Results of the 1851 New South Wales colonial election
The 1851 New South Wales colonial election, was held between 12 and 25 September. It involved a re-distribution of electorates as a result of the separation of Victoria, which had 6 seats in the previous council, and the expansion of the council from 24 elected members to 36 elected members representing 31 electorates. The major changes were the addition of 8 pastoral districts and the separate representation for the northern regions of what would later become Queensland. These had previously been a part of the single district of Gloucester, Macquarie, and Stanley and from 1851 were covered by the separate districts of Stanley, Stanley Boroughs and the pastoral districts of Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett, and Maranoa. The other 8 additional seats were distributed among the nineteen counties of New South Wales.
In 14 out of 31 districts the candidate was elected unopposed, including all eight pastoral districts, which were seen as representing the interests of squatters.[1]
In 1856 the unicameral Legislative Council was abolished and replaced with an elected Legislative Assembly and an appointed Legislative Council.
There would not be another general election for the Legislative Council until 1978.
Results by district
Argyle
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Charles Nicholson | unopposed |
Bathurst
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
James Bligh | 75 | 58.59 | |
Francis Lord | 53 | 41.41 | |
Total votes | 128 | 100.00 |
Eastern Camden
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Henry Osborne | 308 | 62.60 | |
James Wilshire | 184 | 37.40 | |
Total votes | 492 | 100 |
Western Camden
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
James Macarthur | 189 | 70.52 | |
Dr William Sherwin | 79 | 29.48 | |
Total votes | 268 | 100 | |
Voter turnout | 66.83% |
Clarence and Darling Downs
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
George Leslie | unopposed |
Cook and Westmoreland
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
James Martin | 94 | 57.32 | |
Alexander Longmore | 70 | 42.68 | |
Total votes | 164 | 100 |
Cumberland
Two members to be elected
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
John Darvall | 306 | 27.39 | |
Robert Fitzgerald | 297 | 26.59 | |
Charles Cowper | 295 | 26.41 | |
James Byrnes | 219 | 19.61 | |
Total votes | 1,117 | 100.00 |
Cumberland Boroughs
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
John Holden | 123 | 55.9 | |
William Bowman | 97 | 44.1 | |
Total votes | 220 | 100 |
Durham
Two members to be elected
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Stuart Donaldson | 239 | 34.94 | |
Charles Cowper | 231 | 33.77 | |
Adolphus Young | 169 | 24.71 | |
Edward Hunt | 45 | 6.58 | |
Total votes | 684 | 100 |
Gloucester and Macquarie
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Phillip King | 129 | 61.72 | |
Joseph Simmons | 80 | 38.28 | |
Total votes | 209 | 100.00 |
King and Georgiana
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
James Chisholm | unopposed |
Lachlan and Lower Darling
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
William Macarthur | unopposed |
Liverpool Plains and Gwydir
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Augustus Morris | unopposed |
Maneroo
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Arthur Jeffreys | unopposed |
Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett, and Maranoa
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Francis Edward Bigge | unopposed |
Murray and St Vincent
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Alick Osborne | 103 | 56.91 | |
Charles Campbell | 78 | 43.09 | |
Total votes | 181 | 100.00 |
Murrumbidgee
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
George Macleay | unopposed |
New England and Macleay
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Matthew Henry Marsh | unopposed |
North Eastern Boroughs
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Edward Flood | 47 | 55.95 | |
Charles Kemp | 37 | 44.05 | |
Total votes | 84 | 100.00 |
Northumberland and Hunter
Two members to be elected
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Henry Douglass | 258 | 37.23 | |
George Bowman | 235 | 33.91 | |
Daniel Egan | 200 | 28.86 | |
Total votes | 693 | 100.00 |
Northumberland Boroughs
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
George Nichols | unopposed |
Parramatta
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
George Oakes | 120 | 72.31 | |
Alfred Kennerley | 10 | 7.69 | |
Total votes | 130 | 100.00 |
Phillip, Brisbane and Bligh
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
William Dumaresq | 41 | 52.56 | |
Robert Campbell | 37 | 47.44 | |
Total votes | 78 | 100 |
Roxburgh and Wellington
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
William Suttor Sr. | unopposed |
Southern Boroughs
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Terrence Murray | unopposed |
Stanley Boroughs
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Richard Jones | 114 | 52.78 | |
Henry Hughes | 102 | 47.22 | |
Total votes | 216 | 100.00 |
Stanley
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
John Richardson | 57 | 65.52 | |
William Wilson | 30 | 34.48 | |
Total votes | 87 | 100.00 |
City of Sydney
Three members to be elected
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
John Lang | 1,197 | 24.13 | |
William Wentworth | 1,004 | 20.24 | |
John Lamb | 998 | 20.12 | |
Alexander Longmore | 888 | 17.90 | |
Charles Cowper | 873 | 17.60 | |
Total votes | 4,960 | 100.00 |
Sydney Hamlets
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Thomas Smart | 255 | 52.04 | |
William Thurlow | 144 | 29.39 | |
Joshua Josephson | 91 | 18.57 | |
Total votes | 490 | 100 |
Wellington and Bligh
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
James Bettington | unopposed |
Western Boroughs
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Arthur Holroyd | unopposed |
References
- ^ "Who represents the colony?". The Empire. 10 December 1853. p. 4. Retrieved 23 April 2019 – via Trove.
- ^ "Election for the County of Argyle". The Empire. 19 September 1851. p. 3. Retrieved 29 May 2019 – via Trove.
- ^ "The County of Bathurst". The Sydney Morning Herald. 24 September 1851. p. 2. Retrieved 29 May 2019 – via Trove.
- ^ "News from the interior". The Sydney Morning Herald. 27 September 1851. p. 5. Retrieved 29 May 2019 – via Trove.
- ^ "News from the interior: Picton". The Sydney Morning Herald. 30 September 1851. p. 3. Retrieved 29 May 2019 – via Trove.
- ^ "Drayton: The election for the Pastoral Districts of Clarence and Darling Downs". Empire. 2 October 1851. p. 3. Retrieved 30 May 2019 – via Trove.
- ^ "Cook and Westmoreland election". The Empire. 19 September 1851. p. 3. Retrieved 22 April 2019 – via Trove.
- ^ "Cook and Westmoreland". The Empire. 26 September 1851. p. 3. Retrieved 22 April 2019 – via Trove.
- ^ "County of Cumberland". The Sydney Morning Herald. 26 September 1851. p. 3. Retrieved 29 May 2019 – via Trove.
- ^ "Cumberland Boroughs: result of the poll". The Sydney Morning Herald. 23 September 1851. p. 3. Retrieved 23 April 2019 – via Trove.
"Progress of the elections: Cumberland Boroughs". The Sydney Morning Herald. 27 September 1851. p. 4. Retrieved 23 April 2019 – via Trove. - ^ "The elections: Durham". The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser. 1 October 1851. p. 2. Retrieved 30 May 2019 – via Trove.
- ^ "Gloucester and Macquarie". The Sydney Morning Herald. 2 October 1851. p. 2. Retrieved 29 May 2019 – via Trove.
- ^ "Yass: Election for the Counties of King and Georgiana". The Sydney Morning Herald. 17 September 1851. p. 2. Retrieved 30 May 2019 – via Trove.
- ^ "The Lachlan and Lower Darling". The Sydney Morning Herald. 18 September 1851. p. 3. Retrieved 30 May 2019 – via Trove.
- ^ "United Pastoral Districts of Liverpool Plains and Gwydir". The Sydney Morning Herald. 18 September 1851. p. 3. Retrieved 30 May 2019 – via Trove.
- ^ "Electoral district of Pastoral District of Maneroo". The Sydney Morning Herald. 19 September 1851. p. 3. Retrieved 30 May 2019 – via Trove.
- ^ "Election for Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett, and Maranoa". Freeman's Journal. 25 September 1851. p. 10. Retrieved 30 May 2019 – via Trove.
- ^ "Murray and St Vincent election". The Sydney Morning Herald. 3 October 1851. p. 2. Retrieved 30 May 2019 – via Trove.
- ^ "Murrumbidgee district". The Sydney Morning Herald. 22 September 1851. p. 3. Retrieved 30 May 2019 – via Trove.
- ^ "Election for New England and the Macleay". The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser. 17 September 1851. p. 2. Retrieved 30 May 2019 – via Trove.
- ^ "The elections: The North Eastern Boroughs". The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser. 27 September 1851. p. 2. Retrieved 30 May 2019 – via Trove.
- ^ "The elections: Northumberland and Hunter". The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser. 1 October 1851. p. 2. Retrieved 30 May 2019 – via Trove.
- ^ "Election for the Northumberland Boroughs". The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser. 17 September 1851. p. 2. Retrieved 30 May 2019 – via Trove.
- ^ "Borough of Parramatta". The Sydney Morning Herald. 22 September 1851. p. 2. Retrieved 30 May 2019 – via Trove.
- ^ "Election for Brisbane, Bligh and Phillip". The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser. 8 October 1851. p. 3. Retrieved 30 May 2019 – via Trove.
- ^ "Counties of Roxburgh and Wellington". The Sydney Morning Herald. 20 September 1851. p. 3. Retrieved 29 May 2019 – via Trove.
- ^ "Progress of the elections: the Southern Boroughs". The Sydney Morning Herald. 22 September 1851. p. 2. Retrieved 30 May 2019 – via Trove.
- ^ "Noimnations for the county of Stanley and the Stanley Boroughs". The Moreton Bay Courier. 13 September 1851. p. 3. Retrieved 30 May 2019 – via Trove.
- ^ "County of Stanley election". The Moreton Bay Courier. 20 September 1851. p. 3. Retrieved 30 May 2019 – via Trove.
- ^ "City election". The Empire. 17 September 1851. p. 3. Retrieved 30 May 2019 – via Trove.
- ^ "Election for the Hamlets". The Empire. 22 September 1851. p. 3. Retrieved 30 May 2019 – via Trove.
- ^ "Wellington and Bligh". The Sydney Morning Herald. 25 September 1851. p. 3. Retrieved 29 May 2019 – via Trove.
- ^ "The Western Boroughs". The Sydney Morning Herald. 23 September 1851. p. 3. Retrieved 29 May 2019 – via Trove.