Electoral district of Town of Parramatta

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Town of Parramatta
New South WalesLegislative Council
Town of Parramatta 1840s.jpg
Map of the Town of Parramatta, 1840s
State New South Wales
Created1843
Abolished1851
Namesake Parramatta
Coordinates 33°48′54″S151°00′4″E / 33.81500°S 151.00111°E / -33.81500; 151.00111

The Electoral district of Town of Parramatta was an electorate of the partially elected New South Wales Legislative Council, created for the first elections for the Council in 1843, [1] at the time the principal residence of the Governor Sir Charles FitzRoy. [2] Polling took place at Parramatta. [3] 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 Parramatta, the only electorate to have existed continuously since the first Legislative Assembly election in 1856.

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Members

Member 1Term
Hannibal Macarthur [4] Jun 1843 – Jun 1848
George Oakes [5] Jul 1848 – Feb 1856
George Oakes went on to be one of two representatives for Parramatta in the new Legislative Assembly in 1856.

Election results

1843

1843 New South Wales colonial election, 16 June:
Town of Parramatta [6]
CandidateVotes%
Hannibal Macarthur unopposed 

1848

1848 New South Wales colonial election, 28 July:
Town of Parramatta [7]
CandidateVotes%
George Oakes (elected)10153
William Macarthur 8947
Total votes190 100

1851

1851 New South Wales colonial election, 20 September:
Town of Parramatta [8]
CandidateVotes%
George Oakes 12072.31
Alfred Kennerley 107.69
Total votes130 100.00

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References

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