The West Moreton colonial by-election, May 1861 was a by-election held on 31 May 1861 in the electoral district of West Moreton for the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
On 16 May 1861, Henry Challinor, the member for West Moreton, resigned. He was re-elected at the resulting by-election on 31 May 1861. [1]
This is a list of current and former electoral divisions for the Legislative Assembly of Queensland, the state legislature for Queensland, Australia.
George Henry Thorn (junior) was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly and a Premier of Queensland, Australia.
East Moreton was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland from 1860 to 1878, also known as Moreton from 1874 to 1878.
West Moreton was the name of two incarnations of an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.
This is a list of members of the 1st Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1860 to 1863, as elected at the inaugural 1860 colonial elections held between 27 April 1860 to 11 May 1860.
Theophilus Parsons Pugh (1831–1896) was an Australian journalist, newspaper editor, politician, publisher and public servant, as well as the editor-in-chief of the Moreton Bay Courier, which he in 1861 renamed to The Courier, renamed again in 1864 to the Brisbane Courier.
Benjamin Cribb was an Australian businessman and politician. He was an unaligned Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for one term in 1858–1859 and a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly in 1861–1867 and again in 1870–1873.
The electoral district of Stanley was a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Queensland.
Robert Cribb (7 January 1805 – 16 April 1893) was an Australian parliamentarian who represented the district of East Moreton in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, and the districts of Town of Brisbane and East Moreton in the Queensland Legislative Assembly after the separation of Queensland from New South Wales. Cribb's brother Benjamin Cribb also served as a member of the colonial parliaments of both New South Wales and Queensland.
Oxley was a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Queensland.
The electoral district of Moreton was a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Queensland. It was first created in a redistribution ahead of the 1878 colonial election, and existed until the 1912 state election.
The electoral district of Rosewood was a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Queensland, Australia.
George Thorn (senior) (11 April 1806 – 28 April 1876) was a politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly. He was known as the "father of Ipswich" for his contributions to establishing that town.
Alfred Delves Broughton was a politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
The 1860 West Moreton colonial by-election was a by-election held on 9 July 1860 in the electoral district of West Moreton for the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
The West Moreton colonial by-election, January 1861 was a by-election held on 12 January 1861 in the electoral district of West Moreton for the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
The 1862 West Moreton colonial by-election was a by-election held on 15 December 1862 in the electoral district of West Moreton for the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
The 1866 West Moreton colonial by-election was a by-election held on 11 September 1866 in the electoral district of West Moreton for the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
The 1870 West Moreton colonial by-election was a by-election held on 25 June 1870 in the electoral district of West Moreton for the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
The Reverend Doctor William Lambie Nelson was an Australian politician who was briefly a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.