Electoral district of Cumberland (South Riding)

Cumberland (South Riding) was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales from 1856 to 1859, in the rural part of Cumberland County, which includes Sydney. It included all of the county south of Parramatta Road and the Great Western Highway, except for the urban electorates of Sydney (City), Sydney Hamlets, Parramatta and Cumberland Boroughs, which included Liverpool and Campbelltown. It elected two members simultaneously, with voters casting two votes and the first two candidates being elected.^[1][2][3][4]

Members for Cumberland (South Riding)

Member		Party	Period	Member		Party	Period
	William Manning [5]	None	1856–1857		Elias Weekes [6]	None	1856–1856
					Ryan Brenan [7]	None	1856–1856
					Stuart Donaldson [8]	None	1856–1859
	James Byrnes [9]	None	1857–1858
	Edward Flood [10]	None	1858–1859

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Cumberland (South Riding)

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1858 New South Wales colonial election § Cumberland (South Riding).[edit]

1858 New South Wales colonial election: Cumberland (South Riding)
30 January ^[11]

Candidate		Votes	%
Edward Flood (re-elected 1)		1,271	42.3
Stuart Donaldson (re-elected 2)		955	31.8
Thomas Holt (defeated)		778	25.9
George Smith		0	0.0
Total formal votes		3,004	100.0
Informal votes		0	0.0
Turnout		3,004	41.3

The other sitting member James Byrnes successfully contested Parramatta. Edward Flood was a sitting member for North Eastern Boroughs. Thomas Holt was the sitting member for Stanley Boroughs. There was some debate as to whether George Smith had received no votes, with Stuart Donaldson stating that he had seen one vote while Edward Flood said he had seen several.^[12]