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).
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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
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Candidates of the 1864–65 New South Wales colonial election
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Notes
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Results of the 1864-65 New South Wales colonial election
1864-65