Electoral district of Lachlan and Lower Darling

Lachlan and Lower Darling was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It existed between 1856 and 1859, and was named after the Lachlan and Darling Rivers. It elected two members simultaneously. In 1859 it was replaced by Lachlan.

Lachlan and Lower Darling New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
State	New South Wales
Created	July 1856
Abolished	December 1859
Namesake	Lachlan River, Darling River

Members for Lachlan and Lower Darling

Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	William Macleay [1]	None	1856–1859		James Garland [2]	None	1856–1857
					John Paterson [3]	None	1858–1859

Election results

1856

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1856 New South Wales colonial election § Lachlan and Lower Darling.[edit]

1856 New South Wales colonial election: Lachlan and Lower Darling ^[4]

Candidate		Votes	%
James Garland (elected 1)		134	37.6
William Macleay (elected 2)		129	36.2
John Hardy		63	17.7
Daniel Henry Thorn		30	8.4
Total formal votes		356	100.0
Informal votes		0	0.0
Turnout		182	49.32

Polling was conducted on 19 April 1856. Macleay had represented Pastoral Districts of Lachlan and Lower Darling in the old Legislative Council.

1858

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1858 New South Wales colonial election § Lachlan and Lower Darling.[edit]

1858 New South Wales colonial election: Lachlan and Lower Darling
11 February ^[5]

Candidate		Votes	%
William Macleay (re-elected)		show of hands
John Paterson (elected)		show of hands
Edward Flood
John Egan

The sitting member James Garland did not contest the election. The show of hands was in favour of William Macleay and John Paterson and while the supporters of Edward Flood and John Egan called for a poll, they did not have the six electors that were required.^[6] Edward Flood successfully contested Cumberland (South Riding).