian Electoral Act, 1858 (which took effect at the 1859 elections) as:

Commencing at a point on the south bank of the River Yarra, due south from the Gas Works;^[g] thence by a line south-easterly to a point on the shores of Hobson's Bay, twenty chains more or less westward of the Battery ; thence by the sea coast to Fitzroy-street, St. Kilda; thence by that street and the Main Brighton Road to Prince's Bridge; and thence by the River Yarra to the commencing point.[2]

  ^g This point is approximately where Wurundjeri Way crosses the south bank of the river now.[3]

District of Emerald Hill, c. 1859

Emerald Hill was redefined as a single-member electorate by the Electoral Act Amendment Act 1888 (which took effect at the 1889 elections) as:

Commencing at the intersection of Pickles and Cowie streets ; thence south-easterly by Cowie-street to Bridport-street; east by Bridport-street to Cecil-street ; north by Cecil-street to the St. Kilda Railway ; further north crossing the St. Kilda and Sandridge Railways and by Cecil-street extension to the Normanby-road ; easterly crossing that road to White-street ; north-westerly by White-street to the River Yarra ; down that river to a point opposite the south-west angle of the City of Melbourne; thence to and by Boundary-street to Pickles-street ; by Pickles-street to the commencing point.[4]

That part of the pre-1888 district immediately south of the Yarra became the Electoral district of Melbourne South.[4]

Parts of the electorate were later amalgamated into the Electoral district of Albert Park.[5]