Electoral district of Gloucester and Macquarie

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Gloucester and Macquarie
New South WalesLegislative Assembly
County of Gloucester NSW 1840s.jpg
Gloucester county in the 1840s
State New South Wales
Created1856
Abolished1859
Namesake Gloucester County, Macquarie County
Coordinates 30°S153°E / 30°S 153°E / -30; 153 Coordinates: 30°S153°E / 30°S 153°E / -30; 153
Macquarie county in the 1840s County of Macquarie NSW 1840s.jpg
Macquarie county in the 1840s

Gloucester and Macquarie was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales in the first and second Parliaments (1856-1859), named after Gloucester and Macquarie counties on the Mid North Coast. It was abolished in 1859 with Macquarie, the north-east of Gloucester and the Macleay River area forming the new district of Electoral district of Hastings (New South Wales), while the rest of Gloucester was split between Lower Hunter, Northumberland and The Williams. [1]

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Members for Gloucester and Macquarie

MemberPartyPeriod
  Thomas Barker [2] None1856–1857
  James Williamson [3] None1857–1859

Election results

1856

1856 New South Wales colonial election: Gloucester and Macquarie [4]
CandidateVotes%
Thomas Barker (elected)16337.7
James Williamson 13932.18
Joseph Andrews 13030.1
Total formal votes432100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 43241.30
Polling was conducted on 10 April 1856. Barker served in the old Legislative Council as an appointed member. Sitting Legislative Councillor for Counties of Gloucester and Macquarie was Phillip Parker King who did not contest the election.

1858

1858 New South Wales colonial election: Gloucester and Macquarie
10 February [5]
CandidateVotes%
James Williamson (elected)42560.7
Thomas Barker (defeated)27539.3
Total formal votes700100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 70062.3

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References

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  3. "Mr James Williamson (1811-1881)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  4. Green, Antony. "1856 Gloucester and Macquarie". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  5. Green, Antony. "1858 Gloucester and Macquarie". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 12 June 2019.