Results of the New South Wales colonial election, 1856

This is a list of electoral district results for the New South Wales 1856 colonial election.[1]

Results by district

Argyle

New South Wales colonial election, 1856: Argyle[2]
Candidate Votes Percentage
John Plunkett 182 52.91%
John William Chisholm 162 47.09%
Columbus Fitzpatrick 0 0%
Invalid or blank votes 0 0%
Total votes 344 100.00%
Voter turnout 64.42%

Polling was conducted on 31 March 1856. Plunkett served in the old Legislative Council as an appointed member. After failed attempts to win election for Sydney City and North Eastern Boroughs, Plunkett was elected to represent Bathurst (County) on the same day as winning Argyle. After attending the first sitting of Parliament representing both seats, and even attempting to use both votes in the ballot for Speaker, Plunkett resigned as MP for Bathurst (County) and represented Argyle. Sitting Legislative Councillor for County of Argyle Charles Nicholson did not contest the election.

Bathurst (County)

New South Wales colonial election, 1856: Bathurst (County)[3]
Candidate Votes Percentage
John Plunkett 210 53.98%
James William Bligh 179 46.02%
Invalid or blank votes 0 0%
Total votes 389 100.00%
Voter turnout 54.63%

Polling was conducted on 31 March 1856. Both Bligh and Plunkett had served in the old Legislative Council, Bligh representing County of Bathurst and Plunkett as an appointed member. After failed attempts to win election for Sydney City and North Eastern Boroughs, Plunkett was elected to represent Argyle on the same day as winning Bathurst (County). After signing the attendance book at the first sitting as a representative of both seats, and even attempting to vote twice in the ballot for Speaker, he chose to represent Argyle and resigned as member for Bathurst (County).

Clarence and Darling Downs

New South Wales colonial election, 1856: Clarence and Darling Downs[4]
Candidate Votes Percentage
Clark Irving 193 65.87%
Colin John McKenzie 100 34.13%
Invalid or blank votes 0 0%
Total votes 293 100.00%
Voter turnout 46.11%

Polling was conducted on 15 April 1856. Sitting Legislative Councillor for Pastoral Districts of Clarence and Darling Downs Thomas Hood did not contest the election but was appointed to the new Legislative Council.

Cook and Westmoreland

New South Wales colonial election, 1856: Cook and Westmoreland[5]
Candidate Votes Percentage
James Martin 321 39.48%
Robert Jamison 303 37.27%
John Arkins 189 23.25%
Invalid or blank votes 0 0%
Total votes 813 100.00%
Voter turnout 54.41%

Polling was conducted on 4 April 1856. Martin represented Counties of Cook and Westmoreland in the old Legislative Council.

Cumberland Boroughs

New South Wales colonial election, 1856: Cumberland Boroughs[6]
Candidate Votes Percentage
William Bowman 129 28.17%
Ralph Meyer Robey 124 27.07%
William Redman 115 25.11%
Robert Scott Ross 90 19.65%
Invalid or blank votes 0 0%
Total votes 458 100.00%
Voter turnout 65.90%

Polling was conducted on 8 April 1856. Bowman represented this seat in the old Legislative Council.

Cumberland (North Riding)

New South Wales colonial election, 1856: Cumberland (North Riding)[7]
Candidate Votes Percentage
John Darvall 442 28.72%
James Pye 401 26.06%
William Sherwin 376 24.43%
Patrick Hogan 319 20.73%
Robert Fitzgerald 1 0.06%
Invalid or blank votes 0 0%
Total votes 1539 100.00%
Voter turnout 45.65%

Polling was conducted on 4 April 1856. Both Darvall and Fitzgerald represented the County of Cumberland in the old Legislative Council.

Cumberland (South Riding)

New South Wales colonial election, 1856: Cumberland (South Riding)[8]
Candidate Votes Percentage
William Montagu Manning 833 38.74%
Elias Weekes 576 26.79%
John Brenan 521 24.23%
William Russell 220 10.23%
Invalid or blank votes 0 0%
Total votes 2150 100.00%
Voter turnout 45.20%

Polling was conducted on 9 April 1856. Manning had served in the old Legislative Council as an appointed member. Unlike other newly appointed Ministers, he did not have to resign and contest a ministerial by-election as he already held the office of Solicitor-General at the time of his election. Weekes was elected, but later won an appeal against his defeat in Northumberland Boroughs, choosing to sit for that seat and resign from this seat. The subsequent by-election was won by Brenan.

Durham

New South Wales colonial election, 1856: Durham[9]
Candidate Votes Percentage
Richard Jones 660 30.73%
Samuel Gordon 550 25.61%
William Munnings Arnold 380 17.69%
Andrew Lang 349 16.25%
Alexander Park 209 9.73%
Invalid or blank votes 0 0%
Total votes 2148 100.00%
Voter turnout 58.51%

Polling was conducted on 7 April 1856. Park had represented County of Durham in the old Legislative Council, while another representative in Charles Cowper contested Sydney City.

Eastern Division of Camden

New South Wales colonial election, 1856: Eastern Division of Camden[10]
Candidate Votes Percentage
Henry Osborne 657 33.52%
John Marks 502 25.61%
Charles Jenkins 398 20.31%
George Pickering 176 8.98%
David L. Waugh 136 6.94%
James Shoobert 91 4.64%
Invalid or blank votes 0 0%
Total votes 1960 100.00%
Voter turnout 66.31%

Polling was conducted on 31 March 1856. Osborne had represented this district in the old Legislative Council.

Gloucester and Macquarie

New South Wales colonial election, 1856: Gloucester and Macquarie[11]
Candidate Votes Percentage
Thomas Barker 163 37.73%
James Williamson 139 32.18%
Joseph Andrews 130 30.09%
Invalid or blank votes 0 0%
Total votes 432 100.00%
Voter turnout 41.30%

Polling was conducted on 10 April 1856. Barker served in the old Legislative Council as an appointed member. Sitting Legislative Councillor for Counties of Gloucester and Macquarie Phillip Parker King did not contest the election.

King and Georgiana

New South Wales colonial election, 1856: King and Georgiana[12]
Candidate Votes Percentage
Peter Faucett 199 71.58%
Isaac Shepherd 79 28.42%
Invalid or blank votes 0 0%
Total votes 278 100.00%
Voter turnout 43.92%

Polling was conducted on 7 April 1856. James Chisholm, the member of the Legislative Council for Counties of King and Georgiana, did not contest the election.

Lachlan and Lower Darling

New South Wales colonial election, 1856: Lachlan and Lower Darling[13]
Candidate Votes Percentage
James Garland 134 37.64%
William John Macleay 129 36.24%
J. R. Hardy 63 17.70%
D. H. Thorn 30 8.43%
Invalid or blank votes 0 0%
Total votes 356 100.00%
Voter turnout 49.32%

Polling was conducted on 19 April 1856. Macleay had represented Pastoral Districts of Lachlan and Lower Darling in the old Legislative Council.

Liverpool Plains and Gwydir

New South Wales colonial election, 1856: Liverpool Plains and Gwydir[14]
Candidate Votes Percentage
Gideon Lang 152 45.92%
Francis Rusden 108 32.63%
Augustus Morris 71 21.45%
Invalid or blank votes 0 0%
Total votes 331 100.00%
Voter turnout 33.27%

Polling was conducted on 16 April 1856. Morris had represented Pastoral Districts of Liverpool Plains and Gwydir in the old Legislative Council.

Maneroo

New South Wales colonial election, 1856: Maneroo[15]
Candidate Votes Percentage
Daniel Egan unopposed %

Polling was scheduled to be conducted on 16 April 1856. Egan had represented Pastoral District of Maneroo in the old Legislative Council.

Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett and Maranoa

New South Wales colonial election, 1856: Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett and Maranoa[16]
Candidate Votes Percentage
Gordon Sandeman unopposed %

Polling was scheduled to be conducted on 17 April 1856. Sitting Legislative Councillor for Pastoral Districts of Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett, and Maranoa Richard Joseph Smith did not contest the election.

Murray

New South Wales colonial election, 1856: Murray[17]
Candidate Votes Percentage
William Forster unopposed %

Polling was scheduled to be conducted on 5 April 1856. Sitting Legislative Councillor for Counties of Murray and St Vincent, Daniel Cooper contested Sydney Hamlets.

Murrumbidgee

New South Wales colonial election, 1856: Murrumbidgee[18]
Candidate Votes Percentage
George Macleay unopposed %
John Hay unopposed %

Polling was scheduled to be conducted on 16 April 1856. Macleay represented Pastoral District of Murrumbidgee in the old Legislative Council.

New England and Macleay

New South Wales colonial election, 1856: New England and Macleay[19]
Candidate Votes Percentage
Thomas Rusden 181 46.89%
Richard Hargrave 162 41.97%
John Dickson 43 11.14%
Invalid or blank votes 0 0%
Total votes 386 100.00%
Voter turnout 41.87%

Polling was conducted on 17 April 1856. Rusden had represented Pastoral Districts of New England and Macleay in the old Legislative Council.

North Eastern Boroughs

New South Wales colonial election, 1856: North Eastern Boroughs[20]
Candidate Votes Percentage
Edward Flood 138 66.03%
John Plunkett 71 33.97%
Invalid or blank votes 0 0%
Total votes 209 100.00%
Voter turnout 58.71%

Polling was conducted on 29 March 1856. Both Flood and Plunkett had served in the old Legislative Council, Flood representing this district and Plunkett as an appointed member. Plunkett had earlier contested Sydney City and was unsuccessful. After his defeat in this seat, Plunkett contested both Argyle and Bathurst (County).

Northumberland and Hunter

New South Wales colonial election, 1856: Northumberland and Hunter[21]
Candidate Votes Percentage
Alexander Walker Scott 821 27.10%
William Piddington 706 23.31%
Hovenden Hely 574 18.95%
Henry Grattan Douglass 389 12.84%
George Bowman 289 9.54%
Walter Rotton 250 8.25%
Invalid or blank votes 0 0%
Total votes 3029 100.00%
Voter turnout 50.69%

Polling was conducted on 17 April 1856. Both Bowman and Douglass had represented Counties of Northumberland and Hunter in the old Legislative Council. John Plunkett was nominated to stand in this seat but after being elected to both Argyle and Bathurst (County) on 31 March, he withdrew his nomination.

Northumberland Boroughs

New South Wales colonial election, 1856: Northumberland Boroughs[22]
Candidate Votes Percentage
George Nichols 660 38.96%
Bourn Russell 521 30.76%
Elias Weekes 513 30.28%
Invalid or blank votes 0 0%
Total votes 1694 100.00%
Voter turnout 62.44%

Polling was conducted on 28 March 1856. Nichols represented this district in the old Legislative Council. Weekes contested the election on the grounds that more than 20 people who were unqualified to vote had voted for Russell. After investigating this claim, the Assembly's Elections and Qualifications Committee overturned the result and awarded the seat to Weekes.

Parramatta

New South Wales colonial election, 1856: Parramatta[23]
Candidate Votes Percentage
Henry Parker 310 30.21%
George Oakes 303 29.53%
James Byrnes 222 21.64%
Andrew Murray 191 18.62%
Invalid or blank votes 0 0%
Total votes 1026 100.00%
Voter turnout 72.66%

Polling was conducted on 29 March 1856. Both Parker and Oakes had served in the old Legislative Council, Oakes representing Town of Parramatta and Parker as an appointed member.

Phillip, Brisbane and Bligh

New South Wales colonial election, 1856: Phillip, Brisbane and Bligh[24]
Candidate Votes Percentage
John Robertson 169 74.12%
Joseph Docker 59 25.88%
Invalid or blank votes 0 0%
Total votes 228 100.00%
Voter turnout 53.27%

Polling was conducted on 11 April 1856. William Dumaresq, the sitting Legislative Councillor for Counties of Phillip, Brisbane and Bligh, did not contest the election.

Roxburgh

New South Wales colonial election, 1856: Roxburgh[25]
Candidate Votes Percentage
William Lee 136 44.16%
William Henry Suttor 114 37.01%
William Cummings 58 18.83%
Invalid or blank votes 0 0%
Total votes 308 100.00%
Voter turnout 43.75%

Polling was conducted on 8 April 1856. Suttor had served in the old Legislative Council as the elected member for Counties of Roxburgh, Phillip and Wellington from 1843 to 1851, then as the elected member for Counties of Roxburgh and Wellington from 1851 to 1854. The sitting Legislative Councillor, Saul Samuel contested Wellington (County).

St Vincent

New South Wales colonial election, 1856: St Vincent[26]
Candidate Votes Percentage
James Thompson 158 35.75%
Richard Sadleir 149 33.71%
William Roberts 135 30.54%
Invalid or blank votes 0 0%
Total votes 442 100.00%
Voter turnout 74.92%

Polling was conducted on 10 April 1856. Sitting Legislative Councillor for Counties of Murray and St Vincent, Daniel Cooper contested Sydney Hamlets.

Southern Boroughs

New South Wales colonial election, 1856: Southern Boroughs[27]
Candidate Votes Percentage
Terence Aubrey Murray unopposed %

Polling was scheduled to be conducted on 4 April 1856. Murray had represented this district in the old Legislative Council.

Stanley Boroughs

New South Wales colonial election, 1856: Stanley Boroughs[28]
Candidate Votes Percentage
Thomas Holt 320 32.59%
John Richardson 316 32.18%
Arthur Macalister 179 18.23%
Frederick Augustus Forbes 167 17.01%
Invalid or blank votes 0 0%
Total votes 983 100.00%
Voter turnout 50.40%

Polling was conducted on 7 April 1856. Richardson had represented this district in the old Legislative Council.

Stanley County

New South Wales colonial election, 1856: Stanley County[29]
Candidate Votes Percentage
Henry Buckley 304 74.33%
William McTaggart Dorsey 105 25.67%
Invalid or blank votes 0 0%
Total votes 409 100.00%
Voter turnout 52.30%

Polling was conducted on 9 April 1856. Sitting Legislative Councillor for County of Stanley John Dunmore Lang did not contest the election.

Sydney City

New South Wales colonial election, 1856: Sydney City[30]
Candidate Votes Percentage
Charles Cowper 3073 20.54%
Henry Parkes 3057 20.43%
Robert Campbell 3041 20.33%
James Robert Wilshire 2901 19.39%
John Plunkett 2800 18.72%
Thomas Russell Duigan 89 0.59%
Invalid or blank votes 0 0%
Total votes 14,961 100.00%
Voter turnout 43.31%

Polling was conducted on 13 March 1856. Parkes, Campbell and Wilshire all represented City of Sydney in the Legislative Council while Cowper represented County of Durham and Plunkett served as an appointed member. After his defeat in this seat, Plunkett contested North Eastern Boroughs, Argyle and Bathurst (County).

Sydney Hamlets

New South Wales colonial election, 1856: Sydney Hamlets[31]
Candidate Votes Percentage
Daniel Cooper 867 40.90%
Stuart Donaldson 688 32.45%
Richard Driver 415 19.58%
Merion Moriarty 150 7.08%
Invalid or blank votes 0 0%
Total votes 2120 100.00%
Voter turnout 39.78%

Polling was conducted on 11 March 1856. Both Donaldson and Cooper served in the old Legislative Council, Donaldson representing Sydney Hamlets and Cooper Murray and St Vincent.

Wellington and Bligh

New South Wales colonial election, 1856: Wellington and Bligh[32]
Candidate Votes Percentage
George Lord 28 100.00%
William Frederick Buchanan 0 0.00%
Invalid or blank votes 0 0%
Total votes 28 100.00%
Voter turnout 9.52%

Polling was conducted on 16 April 1856. Sitting Legislative Councillor for this district Charles Wray Finch did not contest the election.

Wellington (County)

New South Wales colonial election, 1856: Wellington (County)[33]
Candidate Votes Percentage
George Cox 191 63.25%
Saul Samuel 111 36.75%
Invalid or blank votes 0 0%
Total votes 302 100.00%
Voter turnout 50.94%

Polling was conducted on 10 April 1856. Samuel represented Counties of Roxburgh and Wellington in the old Legislative Council.

Western Boroughs

New South Wales colonial election, 1856: Western Boroughs[34]
Candidate Votes Percentage
Arthur Holroyd 283 65.97%
James Byrnes 146 34.03%
Invalid or blank votes 0 0%
Total votes 429 100.00%
Voter turnout 55.71%

Polling was conducted on 29 March 1856. Holroyd had represented this district in the old Legislative Council.

Western Division of Camden

New South Wales colonial election, 1856: Western Division of Camden[35]
Candidate Votes Percentage
John Norton Oxley unopposed %
James Macarthur unopposed %

Polling was scheduled to be conducted on 31 March 1856. Macarthur had represented this district in the old Legislative Council.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Green, Antony (5 July 2007). "Election results of the 1856 colonial election". Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  2. ↑ Green, Antony (5 July 2007). "Election results for Argyle, 1856". Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  3. ↑ Green, Antony (5 July 2007). "Election results for Bathurst (County), 1856". Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  4. ↑ Green, Antony (5 July 2007). "Election results for Clarence and Darling Downs, 1856". Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  5. ↑ Green, Antony (5 July 2007). "Election results for Cook and Westmoreland, 1856". Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  6. ↑ Green, Antony (5 July 2007). "Election results for Cumberland Boroughs, 1856". Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  7. ↑ Green, Antony (5 July 2007). "Election results for Cumberland (North Riding), 1856". Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  8. ↑ Green, Antony (5 July 2007). "Election results for Cumberland (South Riding), 1856". Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  9. ↑ Green, Antony (5 July 2007). "Election results for Durham, 1856". Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  10. ↑ Green, Antony (5 July 2007). "Election results for Eastern Division of Camden, 1856". Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  11. ↑ Green, Antony (5 July 2007). "Election results for Gloucester and Macquarie, 1856". Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  12. ↑ Green, Antony (5 July 2007). "Election results for King and Georgiana, 1856". Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  13. ↑ Green, Antony (5 July 2007). "Election results for Lachlan and Lower Darling, 1856". Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  14. ↑ Green, Antony (5 July 2007). "Election results for Liverpool Plains and Gwydir, 1856". Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  15. ↑ Green, Antony (5 July 2007). "Election results for Maneroo, 1856". Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  16. ↑ Green, Antony (5 July 2007). "Election results for Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett and Maranoa, 1856". Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  17. ↑ Green, Antony (5 July 2007). "Election results for Murray, 1856". Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  18. ↑ Green, Antony (5 July 2007). "Election results for Murrumbidgee, 1856". Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  19. ↑ Green, Antony (5 July 2007). "Election results for New England and Macleay, 1856". Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  20. ↑ Green, Antony (5 July 2007). "Election results for North Eastern Boroughs, 1856". Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  21. ↑ Green, Antony (5 July 2007). "Election results for Northumberland and Hunter, 1856". Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  22. ↑ Green, Antony (5 July 2007). "Election results for Northumberland Boroughs, 1856". Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  23. ↑ Green, Antony (5 July 2007). "Election results for Parramatta, 1856". Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  24. ↑ Green, Antony (5 July 2007). "Election results for Phillip, Brisbane and Bligh, 1856". Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  25. ↑ Green, Antony (5 July 2007). "Election results for Roxburgh, 1856". Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  26. ↑ Green, Antony (5 July 2007). "Election results for St Vincent, 1856". Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  27. ↑ Green, Antony (5 July 2007). "Election results for Southern Boroughs, 1856". Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  28. ↑ Green, Antony (5 July 2007). "Election results for Stanley Boroughs, 1856". Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  29. ↑ Green, Antony (5 July 2007). "Election results for Stanley County, 1856". Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  30. ↑ Green, Antony (5 July 2007). "Election results for Sydney City, 1856". Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  31. ↑ Green, Antony (5 July 2007). "Election results for Sydney Hamlets, 1856". Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  32. ↑ Green, Antony (5 July 2007). "Election results for Wellington and Bligh, 1856". Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  33. ↑ Green, Antony (5 July 2007). "Election results for Wellington (County), 1856". Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  34. ↑ Green, Antony (5 July 2007). "Election results for Western Boroughs, 1856". Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  35. ↑ Green, Antony (5 July 2007). "Election results for Western Division of Camden, 1856". Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
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