Electoral district of New England and Macleay

New England and Macleay was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales from 1856 to 1859, in the Northern Tablelands region of New England and part of the Mid North Coast region, including the area to the north of the Macleay River. but excluding the area south of the Macleay River which was included in the Counties of Gloucester and Macquarie. To the north was the electorate of Clarence and Darling Downs and to the west the electorate of Liverpool Plains and Gwydir. It elected two members, with voters casting two votes and the first two candidates being elected. It was partly replaced by New England.^[1]

Members for New England and Macleay

Member		Party	Period	Member		Party	Period
	Richard Hargrave [2]	None	1856–1857		Thomas Rusden [3]	None	1856–1857
	William Taylor [4]	None	1858–1859		Abram Moriarty [5]	None	1858–1858
					James Hart [6]	None	1858–1859

Election results

1856

1856 New South Wales colonial election: New England and Macleay ^[7]

Candidate		Votes	%
Thomas Rusden (elected 1)		181	46.9
Richard Hargrave (elected 2)		162	42.0
John Dickson		43	11.1
Total formal votes		386	100.0
Informal votes		0	0.0
Turnout		193	41.87

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

Polling was conducted on 17 April 1856. Rusden had represented Pastoral Districts of New England and Macleay in the old Legislative Council.

1858

1858 New South Wales colonial election: New England and Macleay
11 February ^[8]

Candidate		Votes	%
Abram Moriarty (elected 1)		179	42.4
William Taylor (elected 2)		136	32.2
Thomas Rusden (defeated)		107	25.4
Total formal votes		422	100.0
Informal votes		0	0.0
Turnout		422	35.52

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

The former member Thomas Rusden unsuccessfully petitioned against the election of Moriaty.^[9]

1858 by-election

1858 New England and Macleay by-election
Friday 26 November ^[10][11]

Candidate		Votes	%
James Hart (elected)		show of hands
Thomas Rusden
John Williams

This section is an excerpt from 1858 New England and Macleay colonial by-election § Result.[edit]

The by-election was caused by the resignation of Abram Moriarty.^[11] Neither candidate called for a poll.^[10]