Results of the 1843 New South Wales colonial election

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The 1843 New South Wales colonial election, the first in the colony, was held between 15 June and 3 July 1843, to elect 24 members from eighteen electoral districts. Each district returned one member, except for Port Phillip which returned five members and County of Cumberland and Town of Sydney which returned two each.

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Results by district

County of Argyle

1843 New South Wales colonial election, 19 June:
County of Argyle   [1]
CandidateVotes%
William Bradley unopposed 

County of Bathurst

1843 New South Wales colonial election, 19 June:
County of Bathurst   [2]
CandidateVotes%
Francis Lord 6660.00
W Lane4440.00
Total votes110 100.00

County of Camden

1843 New South Wales colonial election, 24 June:
County of Camden   [3]
CandidateVotes%
Roger Therry 14651.77
Charles Cowper 13648.23
Total votes282 100.00

Counties of Cook and Westmoreland

1843 New South Wales colonial election, 16 June:
Counties of Cook and Westmoreland   [4]
CandidateVotes%
John Panton 11265.12
George Bowman 6034.88
Total votes172 100.00

County of Cumberland

Two members to be elected

1843 New South Wales colonial election, 3 July:
County of Cumberland   [5]
CandidateVotes%
Charles Cowper 50429.18
William Lawson 38322.18
James Macarthur 37221.54
Bob Nichols 33419.34
Ryan Brenan 1347.76
Total votes1,727 100.00

Cumberland Boroughs

1843 New South Wales colonial election, 19 June:
Cumberland Boroughs   [6]
CandidateVotes%
William Bowman 12750.20
Robert Fitzgerald 12649.80
Total votes253 100.00

County of Durham

1843 New South Wales colonial election, 24 June:
County of Durham   [7]
CandidateVotes%
Richard Windeyer 12249.19
William Ogilvie7128.63
Andrew Lang 5522.18
Total votes248 100.00

Counties of Gloucester, Macquarie, and Stanley

1843 New South Wales colonial election, 23 June:
Counties of Gloucester, Macquarie, and Stanley   [8]
CandidateVotes%
Alexander Macleay 14279.78
Charles Windeyer 3620.22
Total votes178 100.00

Counties of Hunter, Brisbane and Bligh

1843 New South Wales colonial election, 24 June:
Counties of Hunter, Brisbane and Bligh   [9]
CandidateVotes%
William Dumaresq 5852.25
Henry Dangar 3430.63
Donald McIntyre 1917.12
Total votes111 100.00

Town of Melbourne

1843 New South Wales colonial election, 17 June:
Town of Melbourne   [10]
CandidateVotes%
Henry Condell 29553.06
Edward Curr 26146.94
Total votes556 100.00

Counties of Murray, King and Georgiana

1843 New South Wales colonial election, 22 June:
Counties of Murray, King and Georgiana   [11]
CandidateVotes%
Terence Murray unopposed 

County of Northumberland

1843 New South Wales colonial election, 19 June:
County of Northumberland   [12]
CandidateVotes%
William Foster unopposed 

Northumberland Boroughs

1843 New South Wales colonial election, 20 June:
Northumberland Boroughs   [13]
CandidateVotes%
D'Arcy Wentworth 12152.84
Alexander Walker Scott 10847.16
Total votes229 100.00

Town of Parramatta

1843 New South Wales colonial election, 16 June:
Town of Parramatta   [14]
CandidateVotes%
Hannibal Macarthur unopposed 

Port Phillip

Five members to be elected

1843 New South Wales colonial election, 20 June:
Port Phillip   [15] [16]
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

Counties of Roxburgh, Phillip and Wellington

1843 New South Wales colonial election, 26 June:
Counties of Roxburgh, Phillip and Wellington   [17]
CandidateVotes%
William Suttor Sr. unopposed 

Counties of St Vincent and Auckland

1843 New South Wales colonial election, 21 June:
Counties of St Vincent and Auckland   [18]
CandidateVotes%
John Coghill unopposed 

Town of Sydney

Two members to be elected

1843 New South Wales colonial election, 15 June:
Town of Sydney   [19]
CandidateVotes%
William Wentworth 1,27532.10
William Bland 1,26131.75
Maurice O'Connell Jr. 73318.45
Robert Cooper 3659.19
William Hustler3388.51
Total votes3,972 100.00

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References

  1. ↑ "County of Argyle". The Sydney Morning Herald . 19 June 1843. p. 2. Retrieved 23 May 2019– via Trove.
  2. ↑ "Bathurst". The Sydney Morning Herald . 27 June 1843. p. 2. Retrieved 22 May 2019– via Trove.
  3. ↑ "The Camden election". The Sydney Morning Herald . 26 June 1843. p. 2. Retrieved 23 May 2019– via Trove.
  4. ↑ "Cook and Westmoreland election". The Australian . 21 June 1843. p. 3. Retrieved 22 May 2019– via Trove.
  5. ↑ "Cumberland election". The Sydney Morning Herald . 7 July 1843. p. 2. Retrieved 23 May 2019– via Trove.
  6. ↑ "Cumberland Boroughs election". The Australian . 21 June 1843. p. 3. Retrieved 23 May 2019– via Trove.
  7. ↑ "The election". The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser . 1 July 1843. p. 2. Retrieved 22 May 2019– via Trove.
  8. ↑ "Raymond Terrace". The Colonial Observer . 8 July 1843. p. 5. Retrieved 23 May 2019– via Trove.
  9. ↑ "Hunter, Brisbane, and Bligh election". The Australian . 7 July 1843. p. 3. Retrieved 23 May 2019– via Trove.
  10. ↑ "Borough of Melbourne". The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser . 8 July 1843. p. 4. Retrieved 23 May 2019– via Trove.
  11. ↑ "The south western counties". The Sydney Morning Herald . 22 June 1843. p. 2. Retrieved 23 May 2019– via Trove.
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  13. ↑ "Election for the Northumberland Boroughs". The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser . 24 June 1843. p. 4. Retrieved 22 May 2019– via Trove.
  14. ↑ "Parramatta election". The Sydney Morning Herald . 15 June 1843. p. 2. Retrieved 22 May 2019– via Trove.
  15. ↑ "Port Phillip election". The Sydney Morning Herald . 3 July 1843. p. 2. Retrieved 23 May 2019– via Trove.
  16. ↑ M. M. H. Thompson (2006). The Seeds of Democracy: Early Elections in Colonial New South Wales. Federation Press. ISBN   978-1-86287-631-6.
  17. ↑ "Roxburgh, Phillip and Wellington election". The Sydney Morning Herald . 28 June 1843. p. 2. Retrieved 23 May 2019– via Trove.
  18. ↑ "News from the interior: Braidwood". The Sydney Morning Herald . 23 June 1843. p. 2. Retrieved 23 May 2019– via Trove.
  19. ↑ "City election". The Sydney Morning Herald . 20 June 1843. p. 2. Retrieved 22 May 2019– via Trove.


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