Results Of The 1864–65 New South Wales Colonial Election
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The 1864–65 New South Wales colonial election was for 72 members representing 60
electoral districts An electoral (congressional, legislative, etc.) district, sometimes called a constituency, riding, or ward, is a geographical portion of a political unit, such as a country, state or province, city, or administrative region, created to provid ...
. The election was conducted on the basis of a simple majority or
first-past-the-post voting First-past-the-post (FPTP)—also called choose-one, first-preference plurality (FPP), or simply plurality—is a single-winner voting rule. Voters mark one candidate as their favorite, or first-preference, and the candidate with more first- ...
system. In this election there were 8 multi-member districts returning 20 members and 52 single member districts. In the multi-member districts each elector could vote for as many candidates as there were vacancies. 11 districts were uncontested. There were three districts that did not have a residential or property qualification, Goldfields North (650), Goldfields South (3,720) and Goldfields West (8,400). The average number of enrolled voters per seat in the other districts was 1,394 ranging from The Paterson (536) to The Lachlan (3,592). The electoral boundaries were established under the ''Electoral Act'' 1858 (NSW)..


Election results


Argyle


Balranald


Bathurst


The Bogan


Braidwood


Camden


Canterbury


Carcoar


The Clarence


Central Cumberland


East Macquarie


East Maitland


East Sydney


Eden


The Glebe


Goldfields North


Goldfields South


Goldfields West


Goulburn


The Gwydir


Hartley


The Hastings


The Hawkesbury


The Hume


The Hunter


Illawarra


Kiama


The Lachlan


Liverpool Plains


The Lower Hunter


Monara


Morpeth


Mudgee


The Murray


The Murrumbidgee


Narellan


The Nepean


New England


Newcastle


Newtown


Northumberland


Orange


Paddington


Parramatta


The Paterson


Patrick's Plains


Queanbeyan


Shoalhaven


St Leonards


Tenterfield


The Tumut


The Upper Hunter


Wellington


West Macquarie


West Maitland


West Sydney


The Williams

William Allen was the sitting member. Marshall Burdekin was the sitting member for
Liverpool Plains The Liverpool Plains are an extensive agricultural area covering about of the north-western slopes of New South Wales in Australia. These plains are a region of prime agricultural land bounded to the east by the Great Dividing Range, to the s ...


Windsor


Wollombi


Yass Plains


See also

* Candidates of the 1864–65 New South Wales colonial election *
Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1864–1869 Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly who served in the fifth parliament of New South Wales held their seats from 1864 until 1869. The 1864–65 New South Wales colonial election, 1864–65 election was held between 22 November 186 ...


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