Electoral district of Brisbane (New South Wales)

Brisbane New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
State	New South Wales
Created	July 1859
Abolished	December 1859
Namesake	Brisbane

Brisbane was an electoral district located in the colony of New South Wales, Australia, and was part of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. The district created for the July 1859 election, partly replacing Stanley Boroughs and including the settlement of Brisbane. It was abolished in December 1859 due to the separation of Queensland. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Members for Brisbane

Member		Party	Period
	John Richardson	None	July - December 1859

Election results

Elections in the 1850s

1859

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1859 New South Wales colonial election § Brisbane.[ edit ]

1859 New South Wales colonial election: Brisbane
Saturday 11 June  ^[1]

Candidate		Votes	%
John Richardson (re-elected)		unopposed

References

1. Green, Antony. "1859 Brisbane". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 1 May 2020.
2. "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 18 December 2019.
3. "Mr John Richardson (1810-1888)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 21 April 2019.