Electoral district of Eastern Division of Camden
Appearance
Eastern Division of Camden was an electoral district for the Legislative Assembly in the then British colony of New South Wales from 1856 to 1857. Its name was changed to East Camden in January 1858,[1] and it was largely replaced by the district of Illawarra in June 1859.[2]
It elected two members simultaneously, with voters casting two votes and the first two candidates being elected. The electorate was situated in eastern Camden County, which adjoins the Cumberland County (Sydney Basin) to the south, including the Southern Highlands and, to the east, the Illawarra region.
Members for Eastern Division of Camden
Two members (1856–1859) | |||||||
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Member 1 | Party | Term | Member 2 | Party | Term | ||
John Marks [3] | None | 1856–1859 | Henry Osborne [4] | None | 1856–1857 | ||
Robert Owen [1] | None | 1858–1859 | |||||
John Hargrave [5] | None | 1859–1859 |
Election results
1856
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Henry Osborne (elected 1) | 657 | 33.5 | |
John Marks (elected 2) | 502 | 25.6 | |
Charles Jenkins | 398 | 20.3 | |
George Pickering | 176 | 9.0 | |
David L. Waugh | 136 | 7.0 | |
James Shoobert | 91 | 4.6 | |
Total formal votes | 1,960 | 100.0 | |
Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | |
Turnout | 980 | 66.3 |
1858
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
John Marks (re-elected 1) | 789 | 35.4 | |
Robert Owen (elected 2) | 768 | 34.5 | |
Henry Osborne (defeated) | 632 | 28.4 | |
George Alley | 39 | 1.8 | |
Total formal votes | 2,228 | 100.0 | |
Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | |
Turnout | 2,228 | 68.0 |
1859 by-election
Robert Owen's seat was declared vacant on his acceptance of an appointment as a judge of the District Court.[8]
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
John Hargrave | 638 | 99.69 | |
John Tighe | 2 | 0.31 | |
Informal votes | 0 | 0 | |
Turnout | 640 | 100.00 |
References
- ^ a b "Mr Robert Owen (1799-1878)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
- ^ An Act to amend the Electoral Law (PDF) (20). Australasian Legal Information Institute. 24 November 1858. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
- ^ "Mr John Marks (1827-1885)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
- ^ "Mr Henry Osborne (1808 - 1859)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
- ^ "Mr John Fletcher Hargrave, QC (1815-1885)". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1856 Eastern Division of Camden". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1858 Camden East". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
- ^ "Writ of election: eastern division of Camden". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 38. 8 March 1859. p. 542. Retrieved 19 June 2019 – via Trove.
- ^ Green, Antony. "By-election results for East Camden, 1859". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 19 June 2019.