Electoral district of Paterson

This article is about the former New South Wales state electorate. For the Australian federal electorate, see Division of Paterson. For the Tasmanian state electorate, see Electoral division of Paterson.

The Patterson was an electoral district for the Legislative Assembly in the Australian State of New South Wales from 1859 to 1880. It was named after the Paterson River, which was named after Colonel William Paterson. The river flows from Barrington Tops to the Hunter River at Morpeth. The district was created in 1858 replacing part of the 3 member district of Durham and comprised the midland and northern parts of the County of Durham.^[1] In 1880 it was replaced by Durham.^[2][3][4]

The Paterson New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
State	New South Wales
Dates current	1859–1880
Namesake	The Paterson River
Coordinates	32°36′08.41″S 151°37′02.27″E

Members for Patterson

Member		Party	Term
	William Arnold	None	1859–1875
	Herbert Brown	None	1875–1880

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Paterson

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1877 New South Wales colonial election § The Paterson.[edit]

1877 New South Wales colonial election: The Paterson
Saturday 27 October ^[5]

Candidate		Votes	%
Herbert Brown (re-elected)		unopposed