The 1861 Port Curtis colonial by-election was a by-election held on 15 October 1861 in the electoral district of Port Curtis for the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
On 3 September 1861, Charles Fitzsimmons, the member for Port Curtis, resigned. Alfred Sandeman won the resulting by-election on 15 October 1861. [1]
This is a list of current and former electoral divisions for the Legislative Assembly of Queensland, the state legislature for Queensland, Australia.
John Douglas was an Anglo-Australian politician and Premier of Queensland.
Cook is an electoral district in Queensland, Australia.
The United pastoral districts of Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett and Maranoa, and from 1857 Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett, Maranoa, Leichhardt and Port Curtis, was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales created in 1856 and consisted of the pastoral districts around the early settlements of Moreton Bay; Wide Bay, near Maryborough; the Burnett River, near Bundaberg; and the Maranoa region of South-western Queensland. In September 1856 the pastoral districts around the Leichhardt River in the Gulf of Carpentaria region and Port Curtis (Gladstone) were added to the electorate. The district was abolished for the 1859 election and replaced by the separate districts of East Moreton, West Moreton, Burnett and Leichhardt, while Maranoa became part of Darling Downs. All of these districts became part of Queensland when it was established as a separate colony in late 1859.
Leichhardt was an electoral district, located in the colony of New South Wales, Australia, and part of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. The district was created for the July 1859 election, partly replacing the United Pastoral Districts of Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett, Maranoa, Leichhardt and Port Curtis in the present day central Queensland. It included the towns of Rockhampton and Emerald, the pastoral districts around the Leichhardt River in the Gulf of Carpentaria region and Port Curtis (Gladstone). It was abolished in December 1859 as a result of the separation of Queensland.
Port Curtis was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland from 1860 to 1992.
This is a list of members of the 19th Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1912 to 1915, as elected at the 1912 state election held on 27 April 1912.
This is a list of members of the 1st Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1860 to 1863, as elected at the inaugural 1860 colonial elections held between 27 April 1860 to 11 May 1860.
Herbert Freemont Hardacre was a politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1893 until 1919.
The electoral district of Ipswich East was a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Queensland. It was first created in a redistribution ahead of the 1960 state election, and existed until the 1972 state election.
Alfred Sandeman was a politician in the Colony of Queensland, Australia, representing Port Curtis in the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
Alfred Delves Broughton was a politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
Charles Fitzsimmons (1802—1876) was an Irish-born politician and sugar farmer in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
The West Moreton colonial by-election, January 1861 was a by-election held on 12 January 1861 in the electoral district of West Moreton for the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
The West Moreton colonial by-election, May 1861 was a by-election held on 31 May 1861 in the electoral district of West Moreton for the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
The 1863 Port Curtis colonial by-election was a by-election held on 12 May 1863 in the electoral district of Port Curtis for the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
The 1866 Port Curtis colonial by-election was a by-election held on 19 March 1866 in the electoral district of Port Curtis for the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
George Carter (1864–1932) was a politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
Charles Lumley Hill was a pastoralist, businessman and politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
Charles Robert Haly was a pastoralist and politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
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