Electoral district of East Moreton (New South Wales)

East Moreton New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
State	New South Wales
Created	July 1859
Abolished	December 1859

East Moreton was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales created for the July 1859 election, partly replacing Stanley County in the Moreton Bay region around Brisbane. It was abolished in December 1859, as a result of the Separation of Queensland. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Members for East Moreton

Member		Party	Period
	Robert Cribb	None	1859–1859

Election results

Elections in the 1850s

1859

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

1859 New South Wales colonial election: East Moreton
Saturday 18 June  ^[3]

Candidate		Votes	%
Robert Cribb (elected)		178	60.8
William Tooth		115	39.3
Total formal votes		115	100.0
Informal votes		293	0.0
Turnout		293	46.5

References

1. "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 18 December 2019.
2. "Mr Robert Cribb". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 13 May 2019.
3. Green, Antony. "1859 East Moreton". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 1 May 2020.