Results of the 1851 New South Wales colonial election

The 1851 New South Wales colonial election, was held between 12 and 25 September. It involved a re-distribution of electorates as a result of the separation of Victoria, which had 6 seats in the previous council, and the expansion of the council from 24 elected members to 36 elected members representing 31 electorates. The major changes were the addition of 8 pastoral districts and the separate representation for the northern regions of what would later become Queensland. These had previously been a part of the single district of Gloucester, Macquarie, and Stanley and from 1851 were covered by the separate districts of Stanley, Stanley Boroughs and the pastoral districts of Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett, and Maranoa. The other 8 additional seats were distributed among the nineteen counties of New South Wales.

In 14 out of 31 districts the candidate was elected unopposed, including all eight pastoral districts, which were seen as representing the interests of squatters.^[1]

In 1856 the unicameral Legislative Council was abolished and replaced with an elected Legislative Assembly and an appointed Legislative Council.

There would not be another general election for the Legislative Council until 1978.

Results by district

Argyle

1851 New South Wales colonial election, 18 September:
County of Argyle ^[2]

Candidate		Votes	%
Charles Nicholson		unopposed

Bathurst

1851 New South Wales colonial election, 19 September:
County of Bathurst ^[3]

Candidate		Votes	%
James Bligh		75	58.59
Francis Lord		53	41.41
Total votes		128	100.00

Eastern Camden

1851 New South Wales colonial election, 20 September:
Eastern Camden ^[4]

Candidate		Votes	%
Henry Osborne		308	62.60
James Wilshire		184	37.40
Total votes		492	100

Western Camden

1851 New South Wales colonial election, 22 September:
Western Camden ^[5]

Candidate		Votes	%
James Macarthur		189	70.52
Dr William Sherwin		79	29.48
Total votes		268	100
Voter turnout		66.83%

Clarence and Darling Downs

1851 New South Wales colonial election, 22 September:
Pastoral Districts of Clarence and Darling Downs ^[6]

Candidate		Votes	%
George Leslie		unopposed

Cook and Westmoreland

1851 New South Wales colonial election, 23 September:
Counties of Cook and Westmoreland ^[7][8]

Candidate		Votes	%
James Martin		94	57.32
Alexander Longmore		70	42.68
Total votes		164	100

Cumberland

Two members to be elected

1851 New South Wales colonial election, 22 September:
County of Cumberland ^[9]

Candidate		Votes	%
John Darvall		306	27.39
Robert Fitzgerald		297	26.59
Charles Cowper		295	26.41
James Byrnes		219	19.61
Total votes		1,117	100.00

Cumberland Boroughs

1851 New South Wales colonial election, 20 September: Cumberland Boroughs ^[10]

Candidate		Votes	%
John Holden		123	55.9
William Bowman		97	44.1
Total votes		220	100

Durham

Two members to be elected

1851 New South Wales colonial election, 24 September:
County of Durham ^[11]

Candidate		Votes	%
Stuart Donaldson		239	34.94
Charles Cowper		231	33.77
Adolphus Young		169	24.71
Edward Hunt		45	6.58
Total votes		684	100

Gloucester and Macquarie

1851 New South Wales colonial election, 22 September:
Counties of Gloucester and Macquarie ^[12]

Candidate		Votes	%
Phillip King		129	61.72
Joseph Simmons		80	38.28
Total votes		209	100.00

King and Georgiana

1851 New South Wales colonial election, 20 September:
Counties of King and Georgiana ^[13]

Candidate		Votes	%
James Chisholm		unopposed

Lachlan and Lower Darling

1851 New South Wales colonial election, 26 September:
Pastoral Districts of Lachlan and Lower Darling ^[14]

Candidate		Votes	%
William Macarthur		unopposed

Liverpool Plains and Gwydir

1851 New South Wales colonial election, 22 September:
Pastoral Districts of Liverpool Plains and Gwydir ^[15]

Candidate		Votes	%
Augustus Morris		unopposed

Maneroo

1851 New South Wales colonial election, 25 September:
Pastoral District of Maneroo ^[16]

Candidate		Votes	%
Arthur Jeffreys		unopposed

Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett, and Maranoa

1851 New South Wales colonial election, 25 September:
Pastoral Districts of Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett, and Maranoa ^[17]

Candidate		Votes	%
Francis Edward Bigge		unopposed

Murray and St Vincent

1851 New South Wales colonial election, 23 September:
Counties of Murray and St Vincent ^[18]

Candidate		Votes	%
Alick Osborne		103	56.91
Charles Campbell		78	43.09
Total votes		181	100.00

Murrumbidgee

1851 New South Wales colonial election, 24 September:
Pastoral District of Murrumbidgee ^[19]

Candidate		Votes	%
George Macleay		unopposed

New England and Macleay

1851 New South Wales colonial election, 20 September:
Pastoral Districts of New England and Macleay ^[20]

Candidate		Votes	%
Matthew Henry Marsh		unopposed

North Eastern Boroughs

1851 New South Wales colonial election, 20 September:
North Eastern Boroughs ^[21]

Candidate		Votes	%
Edward Flood		47	55.95
Charles Kemp		37	44.05
Total votes		84	100.00

Northumberland and Hunter

Two members to be elected

1851 New South Wales colonial election, 23 September:
Counties of Northumberland and Hunter ^[22]

Candidate		Votes	%
Henry Douglass		258	37.23
George Bowman		235	33.91
Daniel Egan		200	28.86
Total votes		693	100.00

Northumberland Boroughs

1851 New South Wales colonial election, 17 September:
Northumberland Boroughs ^[23]

Candidate		Votes	%
Bob Nichols		unopposed

Parramatta

1851 New South Wales colonial election, 20 September:
Town of Parramatta ^[24]

Candidate		Votes	%
George Oakes		120	72.31
Alfred Kennerley		10	7.69
Total votes		130	100.00

Phillip, Brisbane and Bligh

1851 New South Wales colonial election, 23 September:
Counties of Phillip, Brisbane and Bligh ^[25]

Candidate		Votes	%
William Dumaresq		41	52.56
Robert Campbell		37	47.44
Total votes		78	100

Roxburgh and Wellington

1851 New South Wales colonial election, 24 September:
Counties of Roxburgh and Wellington ^[26]

Candidate		Votes	%
William Suttor Sr.		unopposed

Southern Boroughs

1851 New South Wales colonial election, 22 September:
Southern Boroughs ^[27]

Candidate		Votes	%
Terence Murray		unopposed

Stanley Boroughs

1851 New South Wales colonial election, 12 September:
Stanley Boroughs ^[28]

Candidate		Votes	%
Richard Jones		114	52.78
Henry Hughes		102	47.22
Total votes		216	100.00

Stanley

1851 New South Wales colonial election, 13 September:
County of Stanley ^[29]

Candidate		Votes	%
John Richardson		57	65.52
William Wilson		30	34.48
Total votes		87	100.00

City of Sydney

Three members to be elected

1851 New South Wales colonial election, 16 September:
City of Sydney ^[30]

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

Sydney Hamlets

1851 New South Wales colonial election, 20 September:
Sydney Hamlets ^[31]

Candidate		Votes	%
Thomas Smart		255	52.04
William Thurlow		144	29.39
Joshua Josephson		91	18.57
Total votes		490	100

Wellington and Bligh

1851 New South Wales colonial election, 25 September:
Pastoral Districts of Wellington and Bligh ^[32]

Candidate		Votes	%
James Bettington		unopposed

Western Boroughs

1851 New South Wales colonial election, 22 September:
Western Boroughs ^[33]

Candidate		Votes	%
Arthur Holroyd		unopposed