Electoral district of City of Sydney

For the NSW Legislative Assembly electorate (1856–1859), see Electoral district of Sydney City.

The Electoral district of City of Sydney was an electorate of the New South Wales Legislative Council.^[1]

City of Sydney New South Wales—Legislative Council
State	New South Wales
Created	1843
Abolished	1856
Namesake	Sydney
Coordinates	33°52′S 151°13′E

It was created by the 1843 Electoral Districts Act and initially called the electoral district of Town of Sydney and a first returned two members.^[1] With the expansion of the Council in 1851 it elected three members.^[2]

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 electorate of Sydney City.

Members

Member 1	Term	Member 2	Term
William Wentworth [3]	June 1843 – April 1854	William Bland[4]	June 1843 – June 1848
		Robert Lowe [5]	July  1848 – November 1849
		William Bland [4]	December 1849 – June 1850
		John Dunmore Lang [6]	July  1850 – October 1851	Member 3	Term
		Robert Campbell [7]	November 1851 – February 1856	John Lamb [8]	September 1851 – February 1853
Henry Parkes [9]	May 1854 – February 1856			William Thurlow [10]	March 1853 – January 1855
				James Robert Wilshire [11]	January 1855 – February 1856

Election results

1843

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

Two members to be elected

1843 New South Wales colonial election, 15 June:
Town of Sydney ^[12]

Candidate		Votes	%
William Wentworth		1,275	32.10
William Bland		1,261	31.75
Maurice O'Connell Jr.		733	18.45
Robert Cooper		365	9.19
William Hustler		338	8.51
Total votes		3,972	100.00

1848

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

1848 New South Wales colonial election, 28 July:
City of Sydney ^[13]

Candidate		Votes	%
William Wentworth (elected 1)		1,168	29
Robert Lowe (elected 2)		1,012	25
John Lamb		950	24
William Bland		874	22
Total votes		4,004	100

1849 by-election

Robert Lowe resigned in November 1849.^[5]

City of Sydney by-election
18 December 1849 ^[14]

Candidate		Votes	%
William Bland		599	55.77
Adam Bogue		258	24.02
James Wilshire		217	10.74
Total votes		1,074	100.00
Voter turnout		22.70%

1850 by-election

William Bland resigned in June 1850.^[4]

City of Sydney by-election
24 July 1850 ^[15]

Candidate		Votes	%
John Lang		970	50.65
John Holden		945	49.35
Total votes		1,915	100.00
Voter turnout		49.08%

1851

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

1851 New South Wales colonial election, 16 September:
City of Sydney ^[16]

Candidate		Votes	%
John Lang		1,197	24.13
William Wentworth		1,004	20.24
John Lamb		998	20.12
Alexander Longmore		888	17.90
Charles Cowper		873	17.60
Total votes		4,960	100.00

1851 by-election

John Lang resigned in November 1851.^[6]

City of Sydney by-election
18 November 1851 ^[17]

Candidate		Votes	%
Robert Campbell		1,306	70.79
Adolphus Young		539	29.21
Total votes		1,845	100.00

1853 by-election

John Lamb resigned in February 1853.^[8]

City of Sydney by-election
10 March 1853 ^[18]

Candidate		Votes	%
William Thurlow		1,249	69.43
Henry Parkes		466	25.90
Thomas Holt		84	4.67
Total votes		1,799	100.00

1854 by-election

William Wentworth resigned in April 1854 from the Legislative Council while he went to England to watch over the progress of the Constitution Bill in the British parliament.

City of Sydney by-election
2 May 1854 ^[19]

Candidate		Votes	%
Henry Parkes		1,427	64.69
Charles Kemp		779	35.31
Total votes		2,206	100.00

1855 by-election

William Thurlow resigned in January 1855.

City of Sydney by-election
18 November 1851 ^[20]

Candidate		Votes	%
James Wilshire		unopposed

See also

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