Colonial election for New South Wales, Australia in 1858
The 1858 New South Wales colonial election was to return 54 members of Legislative Assembly composed of 34 electoral districts with 18 returning 1 member, 13 returning 2 members, two returning 3 members and one returning 4 members, all with a first past the post system.[1] [2] Electoral Act 1851 (NSW) for the former Legislative Council .[3] [4]
New South Wales colonial election, 13 January 1858 – 12 February 1858Legislative Assembly << 1856 –1859 >>
Enrolled voters
Votes cast
38,924
Turnout
43.09
−5.42
Informal votes
0
Informal
0.00
+0.00
Summary of votes by party
Party
Primary votes
%
Swing
Seats
Change
Total
38,924
54
Results by district [ edit ] Bathurst (County) [ edit ] Clarence and Darling Downs [ edit ] The sitting member Clark Irving unsuccessfully contested Northumberland and Hunter .
Cook and Westmoreland [ edit ] Cumberland Boroughs [ edit ] William Dalley had been defeated as a sitting member for Sydney City .
Cumberland (North Riding) [ edit ] The sitting member James Pye unsuccessfully contested Parramatta .
Cumberland (South Riding) [ edit ] The other sitting member James Byrnes successfully contested Parramatta . Edward Flood was a sitting member for North Eastern Boroughs . Thomas Holt was the sitting member for Stanley Boroughs . There was some debate as to whether George Smith had received no votes, with Stuart Donaldson stating that he had seen one vote while Edward Flood said he had seen several.[12]
Eastern Division of Camden [ edit ] Gloucester and Macquarie [ edit ] King and Georgiana [ edit ] Lachlan and Lower Darling [ edit ] The sitting member James Garland did not contest the election. The show of hands was in favour of William Macleay and John Paterson and while the supporters of Edward Flood and John Egan called for a poll, they did not have the six electors that were required.[18] Edward Flood successfully contested Cumberland (South Riding) .
Liverpool Plains and Gwydir [ edit ] The sitting members Gideon Lang and Francis Rusden did not contest the election.
Maneroo [ edit ] Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett, Maranoa, Leichhardt and Port Curtis [ edit ] The sitting member Patrick Leslie did not contest the election. The returning officer stated that the lack of a mail service to northern parts of the district, being Gladstone , Rannes and Surat meant that no polling had occurred in those places. The Legislative Assembly directed him to return the writ.[22] William Tooth was subsequently proclaimed to have been elected,[23] [24]
Murrumbidgee [ edit ] New England and Macleay [ edit ] The former member Thomas Rusden unsuccessfully petitioned against the election of Moriaty.[27]
North Eastern Boroughs [ edit ] The sitting member Edward Flood successfully contested Cumberland (South Riding) .
Northumberland and Hunter [ edit ] The other sitting member Hovenden Hely did not contest the election. Clark Irving was the member for Clarence and Darling Downs .
Northumberland Boroughs [ edit ] Parramatta [ edit ] The other sitting member Henry Parker did not contest the election. James Byrnes was the member for Cumberland (South Riding) . James Pye petitioned against the election alleging his supporters had been intimidated from voting, however this was dismissed as unproven.
Phillip, Brisbane and Bligh [ edit ] Roxburgh [ edit ] St Vincent [ edit ] The sitting member James Thompson did not contest the election.
Southern Boroughs [ edit ] Stanley Boroughs [ edit ] The sitting member Thomas Holt unsuccessfully contested Cumberland (South Riding) .
Stanley County [ edit ] Sydney City [ edit ]
1858 New South Wales colonial election : Sydney City [38]
Candidate
Votes
%
George Thornton (elected 1)
3,666
21.4
Robert Tooth (elected 2)
2,411
14.1
Robert Campbell (re-elected 3)
2,158
12.6
Charles Cowper (re-elected 4)
2,099
12.2
William Dalley (defeated)
2,035
11.9
Frank Fowler
1,762
10.3
James Wilshire (defeated)
1,557
18.7
William Allen
1,474
8.6
Total formal votes
17,164
100.0
Informal votes
0
0.0
Turnout
17,164
39.7
Robert Tooth had unsuccessfully contested Sydney Hamlets .
Sydney Hamlets [ edit ] United Counties of Murray and St Vincent [ edit ] Wellington and Bligh [ edit ] Wellington (County) [ edit ] Western Boroughs [ edit ] Western Division of Camden [ edit ] See also [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
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