Electoral district of County of Cumberland

For the NSW Legislative Assembly electorate, see Electoral district of Cumberland (New South Wales).

The Electoral district of County of Cumberland was an electorate of the New South Wales Legislative Council at a time when some of its members were elected and the balance were appointed by the Governor.^[1]

County of Cumberland New South Wales—Legislative Council
County of Cumberland in the 1840s
State	New South Wales
Created	1843
Abolished	1856
Namesake	Cumberland County
Coordinates	33°50′S 150°30′E

It was created by the 1843 Electoral Districts Act and returned two members.^[1] In 1856 the unicameral 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

Member 1	Term	Member 2	Term
Charles Cowper [2]	Jul 1843 – Feb 1850	William Lawson [3]	Jul 1843 – Jun 1848
		Nelson Lawson [4]	Aug 1848 – Feb 1849
James Byrnes [5]	Mar 1850 – Jun 1851	Robert Fitzgerald [6]	Mar 1849 – Feb 1856
John Darvall [7]	Sep 1851 – Feb 1856

Election results

1843

1843 New South Wales colonial election, 3 July:
County of Cumberland ^[8]

Candidate		Votes	%
Charles Cowper		504	29.18
William Lawson		383	22.18
James Macarthur		372	21.54
Bob Nichols		334	19.34
Ryan Brenan		134	7.76
Total votes		1,727	100.00

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1843 New South Wales colonial election § County of Cumberland.[edit]

Two members to be elected

1848

1848 New South Wales colonial election, 2 August:
County of Cumberland ^[9]

Candidate		Votes	%
Charles Cowper (elected 1)		637	38
Nelson Lawson (elected 2)		556	33
Henry Gilbert Smith		490	29
Total votes		1,683	100

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1848 New South Wales colonial election § County of Cumberland.[edit]

1849

Nelson Lawson died in February 1849.^[4]

County of Cumberland by-election
28 March 1849 ^[10]

Candidate		Votes	%
Robert Fitzgerald		544	73.31
Archibald Michie		287	21.69
Total votes		438	100.00

1850

Charles Cowper resigned in February 1850.

County of Cumberland by-election
13 March 1850 ^[11]

Candidate		Votes	%
James Byrnes		343	73.31
Henry Douglass		95	21.69
Total votes		438	100.00

1851

1851 New South Wales colonial election, 22 September:
County of Cumberland ^[12]

Candidate		Votes	%
John Darvall		306	27.39
Robert Fitzgerald		297	26.59
Charles Cowper		295	26.41
James Byrnes		219	19.61
Total votes		1,117	100.00

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1851 New South Wales colonial election § Cumberland.[edit]

See also

• Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council, 1843–1851 and 1851-1856

External links

• Hansard NSW Legislative Council Archived 22 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine

References

1. An Act to provide for the division of the Colony of New South Wales into Electoral Districts and for the Election of Members to serve in the Legislative Council (PDF) (16). 23 February 1843. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
2. "Sir Charles Cowper [1] (1807-1875)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
3. "Mr William Lawson (1774 - 1860)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
4. "Mr Nelson Simmons Lawson (1806-1849)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
5. "Mr James Byrnes (1806-1886)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
6. "Mr Robert Fitzgerald (1807-1865)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
7. "Sir John Bayley Darvall MA, QC (1809-1883)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
8. "Cumberland election". The Sydney Morning Herald. 7 July 1843. p. 2. Retrieved 23 May 2019 – via Trove.
9. "County of Cumberland". The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser. 9 August 1848. p. 4. Retrieved 25 May 2019 – via Trove.
10. "Declaration for the County of Cumberland". The Sydney Morning Herald. 2 April 1849. p. 2. Retrieved 31 May 2019 – via Trove.
11. "Goulburn". The Sydney Morning Herald. 24 July 1846. p. 2. Retrieved 28 May 2019 – via Trove.
12. "County of Cumberland". The Sydney Morning Herald. 26 September 1851. p. 3. Retrieved 29 May 2019 – via Trove.