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Electorate of the New South Wales Legislative Council From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Electoral district of City of Sydney was an electorate of the New South Wales Legislative Council.[1]
City of Sydney New South Wales—Legislative Council | |
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State | New South Wales |
Created | 1843 |
Abolished | 1856 |
Namesake | Sydney |
Coordinates | 33°52′S 151°13′E |
It was created by the 1843 Electoral Districts Act and initially called the electoral district of Town of Sydney and a first returned two members.[1] With the expansion of the Council in 1851 it elected three members.[2]
In 1856 the unicameral Legislative Council was abolished and replaced with an elected Legislative Assembly and an appointed Legislative Council. The district was represented by the Legislative Assembly electorate of Sydney City.
Member 1 | Term | Member 2 | Term |
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William Wentworth [3] | June 1843 – April 1854 | William Bland[4] | June 1843 – June 1848 |
Robert Lowe [5] | July 1848 – November 1849 | ||
William Bland [4] | December 1849 – June 1850 | ||
John Dunmore Lang [6] | July 1850 – October 1851 | Member 3 | Term |
Robert Campbell [7] | November 1851 – February 1856 | John Lamb [8] | September 1851 – February 1853 |
Henry Parkes [9] | May 1854 – February 1856 | William Thurlow [10] | March 1853 – January 1855 |
James Robert Wilshire [11] | January 1855 – February 1856 |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
William Wentworth | 1,275 | 32.10 | |
William Bland | 1,261 | 31.75 | |
Maurice O'Connell Jr. | 733 | 18.45 | |
Robert Cooper | 365 | 9.19 | |
William Hustler | 338 | 8.51 | |
Total votes | 3,972 | 100.00 |
Two members to be elected
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
William Wentworth (elected 1) | 1,168 | 29 | |
Robert Lowe (elected 2) | 1,012 | 25 | |
John Lamb | 950 | 24 | |
William Bland | 874 | 22 | |
Total votes | 4,004 | 100 |
Robert Lowe resigned in November 1849.[5]
Candidate | Votes | % | |
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William Bland | 599 | 55.77 | |
Adam Bogue | 258 | 24.02 | |
James Wilshire | 217 | 10.74 | |
Total votes | 1,074 | 100.00 | |
Voter turnout | 22.70% |
William Bland resigned in June 1850.[4]
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
John Lang | 970 | 50.65 | |
John Holden | 945 | 49.35 | |
Total votes | 1,915 | 100.00 | |
Voter turnout | 49.08% |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 |
John Lang resigned in November 1851.[6]
Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Robert Campbell | 1,306 | 70.79 | |
Adolphus Young | 539 | 29.21 | |
Total votes | 1,845 | 100.00 |
John Lamb resigned in February 1853.[8]
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
William Thurlow | 1,249 | 69.43 | |
Henry Parkes | 466 | 25.90 | |
Thomas Holt | 84 | 4.67 | |
Total votes | 1,799 | 100.00 |
William Wentworth resigned in April 1854 from the Legislative Council while he went to England to watch over the progress of the Constitution Bill in the British parliament.
Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Henry Parkes | 1,427 | 64.69 | |
Charles Kemp | 779 | 35.31 | |
Total votes | 2,206 | 100.00 |
William Thurlow resigned in January 1855.
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
James Wilshire | unopposed |
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