The 1863 East Moreton colonial by-election was a by-election held on 26 September 1863 in the electoral district of East Moreton for the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
On 15 September 1863, upon a successful petition by Robert Cribb on the basis that printed lines on the ballot paper misled voters, the election in East Moreton was declared void. The election was re-run on 26 September 1863, and William Brookes lost his seat to Cribb, whilst George Edmondstone retained his. [1]
East Moreton was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland from 1860 to 1878, also known as Moreton from 1874 to 1878.
West Moreton was the name of two incarnations of an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.
This is a list of members of the 2nd Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1863 to 1867, as elected at the 1863 colonial elections held between 30 May 1863 and 27 June 1863.
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.
Benjamin Cribb was an Australian businessman and politician. He was an unaligned Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for one term in 1858–1859 and a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly in 1861–1867 and again in 1870–1873.
Robert Travers Atkin was an Irish-born newspaper editor and politician in colonial Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
Robert Cribb (7 January 1805 – 16 April 1893) was an Australian parliamentarian who represented the district of East Moreton in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, and the districts of Town of Brisbane and East Moreton in the Queensland Legislative Assembly after the separation of Queensland from New South Wales. Cribb's brother Benjamin Cribb also served as a member of the colonial parliaments of both New South Wales and Queensland.
John Clarke Foote (1822–1895) was a politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a member of the Queensland Legislative Council.
The electoral district of Moreton was a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Queensland. It was first created in a redistribution ahead of the 1878 colonial election, and existed until the 1912 state election.
George Thorn (senior) (11 April 1806 – 28 April 1876) was a politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly. He was known as the "father of Ipswich" for his contributions to establishing that town.
Thomas Bridson Cribb was a politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly and the Queensland Legislative Council.
The 1860 West Moreton colonial by-election was a by-election held on 9 July 1860 in the electoral district of West Moreton for the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
The 1860 East Moreton colonial by-election was a by-election held on 27 October 1860 in the electoral district of East Moreton for 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 1862 West Moreton colonial by-election was a by-election held on 15 December 1862 in the electoral district of West Moreton for the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
The 1866 West Moreton colonial by-election was a by-election held on 11 September 1866 in the electoral district of West Moreton for the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
The 1870 East Moreton colonial by-election was a by-election held on 19 February 1870 in the electoral district of East Moreton for the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
Joseph Fleming was a politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
The Reverend Doctor William Lambie Nelson. was a politician in Queensland, Australia. He was briefly a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
Thomas Symes Warry was a pioneer chemist and politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
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