Electoral results for the district of Northumberland Boroughs

For the former NSW Legislative Council District, see Electoral district of Northumberland Boroughs (NSW Legislative Council).

Northumberland Boroughs, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1856 and abolished in 1859.^[1][2][3]

Election	Member		Party	Member		Party
1856		Bourn Russell	None		Bob Nichols	None
1856 re-count		Elias Weekes	None
1857 by					James Dickson	None
1858

Election results

Elections in the 1850s

1858

1858 New South Wales colonial election: Northumberland Boroughs
Wednesday 27 January ^[4]

Candidate		Votes	%
James Dickson (re-elected)		unopposed
Elias Weekes (re-elected)		unopposed

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1858 New South Wales colonial election § Northumberland Boroughs.[edit]

1857 by-election

1857 Northumberland Boroughs by-election
Friday 6 November ^[5]

Candidate		Votes	%
James Dickson (elected)		495	51.8
Bourn Russell		460	48.2
Total formal votes		955	100.0
Informal votes		0	0.0
Turnout		955	61.8

This section is an excerpt from 1857 Northumberland Boroughs colonial by-election § Result.[edit]

Bob Nichols died.^[5]

1856 re-count

1856 Northumberland Boroughs election re-count
Tuesday 5 August ^[6]

Candidate		Votes	%
Elias Weekes (elected)		511	30.7
Bourn Russell (defeated)		500	29.9
Total formal votes		1,671	100.0
Informal votes		0	0.0
Turnout		1,011	61.1

This section is an excerpt from 1856 Northumberland Boroughs colonial election re-count § Result.[edit]

The Committee of Elections and Qualifications conducted a re-count of the 1856 Northumberland Boroughs election and declared that Bourn Russell had not been elected the member for Northumberland Boroughs. No by-election was conducted, instead the committee declared that Elias Weekes had been elected.^[6]

1856

1856 New South Wales colonial election: Northumberland Boroughs ^[7]

Candidate		Votes	%
Bob Nichols (elected 1)		660	39.0
Bourn Russell (elected 2)		521	30.8
Elias Weekes		513	30.3
Total formal votes		1,694	100.0
Informal votes		0	0.0
Turnout		1,034	62.4

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1856 New South Wales colonial election § Northumberland Boroughs.[edit]

Polling was conducted on 28 March 1856. Nichols represented this district in the old Legislative Council. Committee of Elections and Qualifications conducted a re-count and overturned the election of Bourn Russell and declared that Elias Weekes had been elected.^[8]

References

1. Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Northumberland Boroughs". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
2. "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
3. "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
4. Green, Antony. "1858 Northumberland Boroughs". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
5. Green, Antony. "1857 Northumberland Boroughs by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
6. Green, Antony. "1856 Northumberland Boroughs re-count". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
7. Green, Antony. "1856 Northumberland Boroughs". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
8. Green, Antony. "1856 Northumberland Boroughs Qualifications Committee". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 June 2019.