View source for Electoral district of Gloucester and Macquarie

{{Short description|Former state electoral district of New South Wales, Australia}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2014}}
{{Use Australian English|date=October 2014}}
{{Infobox Australian electorate
| upper     = no
| name      = Gloucester and Macquarie
| state     = nsw
| image     = County of Gloucester NSW 1840s.jpg
| imagesize = 
| caption   = Gloucester county in the 1840s
| created   = 1856
| abolished = 1859
| lifespan  = 
| mp        = 
| mp-party  = 
| namesake  = [[Gloucester County, New South Wales|Gloucester County]], [[Macquarie County]]
| electors  = 
| area      = 
| class     = 
| coordinates = {{coord|30|S|153|E|display=inline,title}}
}}
[[File:County of Macquarie NSW 1840s.jpg|thumb|290px|Macquarie county in the 1840s]]
'''Gloucester and Macquarie''' was an [[New South Wales Legislative Assembly electoral districts|electoral district]] of the [[New South Wales Legislative Assembly|Legislative Assembly]] in the [[Australia]]n state of [[New South Wales]] in the first and second Parliaments (1856-1859), named after [[Gloucester County, New South Wales|Gloucester]] and [[Macquarie County, New South Wales|Macquarie counties]] on the [[Mid North Coast]]. It was abolished in 1859 with Macquarie, the  north-east of Gloucester and the [[Macleay River]] area forming the new district of [[Electoral district of Hastings (New South Wales)]], while the rest of Gloucester was split between [[Electoral district of Lower Hunter|Lower Hunter]], [[Electoral district of Northumberland|Northumberland]] and [[Electoral district of Williams (New South Wales)|The Williams]].<ref name="1858 Act">
{{cite act
 |url=https://www.legislation.nsw.gov.au/acts/1858-23a.pdf
 |title=The Electoral Act of 1858
 |date=1858
 |number=23a
 |access-date=19 June 2019
}}</ref>

{{TOC limit|3}}

==Members for Gloucester and Macquarie==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan="2"|Member
!Party
!Period
|-
| {{Australian party style|Other}}|&nbsp;
| [[Thomas Barker, New South Wales politician|Thomas Barker]]{{hsp}}<ref name="Thomas Barker NSW Parl">{{Cite NSW Parliament |id=272 |name=Mr Thomas Barker (1799-1875) |former=Yes |access-date=3 May 2019}}</ref>
| None
| 1856–1857
|-
| {{Australian party style|Other}}|&nbsp;
| [[James Williamson (New South Wales politician)|James Williamson]]{{hsp}}<ref name="James Williamson NSW Parl">{{Cite NSW Parliament |id=372 |name=Mr James Williamson (1811-1881) |former=Yes |access-date=20 April 2019}}</ref>
| None
| 1857–1859
|}

==Election results==

===1856===
{{Excerpt|Results of the 1856 New South Wales colonial election|section=Gloucester and Macquarie|files=0|bold=yes}}

===1858===
{{Excerpt|Results of the 1858 New South Wales colonial election|section=Gloucester and Macquarie|files=0|bold=yes}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Former electoral districts of New South Wales}}
{{New South Wales elections}}
{{Members of the Parliament of New South Wales}}

[[Category:Former electoral districts of New South Wales|Gloucester and Macquarie]]
[[Category:1856 establishments in Australia]]
[[Category:1859 disestablishments in Australia]]
[[Category:Constituencies established in 1856]]
[[Category:Constituencies disestablished in 1859]]