Electoral district of City of Sydney

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City of Sydney
New South WalesLegislative Council
State New South Wales
Created1843
Abolished1856
Namesake Sydney
Coordinates 33°52′S151°13′E / 33.867°S 151.217°E / -33.867; 151.217

The Electoral district of City of Sydney was an electorate of the New South Wales Legislative Council. [1]

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It was created by the 1843 Electoral Districts Act and initially called the electoral district of Town of Sydney and a first returned two members. [1] With the expansion of the Council in 1851 it elected three members. [2]

In 1856 the unicameral Legislative Council was abolished and replaced with an elected Legislative Assembly and an appointed Legislative Council. The district was represented by the Legislative Assembly electorate of Sydney City.

Members

Member 1TermMember 2Term
William Wentworth [3] June 1843 – April 1854 William Bland [4] June 1843 – June 1848
Robert Lowe [5] July  1848 – November 1849
William Bland [4] December 1849 – June 1850
John Dunmore Lang [6] July  1850 – October 1851Member 3Term
Robert Campbell [7] November 1851 – February 1856 John Lamb [8] September 1851 – February 1853
Henry Parkes [9] May 1854 – February 1856 William Thurlow [10] March 1853 – January 1855
James Robert Wilshire [11] January 1855 – February 1856

Election results

1843

Two members to be elected

1843 New South Wales colonial election, 15 June:
Town of Sydney [12]
CandidateVotes%
William Wentworth 1,27532.10
William Bland 1,26131.75
Maurice O'Connell Jr. 73318.45
Robert Cooper 3659.19
William Hustler3388.51
Total votes3,972 100.00

1848

1848 New South Wales colonial election, 28 July:
City of Sydney [13]
CandidateVotes%
William Wentworth (elected 1)1,16829
Robert Lowe (elected 2)1,01225
John Lamb 95024
William Bland 87422
Total votes4,004 100

1849 by-election

Robert Lowe resigned in November 1849. [5]

City of Sydney by-election
18 December 1849 [14]
CandidateVotes%
William Bland 59955.77
Adam Bogue25824.02
James Wilshire 21710.74
Total votes1,074 100.00
Voter turnout22.70%

1850 by-election

William Bland resigned in June 1850. [4]

City of Sydney by-election
24 July 1850 [15]
CandidateVotes%
John Lang 97050.65
John Holden 94549.35
Total votes1,915 100.00
Voter turnout49.08%

1851

1851 New South Wales colonial election, 16 September:
City of Sydney [16]
CandidateVotes%
John Lang 1,19724.13
William Wentworth 1,00420.24
John Lamb 99820.12
Alexander Longmore 88817.90
Charles Cowper 87317.60
Total votes4,960 100.00

1851 by-election

John Lang resigned in November 1851. [6]

City of Sydney by-election
18 November 1851 [17]
CandidateVotes%
Robert Campbell 1,30670.79
Adolphus Young 53929.21
Total votes1,845 100.00

1853 by-election

John Lamb resigned in February 1853. [8]

City of Sydney by-election
10 March 1853 [18]
CandidateVotes%
William Thurlow 1,24969.43
Henry Parkes 46625.90
Thomas Holt 844.67
Total votes1,799 100.00

1854 by-election

William Wentworth resigned in April 1854 from the Legislative Council while he went to England to watch over the progress of the Constitution Bill in the British parliament.

City of Sydney by-election
2 May 1854 [19]
CandidateVotes%
Henry Parkes 1,42764.69
Charles Kemp 77935.31
Total votes2,206 100.00

1855 by-election

William Thurlow resigned in January 1855.

City of Sydney by-election
18 November 1851 [20]
CandidateVotes%
James Wilshire unopposed 

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