Electoral district of Southern Boroughs

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Southern Boroughs was an electoral district for the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales created in 1856. It included the towns of Goulburn, Braidwood, Yass and Queanbeyan, while the surrounding rural area were in the electoral districts of Argyle, United Counties of Murray and St Vincent and King and Georgiana. It was replaced by Goulburn, Braidwood, Queanbeyan and Yass in 1859. [1]

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Members

MemberPartyPeriod
  Terence Murray [2] None1856–1859

Election results

1856

1856 New South Wales colonial election: Southern Boroughs [3]
CandidateVotes%
Terence Murray (elected)unopposed 
Polling was scheduled to be conducted on 4 April 1856. Murray had represented this district in the old Legislative Council.

1858

1858 New South Wales colonial election: Southern Boroughs
28 January [4]
CandidateVotes%
Terrence Murray (re-elected)20456.2
John Hardy 15943.8
Total formal votes363100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 36362.37

References

  1. Clune, David (2007). Green, Antony; Michael Hogan (eds.). The Electoral Atlas of New South Wales. New South Wales Department of Lands. ISBN   978-0-9752354-2-3.
  2. "Sir Terence Aubrey Murray (1810-1873)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  3. Green, Antony. "1856 Southern Boroughs". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  4. Green, Antony. "1858 Southern Boroughs". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 12 June 2019.