Results Of The 1843 New South Wales Colonial Election
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The 1843 New South Wales colonial election, the first in the colony, was held between 15 June and 3 July 1843, to elect 24 members from eighteen
electoral districts An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division, or (election) precinct is a subdivision of a larger state (a country, administrative region, or other polity ...
. Each district returned one member, except for
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which returned five members and County of Cumberland and Town of Sydney which returned two each.


Results by district


County of Argyle


County of Bathurst


County of Camden


Counties of Cook and Westmoreland


County of Cumberland

Two members to be elected


Cumberland Boroughs


County of Durham


Counties of Gloucester, Macquarie, and Stanley


Counties of Hunter, Brisbane and Bligh


Town of Melbourne


Counties of Murray, King and Georgiana


County of Northumberland


Northumberland Boroughs


Town of Parramatta


Port Phillip

Five members to be elected


Counties of Roxburgh, Phillip and Wellington


Counties of St Vincent and Auckland


Town of Sydney

Two members to be elected


See also

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Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council, 1843–1851 This is a list of members of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1843 to 1851. The 1843 Electoral Act prescribed 36 members, 24 to be elected, 6 appointed by virtue of their office ( Colonial Secretary, Colonial Treasurer, Auditor-Genera ...


References

{{Former electoral districts of New South Wales Legislative Council
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