Results of the 1856 New South Wales colonial election

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The 1856 New South Wales colonial election was to return 54 members of Legislative Assembly composed of 34 electoral districts with 18 returning 1 member, 13 returning 2 members, two returning 3 members and one returning 4 members, all with a first past the post system. [1] In multi-member districts, because each voter could cast more than one vote, it is not possible to total the votes to show the number of voters and voter turnout in these districts is estimated. 8 members from 6 districts were returned unopposed. [2]

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Results by district

Argyle

1856 New South Wales colonial election: Argyle   [3]
CandidateVotes%
John Plunkett (elected)18252.9
John Chisholm16247.1
Columbus Fitzpatrick 00.0
Total formal votes344100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 34464.4

Polling was conducted on 31 March 1856. Plunkett served in the old Legislative Council as an appointed member. After failed attempts to win election for Sydney City and North Eastern Boroughs, Plunkett was elected to represent Bathurst (County) on the same day as winning Argyle. After attending the first sitting of Parliament representing both seats, and even attempting to use both votes in the ballot for Speaker, Plunkett resigned as MP for Bathurst (County) and represented Argyle. Sitting Legislative Councillor for County of Argyle was Charles Nicholson who did not contest the election.

Bathurst (County)

1856 New South Wales colonial election: Bathurst (County)   [4]
CandidateVotes%
John Plunkett (elected)21054.0
James Bligh 17946.0
Total formal votes389100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 38954.6

Polling was conducted on 31 March 1856. Both Bligh and Plunkett had served in the old Legislative Council, Bligh representing County of Bathurst and Plunkett as an appointed member. After failed attempts to win election for Sydney City and North Eastern Boroughs, Plunkett was elected to represent Argyle on the same day as winning Bathurst (County). After signing the attendance book at the first sitting as a representative of both seats, and even attempting to vote twice in the ballot for Speaker, he chose to represent Argyle and resigned as member for Bathurst (County).

Clarence and Darling Downs

1856 New South Wales colonial election: Clarence and Darling Downs   [5]
CandidateVotes%
Clark Irving (elected)19365.9
Colin McKenzie10034.1
Total formal votes293100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 29346.1

Polling was conducted on 15 April 1856. Sitting Legislative Councillor for Pastoral Districts of Clarence and Darling Downs was Thomas Hood who did not contest the election but was appointed to the new Legislative Council.

Cook and Westmoreland

1856 New South Wales colonial election: Cook and Westmoreland   [6]
CandidateVotes%
James Martin (elected 1)32139.5
Robert Jamison (elected 2)30337.3
John Arkins18923.3
Total formal votes813100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 48754.4

Polling was conducted on 4 April 1856. Martin represented Counties of Cook and Westmoreland in the old Legislative Council.

Cumberland Boroughs

1856 New South Wales colonial election: Cumberland Boroughs   [7]
CandidateVotes%
William Bowman (elected)12928.2
Ralph Robey 12427.1
William Redman 11525.1
Robert Ross9019.7
Total formal votes458100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 45865.9

Polling was conducted on 8 April 1856. Bowman represented this seat in the old Legislative Council.

Cumberland (North Riding)

1856 New South Wales colonial election: Cumberland (North Riding)   [8]
CandidateVotes%
John Darvall (elected 1)44228.7
James Pye (elected 2)40126.1
William Sherwin37624.4
Patrick Hogan31920.7
Robert Fitzgerald 10.06
Total formal votes1,539100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 84945.7

Polling was conducted on 4 April 1856. Both Darvall and Fitzgerald represented the County of Cumberland in the old Legislative Council.

Cumberland (South Riding)

1856 New South Wales colonial election: Cumberland (South Riding)   [9]
CandidateVotes%
William Manning (elected 1)83338.7
Elias Weekes (elected 2)57626.8
Ryan Brenan 52124.2
William Russell 22010.2
Total formal votes2,150100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 1,24245.2

Polling was conducted on 9 April 1856. Manning had served in the old Legislative Council as an appointed member. Unlike other newly appointed Ministers, he did not have to resign and contest a ministerial by-election as he already held the office of Solicitor-General at the time of his election. Weekes was elected, but later won an appeal against his defeat in Northumberland Boroughs, choosing to sit for that seat and resign from this seat. The subsequent by-election was won by Brenan.

Durham

1856 New South Wales colonial election: Durham   [10]
CandidateVotes%
Richard Jones (elected 1)66030.7
Samuel Gordon (elected 2)55025.6
William Arnold (elected 3)38017.7
Andrew Lang 34916.3
Alexander Park 2099.7
Total formal votes2,148100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 84258.51

Polling was conducted on 7 April 1856. Park had represented County of Durham in the old Legislative Council, while another representative in Charles Cowper contested Sydney City.

Eastern Division of Camden

1856 New South Wales colonial election: Eastern Division of Camden   [11]
CandidateVotes%
Henry Osborne (elected 1)65733.5
John Marks (elected 2)50225.6
Charles Jenkins39820.3
George Pickering 1769.0
David L. Waugh1367.0
James Shoobert914.6
Total formal votes1,960100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 98066.3

Polling was conducted on 31 March 1856. Osborne had represented this district in the old Legislative Council.

Gloucester and Macquarie

1856 New South Wales colonial election: Gloucester and Macquarie   [12]
CandidateVotes%
Thomas Barker (elected)16337.7
James Williamson 13932.18
Joseph Andrews 13030.1
Total formal votes432100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 43241.30

Polling was conducted on 10 April 1856. Barker served in the old Legislative Council as an appointed member. Sitting Legislative Councillor for Counties of Gloucester and Macquarie was Phillip Parker King who did not contest the election.

King and Georgiana

1856 New South Wales colonial election: King and Georgiana   [13]
CandidateVotes%
Peter Faucett (elected)19971.6
Isaac Shepherd 7928.4
Total formal votes278100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 27843.9

Polling was conducted on 7 April 1856. James Chisholm, the member of the Legislative Council for Counties of King and Georgiana, did not contest the election.

Lachlan and Lower Darling

1856 New South Wales colonial election: Lachlan and Lower Darling   [14]
CandidateVotes%
James Garland (elected 1)13437.6
William Macleay (elected 2)12936.2
John Hardy 6317.7
Daniel Henry Thorn308.4
Total formal votes356100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 18249.32

Polling was conducted on 19 April 1856. Macleay had represented Pastoral Districts of Lachlan and Lower Darling in the old Legislative Council.

Liverpool Plains and Gwydir

1856 New South Wales colonial election: Liverpool Plains and Gwydir   [15]
CandidateVotes%
Gideon Lang (elected 1)15245.9
Francis Rusden (elected 2)10832.6
Augustus Morris 7121.5
Total formal votes331100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 18433.3

Polling was conducted on 16 April 1856. Morris had represented Pastoral Districts of Liverpool Plains and Gwydir in the old Legislative Council.

Maneroo

1856 New South Wales colonial election: Maneroo   [16]
CandidateVotes%
Daniel Egan (elected)unopposed 

Polling was scheduled to be conducted on 16 April 1856. Egan had represented Pastoral District of Maneroo in the old Legislative Council.

Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett and Maranoa

1856 New South Wales colonial election: Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett and Maranoa   [17]
CandidateVotes%
Gordon Sandeman (elected)unopposed 

Polling was scheduled to be conducted on 17 April 1856. Sitting Legislative Councillor for Pastoral Districts of Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett, and Maranoa was Richard Joseph Smith who did not contest the election.

Murrumbidgee

1856 New South Wales colonial election: Murrumbidgee   [18]
CandidateVotes%
George Macleay (elected)unopposed 
John Hay (elected)unopposed 

Polling was scheduled to be conducted on 16 April 1856. Macleay represented Pastoral District of Murrumbidgee in the old Legislative Council.

New England and Macleay

1856 New South Wales colonial election: New England and Macleay   [19]
CandidateVotes%
Thomas Rusden (elected 1)18146.9
Richard Hargrave (elected 2)16242.0
John Dickson 4311.1
Total formal votes386100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 19341.87

Polling was conducted on 17 April 1856. Rusden had represented Pastoral Districts of New England and Macleay in the old Legislative Council.

North Eastern Boroughs

1856 New South Wales colonial election: North Eastern Boroughs   [20]
CandidateVotes%
Edward Flood (elected)13866.0
John Plunkett 7134.0
Total formal votes209100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 20958.7

Polling was conducted on 29 March 1856. Both Flood and Plunkett had served in the old Legislative Council, Flood representing this district and Plunkett as an appointed member. Plunkett had earlier contested Sydney City and was unsuccessful. After his defeat in this seat, Plunkett contested both Argyle and Bathurst (County).

Northumberland and Hunter

1856 New South Wales colonial election: Northumberland and Hunter   [21]
CandidateVotes%
Alexander Walker Scott (elected 1)82127.1
William Piddington (elected 2)70623.3
Hovenden Hely (elected 3)57419.0
Henry Douglass 38912.8
George Bowman 2899.5
Walter Rotton2508.3
Total formal votes3,029100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 1,18050.7

Polling was conducted on 17 April 1856. Both Bowman and Douglass had represented Counties of Northumberland and Hunter in the old Legislative Council. John Plunkett was nominated to stand in this seat but after being elected to both Argyle and Bathurst (County) on 31 March, he withdrew his nomination.

Northumberland Boroughs

1856 New South Wales colonial election: Northumberland Boroughs   [22]
CandidateVotes%
Bob Nichols (elected 1)66039.0
Bourn Russell (elected 2)52130.8
Elias Weekes 51330.3
Total formal votes1,694100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 1,03462.4

Polling was conducted on 28 March 1856. Nichols represented this district in the old Legislative Council. Committee of Elections and Qualifications conducted a re-count and overturned the election of Bourn Russell and declared that Elias Weekes had been elected. [23]

Parramatta

1856 New South Wales colonial election: Parramatta   [24]
CandidateVotes%
Henry Parker (elected 1)31030.2
George Oakes (elected 2)30329.5
James Byrnes 22221.6
Andrew Murray19118.6
Total formal votes1,026100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 55072.7

Polling was conducted on 29 March 1856. Both Parker and Oakes had served in the old Legislative Council, Oakes representing Town of Parramatta and Parker as an appointed member.

Phillip, Brisbane and Bligh

1856 New South Wales colonial election: Phillip, Brisbane and Bligh   [25]
CandidateVotes%
John Robertson (elected)16974.1
Joseph Docker 5925.9
Total formal votes228100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 22853.3

Polling was conducted on 11 April 1856. William Dumaresq, the sitting Legislative Councillor for Counties of Phillip, Brisbane and Bligh, did not contest the election.

Roxburgh

1856 New South Wales colonial election: Roxburgh   [26]
CandidateVotes%
William Lee (elected)13644.2
William Suttor 11437.0
William Cummings 5818.8
Total formal votes308100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 30843.8

Polling was conducted on 8 April 1856. Suttor had served in the old Legislative Council as the elected member for Counties of Roxburgh, Phillip and Wellington from 1843 to 1851, then as the elected member for Counties of Roxburgh and Wellington from 1851 to 1854. The sitting Legislative Councillor, Saul Samuel contested Wellington (County).

St Vincent

1856 New South Wales colonial election: St Vincent   [27]
CandidateVotes%
James Thompson (elected)15835.8
Richard Sadleir 14933.7
William Roberts 13530.5
Total formal votes442100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 44274.9

Polling was conducted on 10 April 1856. Sitting Legislative Councillor for Counties of Murray and St Vincent, Daniel Cooper contested Sydney Hamlets.

Southern Boroughs

1856 New South Wales colonial election: Southern Boroughs   [28]
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.

Stanley Boroughs

1856 New South Wales colonial election: Stanley Boroughs   [29]
CandidateVotes%
Thomas Holt (elected 1)32032.6
John Richardson (elected 2)31632.2
Arthur Macalister 17918.2
Frederick Forbes 16717.0
Total formal votes983100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 62750.4

Polling was conducted on 7 April 1856. Richardson had represented this district in the old Legislative Council.

Stanley County

1856 New South Wales colonial election: Stanley County   [30]
CandidateVotes%
Henry Buckley (elected)30474.3
William Dorsey 10525.7
Total formal votes409100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 40952.3

Polling was conducted on 9 April 1856. Sitting Legislative Councillor for County of Stanley was John Dunmore Lang who did not contest the election.

Sydney City

1856 New South Wales colonial election: Sydney City   [31] [32]
CandidateVotes%
Charles Cowper (elected 1)3,07320.5
Henry Parkes (elected 2)3,05720.4
Robert Campbell (elected 3)3,04120.33
James Wilshire (elected 4)2,90119.4
John Plunkett 2,80018.7
Thomas Duigan890.6
Total formal votes14,961100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 6,00743.3

Cowper, Parkes, Campbell and Wilshire had been endorsed as a group by a public meeting to be elected to the four vacancies. [33] Parkes, Campbell and Wilshire all represented City of Sydney in the Legislative Council while Cowper represented County of Durham. There were no political parties at the time and the combination of candidates, pejoratively referred to by Plunkett as "The Bunch", was controversial. [34] Plunket, who had been an appointed member of the Council, campaigned on the slogan "plump for Plunket", [35] a reference to the voting practice of voting for a single candidate rather than the four candidates an elector was entitled to vote for. [36]

After his defeat in this seat, Plunkett unsuccessfully contested North Eastern Boroughs, before being elected for both Argyle and Bathurst (County). Plunket chose to represent Argyle and resigned as member for Bathurst (County).

Sydney Hamlets

1856 New South Wales colonial election: Sydney Hamlets   [37]
CandidateVotes%
Daniel Cooper (elected 1)86740.9
Stuart Donaldson (elected 2)68832.5
Richard Driver 41519.6
Merion Moriarty 1507.1
Total formal votes2,120100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 2,12039.8

Polling was conducted on 11 March 1856. Both Donaldson and Cooper served in the old Legislative Council, Donaldson representing Sydney Hamlets and Cooper Murray and St Vincent.

United Counties of Murray and St Vincent

1856 New South Wales colonial election:
United Counties of Murray and St Vincent   [38]
CandidateVotes%
William Forster (elected)unopposed 

Polling was scheduled to be conducted on 5 April 1856. Sitting Legislative Councillor for Counties of Murray and St Vincent, Daniel Cooper contested Sydney Hamlets.

Wellington and Bligh

1856 New South Wales colonial election: Wellington and Bligh   [39]
CandidateVotes%
George Lord (elected)28100.0
William Buchanan 00.0
Total formal votes28100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 289.5

Polling was conducted on 16 April 1856. Sitting Legislative Councillor for this district Charles Wray Finch did not contest the election.

Wellington (County)

1856 New South Wales colonial election: Wellington (County)   [40]
CandidateVotes%
George Cox (elected)19163.2
Saul Samuel 11136.6
Total formal votes302100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 30250.9

Polling was conducted on 10 April 1856. Samuel represented Counties of Roxburgh and Wellington in the old Legislative Council.

Western Boroughs

1856 New South Wales colonial election: Western Boroughs   [41]
CandidateVotes%
Arthur Holroyd (elected)28366.0
James Byrnes 14634.0
Total formal votes429100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 42955.7

Polling was conducted on 29 March 1856. Holroyd had represented this district in the old Legislative Council.

Western Division of Camden

1856 New South Wales colonial election: Western Division of Camden   [42]
CandidateVotes%
John Oxley (elected)unopposed 
James Macarthur (elected)unopposed 

Polling was scheduled to be conducted on 31 March 1856. Macarthur had represented this district in the old Legislative Council.

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