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.
On 11 April 1863, Alfred Sandeman, the member for Port Curtis resigned due to complaints about his inactivity by his constituents. John Douglas won the resulting by-election on 12 May 1863. [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.
Maurice Charles O'Connell, was a Queensland pioneer and president of the Queensland Legislative Council.
Cook is an electoral district in Queensland, Australia.
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 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.
Alfred Sandeman was a politician in the Colony of Queensland, Australia, representing Port Curtis in the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
John Ferrett (1812—1894) was a pastoralist and 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 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.
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.
Henry Richards (1821—1868) was a politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
Charles James Royds (1827–1898) was a pastoralist and politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
Edmund Molyneux Royds (1830–1918) was a politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
Frederick Augustus Cooper was an Australian politician who was a Member of both the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, and the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
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