Electoral district of Port Phillip

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Port Phillip
New South Wales—Legislative Council
Victoria in Australia.svg
Location of the District in 1843.
Same as current-day Victoria.
State New South Wales
Created1843
Abolished1851
Namesake Port Phillip
Electors 1,157 (1843)
Coordinates 37°S144°E / 37°S 144°E / -37; 144

The Electoral district of Port Phillip was an electorate of the New South Wales Legislative Council before it became the separate colony of Victoria (Australia) on 1 July 1851. At the time, some members of the Council were elected and the balance were appointed by the Governor. The Town of Melbourne returned one member while the Port Phillip district, which covered the rest of what became Victoria after its separation in 1851, returned five members. [1]

Contents

History

Settlers of the Port Phillip District had wanted representation in the New South Wales Legislative Council for some time. In 1843 representatives were elected; "But the colonists were not satisfied with government from and by Sydney". [2]

On 1 July 1851, the District was separated from New South Wales under provisions of the Australian Colonies Government Act 1850, and became the Colony of Victoria and the Victorian Legislative Council was created.

Members

Member 1TermMember 2TermMember 3TermMember 4TermMember 5Term
Charles Ebden   [3] 1 Jun 1843 – 31 Mar 1844 Thomas Walker   [4] 1 Jun 1843 – 31 Jul 1845 Charles Nicholson [5] 1 June 1843 – 20 Jun 1848 Alexander Thomson   [6] 1 Jun 1843 – 31 Mar 1844 John Lang   [7] 1 June 1843 – 1 Nov 1847
Adolphus Young   [8] 1 Apr 1844 – 31 Jul 1845 Sir Thomas Mitchell   [9] 1 Apr 1844 – 31 Aug 1844
Benjamin Boyd   [10] 1 Sep 1844 – 1 Aug 1845
Thomas Boyd   [11] 1 Aug 1845 – 11 Dec 1845 Maurice O'Connell   [12] 1 Aug 1845 – 20 Jun 1848 Edward Curr   [13] 1 Sep 1845 – 31 May 1846
Edward Brewster   [14] 1 Jan 1846 – 1 Feb 1848 John Foster   [15] 1 Jun 1846 – 20 Jun 1848
Charles Ebden   [3] 1 Mar 1848 – 20 Jun 1848 John Airey   [16] 22 Dec 1847 – 20 Jun 1848
Lauchlan Mackinnon   [17] 1 Sep 1848 – 31 May 1850 James Williamson   [18] 1 Sep 1848 – 31 Jan 1849 John Dickson   [19] 1 Sep 1848 – 30 Jun 1851 Edward Curr   [13] 1 Sep 1848 – 31 May 1849 James Palmer   [20] 1 Sep 1848 – 31 May 1849
William Macarthur   [21] 1 Feb 1849 – 30 Jun 1851 John Foster   [15] 1 Jun 1849 – 31 May 1850 Henry Moor   [22] 1 Jul 1849 – 30 Jun 1851
Charles Ebden   [3] 1 Jun 1850 – 30 Jun 1851 William Mercer   [23] 1 Jun 1850 – 30 Jun 1851

Election results

1843

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1843 New South Wales colonial election § Port Phillip.[ edit ]
1843 New South Wales colonial election, 20 June:
Port Phillip  [24] [25]
CandidateVotes%
Charles Ebden 22819.69
Thomas Walker 21718.74
Charles Nicholson 20617.79
Alexander Thomson 18415.89
John Dunmore Lang 16614.34
Sir Thomas Mitchell 15713.56
Total votes1,158 100.00

1844 (1)

Charles Ebden and Alexander Thomson resigned in March 1844.

Port Phillip by-election
23 April 1844  [26]
CandidateVotes%
Sir Thomas Mitchell 19544.10
Adolphus Young 13431.68
Maurice O'Connell 9422.22
Total votes423 100

1844 (2)

Sir Thomas Mitchell, while an elected member was also the Surveyor General. He was criticised by Governor Sir George Gipps for not supporting the government by absenting himself from the Legislative Council when he did not agree with government measures. Mitchell chose to resign his seat. [27]

Port Phillip by-election
17 September 1844  [28]
CandidateVotes%
Benjamin Boyd unopposed 

1845 (1)

Thomas Walker resigned on 31 July 1845.

Port Phillip by-election
7 August 1845  [29]
CandidateVotes%
Maurice O'Connell show of hands 
Archibald Boyd  

1845 (2)

Adolphus Young resigned on 31 July 1845.

Port Phillip by-election
7 August 1845  [29]
CandidateVotes%
Thomas Boyd unopposed 

1845 (3)

Benjamin Boyd resigned on 1 August 1845.

Port Phillip by-election
26 September 1845  [30]
CandidateVotes%
Edward Curr 5081.97
Neil Black 118.03
Total votes61 100

1846 (1)

Thomas Boyd resigned in December 1845.

Port Phillip by-election
23 January 1846  [31]
CandidateVotes%
Edward Brewster unopposed 

1846 (2)

Edward Curr resigned in May 1846.

Port Phillip by-election
29 June 1846  [32]
CandidateVotes%
John Foster unopposed 

1847

John Lang was absent for two successive sessions of the Council and his seat was declared vacant in November 1847.

Port Phillip by-election
22 December 1847  [33]
CandidateVotes%
John Airey unopposed 

1848 By-election

Edward Brewster resigned in February 1848.

Port Phillip by-election
15 March 1848  [34]
CandidateVotes%
Charles Ebden unopposed 

1848

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1848 New South Wales colonial election § Port Phillip.[ edit ]
1848 New South Wales colonial election, 3 October:
Port Phillip  [35]
CandidateVotes%
Lauchlan Mackinnon (elected 1)23917
James Williamson (elected 2)23416
John Dickson (elected 3)23216
James Palmer (elected 4)22616
Edward Curr (elected 5)18913
The Duke of Wellington,
Lord Palmerston,
Lord Brougham,
Lord John Russell,
Sir Robert Peel 		584
William Macarthur 251
Total votes1,435 100
The original polling day was 27 July; [36] however, no candidates were nominated for Port Phillip as a result of the campaign for independence from New South Wales. [37] A further writ was issued on 25 August. [38]

1849 (1)

James Williamson resigned in January 1849.

Port Phillip by-election
27 February 1849  [39]
CandidateVotes%
William Macarthur 9790.65
The Duke of Wellington 98.41
John Fawkner 10.93
Total votes107 100

1849 (2)

Edward Curr resigned in May 1849.

Port Phillip by-election
23 June 1849  [40]
CandidateVotes%
John Foster unopposed 

1849 (3)

James Palmer resigned in May 1849.

Port Phillip by-election
17 July 1849  [41]
CandidateVotes%
Henry Moor unopposed 

1850

Lauchlan Mackinnon and John Foster resigned in May 1850.

Port Phillip by-election
11 June 1850  [42]
CandidateVotes%
Charles Ebden 42131.94
William Mercer 40130.42
John Lang 38629.29
Lachlan McAlister1108.35
Total votes1,318 100

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