The 1843 New South Wales colonial election, the first in the colony, was held between 15 June and 3 July 1843, to elect 24 members from eighteen electoral districts. Each district returned one member, except for Port Phillip which returned five members and County of Cumberland and Town of Sydney which returned two each.
Results by district edit
County of Argyle edit
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
William Bradley | unopposed |
County of Bathurst edit
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Francis Lord | 66 | 60.00 | |
W Lane | 44 | 40.00 | |
Total votes | 110 | 100.00 |
County of Camden edit
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Roger Therry | 146 | 51.77 | |
Charles Cowper | 136 | 48.23 | |
Total votes | 282 | 100.00 |
Counties of Cook and Westmoreland edit
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
John Panton | 112 | 65.12 | |
George Bowman | 60 | 34.88 | |
Total votes | 172 | 100.00 |
County of Cumberland edit
Two members to be elected
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Charles Cowper | 504 | 29.18 | |
William Lawson | 383 | 22.18 | |
James Macarthur | 372 | 21.54 | |
Bob Nichols | 334 | 19.34 | |
Ryan Brenan | 134 | 7.76 | |
Total votes | 1,727 | 100.00 |
Cumberland Boroughs edit
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
William Bowman | 127 | 50.20 | |
Robert Fitzgerald | 126 | 49.80 | |
Total votes | 253 | 100.00 |
County of Durham edit
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Richard Windeyer | 122 | 49.19 | |
William Ogilvie | 71 | 28.63 | |
Andrew Lang | 55 | 22.18 | |
Total votes | 248 | 100.00 |
Counties of Gloucester, Macquarie, and Stanley edit
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Alexander Macleay | 142 | 79.78 | |
Charles Windeyer | 36 | 20.22 | |
Total votes | 178 | 100.00 |
Counties of Hunter, Brisbane and Bligh edit
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
William Dumaresq | 58 | 52.25 | |
Henry Dangar | 34 | 30.63 | |
Donald McIntyre | 19 | 17.12 | |
Total votes | 111 | 100.00 |
Town of Melbourne edit
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Henry Condell | 295 | 53.06 | |
Edward Curr | 261 | 46.94 | |
Total votes | 556 | 100.00 |
Counties of Murray, King and Georgiana edit
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Terence Murray | unopposed |
County of Northumberland edit
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
William Foster | unopposed |
Northumberland Boroughs edit
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
D'Arcy Wentworth | 121 | 52.84 | |
Alexander Walker Scott | 108 | 47.16 | |
Total votes | 229 | 100.00 |
Town of Parramatta edit
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Hannibal Macarthur | unopposed |
Port Phillip edit
Five members to be elected
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Charles Ebden | 228 | 19.69 | |
Thomas Walker | 217 | 18.74 | |
Charles Nicholson | 206 | 17.79 | |
Alexander Thomson | 184 | 15.89 | |
John Dunmore Lang | 166 | 14.34 | |
Sir Thomas Mitchell | 157 | 13.56 | |
Total votes | 1,158 | 100.00 |
Counties of Roxburgh, Phillip and Wellington edit
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
William Suttor Sr. | unopposed |
Counties of St Vincent and Auckland edit
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
John Coghill | unopposed |
Town of Sydney edit
Two members to be elected
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
William Wentworth | 1,275 | 32.10 | |
William Bland | 1,261 | 31.75 | |
Maurice O'Connell Jr. | 733 | 18.45 | |
Robert Cooper | 365 | 9.19 | |
William Hustler | 338 | 8.51 | |
Total votes | 3,972 | 100.00 |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "County of Argyle". The Sydney Morning Herald. 19 June 1843. p. 2. Retrieved 23 May 2019 – via Trove.
- ^ "Bathurst". The Sydney Morning Herald. 27 June 1843. p. 2. Retrieved 22 May 2019 – via Trove.
- ^ "The Camden election". The Sydney Morning Herald. 26 June 1843. p. 2. Retrieved 23 May 2019 – via Trove.
- ^ "Cook and Westmoreland election". The Australian. 21 June 1843. p. 3. Retrieved 22 May 2019 – via Trove.
- ^ "Cumberland election". The Sydney Morning Herald. 7 July 1843. p. 2. Retrieved 23 May 2019 – via Trove.
- ^ "Cumberland Boroughs election". The Australian. 21 June 1843. p. 3. Retrieved 23 May 2019 – via Trove.
- ^ "The election". The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser. 1 July 1843. p. 2. Retrieved 22 May 2019 – via Trove.
- ^ "Raymond Terrace". The Colonial Observer. 8 July 1843. p. 5. Retrieved 23 May 2019 – via Trove.
- ^ "Hunter, Brisbane, and Bligh election". The Australian. 7 July 1843. p. 3. Retrieved 23 May 2019 – via Trove.
- ^ "Borough of Melbourne". The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser. 8 July 1843. p. 4. Retrieved 23 May 2019 – via Trove.
- ^ "The south western counties". The Sydney Morning Herald. 22 June 1843. p. 2. Retrieved 23 May 2019 – via Trove.
- ^ "Northumberland election". The Australian. 19 June 1843. p. 3. Retrieved 23 May 2019 – via Trove.
- ^ "Election for the Northumberland Boroughs". The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser. 24 June 1843. p. 4. Retrieved 22 May 2019 – via Trove.
- ^ "Parramatta election". The Sydney Morning Herald. 15 June 1843. p. 2. Retrieved 22 May 2019 – via Trove.
- ^ "Port Phillip election". The Sydney Morning Herald. 3 July 1843. p. 2. Retrieved 23 May 2019 – via Trove.
- ^ M. M. H. Thompson (2006). The Seeds of Democracy: Early Elections in Colonial New South Wales. Federation Press. ISBN 978-1-86287-631-6.
- ^ "Roxburgh, Phillip and Wellington election". The Sydney Morning Herald. 28 June 1843. p. 2. Retrieved 23 May 2019 – via Trove.
- ^ "News from the interior: Braidwood". The Sydney Morning Herald. 23 June 1843. p. 2. Retrieved 23 May 2019 – via Trove.
- ^ "City election". The Sydney Morning Herald. 20 June 1843. p. 2. Retrieved 22 May 2019 – via Trove.