The Electoral district of County of Cumberland was an electorate of the

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at a time when some of its members were elected and the balance were appointed by the Governor. It was created by the 1843 Electoral Districts Act and returned two members. In 1856 the

unicameral Unicameralism (from ''uni''- "one" + Latin ''camera'' "chamber") is a type of legislature, which consists of one house or assembly, that legislates and votes as one. Unicameral legislatures exist when there is no widely perceived need for multic ...

Legislative Council was abolished and replaced with an elected Legislative Assembly and an appointed Legislative Council. The district was represented by the Legislative Assembly electorates of Cumberland (South Riding) and Cumberland (North Riding).

Members

Election results

1843

1848

1849

Nelson Lawson died in February 1849.

1850

Charles Cowper Sir Charles Cowper (), (26 April 1807 – 19 October 1875) was an Australian politician and the Premier of New South Wales on five occasions from 1856 to 1870. Cowper did useful work but does not rank among the more distinguished Australian ...

resigned in February 1850.

1851

External links

Hansard NSW Legislative Council

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cumberland, County of Former electoral districts of New South Wales Legislative Council 1843 establishments in Australia 1856 disestablishments in Australia