Results of the 1858 New South Wales colonial election

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The 1858 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. 17 members from 14 districts were returned unopposed. [2] The electoral districts and boundaries were established under the Electoral Act 1851 (NSW) for the former Legislative Council. [3] [4]

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New South Wales colonial election, 13 January 1858 – 12 February 1858
Legislative Assembly
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Enrolled voters
Votes cast38,924 Turnout 43.09−5.42
Informal votes0Informal0.00+0.00
Summary of votes by party
PartyPrimary votes %SwingSeatsChange
Total38,924  54 

Results by district

Argyle

1858 New South Wales colonial election: Argyle
23 January  [5]
CandidateVotes%
Daniel Deniehy (re-elected)unopposed 

Bathurst (County)

1858 New South Wales colonial election:
Bathurst (County) 25 January  [6]
CandidateVotes%
William Suttor (re-elected)unopposed 

Clarence and Darling Downs

1858 New South Wales colonial election: Clarence and Darling Downs
12 February  [7]
CandidateVotes%
Arthur Hodgson (elected)unopposed 

The sitting member Clark Irving unsuccessfully contested Northumberland and Hunter.

Cook and Westmoreland

1858 New South Wales colonial election:
Cook and Westmoreland 27 January  [8]
CandidateVotes%
James Martin (re-elected)unopposed 
Robert Jamison (re-elected)unopposed 

Cumberland Boroughs

1858 New South Wales colonial election: Cumberland Boroughs
22 January  [9]
CandidateVotes%
William Dalley (elected)24652.1
William Bowman (defeated)16835.6
William Redman 5812.3
Total formal votes472100.0
Informal votes00
Turnout 47265.7

William Dalley had been defeated as a sitting member for Sydney City.

Cumberland (North Riding)

1858 New South Wales colonial election: Cumberland (North Riding)
28 January  [10]
CandidateVotes%
Thomas Smith (re-elected 1)71636.6
Henry Parkes (elected 2)63332.4
Richard Hill 60631.0
Total formal votes1,955100.0
Informal votes00
Turnout 1,95543.8

The sitting member James Pye unsuccessfully contested Parramatta.

Cumberland (South Riding)

1858 New South Wales colonial election: Cumberland (South Riding)
30 January  [11]
CandidateVotes%
Edward Flood (re-elected 1)1,27142.3
Stuart Donaldson (re-elected 2)95531.8
Thomas Holt (defeated)77825.9
George Smith00.0
Total formal votes3,004100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 3,00441.3

The other sitting member James Byrnes successfully contested Parramatta. Edward Flood was a sitting member for North Eastern Boroughs. Thomas Holt was the sitting member for Stanley Boroughs. There was some debate as to whether George Smith had received no votes, with Stuart Donaldson stating that he had seen one vote while Edward Flood said he had seen several. [12]

Durham

1858 New South Wales colonial election: Durham
5 February  [13]
CandidateVotes%
Samuel Gordon (re-elected 1)41633.0
William Arnold (re-elected 2)40832.4
Richard Jones (re-elected 3)35528.2
Edward Hargraves 796.3
Total formal votes1,258100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 1,25828.8

Eastern Division of Camden

1858 New South Wales colonial election: Eastern Division of Camden
22 January  [14]
CandidateVotes%
John Marks (re-elected 1)78935.4
Robert Owen (elected 2)76834.5
Henry Osborne (defeated)63228.4
George Alley391.8
Total formal votes2,228100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 2,22868.0

Gloucester and Macquarie

1858 New South Wales colonial election: Gloucester and Macquarie
10 February  [15]
CandidateVotes%
James Williamson (elected)42560.7
Thomas Barker (defeated)27539.3
Total formal votes700100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 70062.3

King and Georgiana

1858 New South Wales colonial election: King and Georgiana
8 February  [16]
CandidateVotes%
Peter Faucett (re-elected)unopposed 

Lachlan and Lower Darling

1858 New South Wales colonial election: Lachlan and Lower Darling
11 February  [17]
CandidateVotes%
William Macleay (re-elected)show of hands 
John Paterson (elected)show of hands 
Edward Flood  
John Egan 

The sitting member James Garland did not contest the election. The show of hands was in favour of William Macleay and John Paterson and while the supporters of Edward Flood and John Egan called for a poll, they did not have the six electors that were required. [18] Edward Flood successfully contested Cumberland (South Riding).

Liverpool Plains and Gwydir

1858 New South Wales colonial election: Liverpool Plains and Gwydir
10 February  [19]
CandidateVotes%
Edward Lloyd (elected 1)24247.9
Richard Jenkins (elected 2)22845.2
W G Pennington356.9
Total formal votes505100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 50541.7

The sitting members Gideon Lang and Francis Rusden did not contest the election.

Maneroo

1858 New South Wales colonial election: Maneroo
5 February  [20]
CandidateVotes%
Daniel Egan (re-elected)19668.3
George Hebden9131.7
Total formal votes287100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 28760.8

Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett, Maranoa, Leichhardt and Port Curtis

1858 New South Wales colonial election: Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett, Maranoa, Leichhardt and Port Curtis 12 February  [21]
CandidateVotes%
William Tooth (elected)5651.9
Arthur Macalister 5248.2
Total formal votes108100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 10839.3

The sitting member Patrick Leslie did not contest the election. The returning officer stated that the lack of a mail service to northern parts of the district, being Gladstone, Rannes and Surat meant that no polling had occurred in those places. The Legislative Assembly directed him to return the writ. [22] William Tooth was subsequently proclaimed to have been elected, [23] and Tooth was sworn in on 22 June 1858. [24]

Murrumbidgee

1858 New South Wales colonial election: Murrumbidgee
9 February  [25]
CandidateVotes%
George Macleay (re-elected 1)43245.7
John Hay (re-elected 2)40742.8
Eugene Owen11111.7
Total formal votes950100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 95053.4

New England and Macleay

1858 New South Wales colonial election: New England and Macleay
11 February  [26]
CandidateVotes%
Abram Moriarty (elected 1)17942.4
William Taylor (elected 2)13632.2
Thomas Rusden (defeated)10725.4
Total formal votes422100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 42235.52

The former member Thomas Rusden unsuccessfully petitioned against the election of Moriaty. [27]

North Eastern Boroughs

1858 New South Wales colonial election: North Eastern Boroughs
26 January 1858  [28]
CandidateVotes%
Richard Bowker unopposed 

The sitting member Edward Flood successfully contested Cumberland (South Riding).

Northumberland and Hunter

1858 New South Wales colonial election: Northumberland and Hunter
30 January  [29]
CandidateVotes%
Alexander Scott (re-elected 1)1,04030.5
George White (elected 2)96928.4
William Piddington (re-elected 3)94527.7
Clark Irving (defeated)45713.40
Total formal votes3,411100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 3,41138.0

The other sitting member Hovenden Hely did not contest the election. Clark Irving was the member for Clarence and Darling Downs.

Northumberland Boroughs

1858 New South Wales colonial election: Northumberland Boroughs
Wednesday 27 January  [30]
CandidateVotes%
James Dickson (re-elected)unopposed 
Elias Weekes (re-elected)unopposed 

Parramatta

1858 New South Wales colonial election: Parramatta
19 January  [31]
CandidateVotes%
George Oakes (re-elected 1)33338.0
James Byrnes (re-elected 2)32637.2
James Pye 21824.9
Total formal votes877100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 87754.5

The other sitting member Henry Parker did not contest the election. James Byrnes was the member for Cumberland (South Riding). James Pye petitioned against the election alleging his supporters had been intimidated from voting, however this was dismissed as unproven.

Phillip, Brisbane and Bligh

1858 New South Wales colonial election: Phillip, Brisbane and Bligh
11 February  [32]
CandidateVotes%
John Robertson (re-elected)unopposed 

Roxburgh

1858 New South Wales colonial election: Roxburgh
2 February  [33]
CandidateVotes%
William Lee (re-elected)unopposed 

St Vincent

1858 New South Wales colonial election: St Vincent
26 January  [34]
CandidateVotes%
Andrew Aldcorn (elected)unopposed 

The sitting member James Thompson did not contest the election.

Southern Boroughs

1858 New South Wales colonial election: Southern Boroughs
28 January  [35]
CandidateVotes%
Terrence Murray (re-elected)20456.2
John Hardy 15943.8
Total formal votes363100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 36362.37

Stanley Boroughs

1858 New South Wales colonial election: Stanley Boroughs
1 February 1858  [36]
CandidateVotes%
Benjamin Cribb (elected 1)49243.7
John Richardson (re-elected 2)48142.7
Edward Browne15313.6
Total formal votes1,126100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 1,12637.3

The sitting member Thomas Holt unsuccessfully contested Cumberland (South Riding).

Stanley County

1858 New South Wales colonial election: Stanley County
8 February  [37]
CandidateVotes%
Henry Buckley (re-elected)unopposed 

Sydney City

1858 New South Wales colonial election: Sydney City
15 January  [38]
CandidateVotes%
George Thornton (elected 1)3,66621.4
Robert Tooth (elected 2)2,41114.1
Robert Campbell (re-elected 3)2,15812.6
Charles Cowper (re-elected 4)2,09912.2
William Dalley (defeated)2,03511.9
Frank Fowler 1,76210.3
James Wilshire (defeated)1,55718.7
William Allen 1,4748.6
Total formal votes17,164100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 17,16439.7

Robert Tooth had unsuccessfully contested Sydney Hamlets.

Sydney Hamlets

1858 New South Wales colonial election: Sydney Hamlets
13 January  [39]
CandidateVotes%
John Campbell (re-elected 1)89135.1
Sir Daniel Cooper (re-elected 2)87634.5
Robert Tooth 77330.4
Total formal votes2,540100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 2,54034.4

United Counties of Murray and St Vincent

1858 New South Wales colonial election:
United Counties of Murray and St Vincent 5 February  [40]
CandidateVotes%
William Forster (re-elected)11561.2
N S Powell7338.8
Total formal votes188100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 18856.8

Wellington and Bligh

1858 New South Wales colonial election: Wellington and Bligh
10 February  [41]
CandidateVotes%
George Lord (re-elected)unopposed 

Wellington (County)

1858 New South Wales colonial election: Wellington (County)
5 February 1858  [42]
CandidateVotes%
George Cox (re-elected)unopposed 

Western Boroughs

1858 New South Wales colonial election: Western Boroughs
28 January  [43]
CandidateVotes%
Henry Rotton (re-elected)23050.7
Arthur Holroyd (defeated)22449.3
Total formal votes454100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 45448.3

Western Division of Camden

1858 New South Wales colonial election: Western Division of Camden
21 January  [44]
CandidateVotes%
James Macarthur (re-elected 1)36640.1
William Wild (elected 2)35839.3
John Oxley (defeated)18820.6
Total formal votes912100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 91253.5

See also

Notes

    References

    1. ↑ Green, Antony. "1858 colonial election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 8 September 2019.
    2. ↑ Green, Antony. "1858 home". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 8 September 2019.
    3. ↑ Electoral Act 1851 (NSW).
    4. ↑ "1851 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.
    5. ↑ Green, Antony. "1858 Argyle". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 12 June 2019.
    6. ↑ Green, Antony. "1858 Bathurst County". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 12 June 2019.
    7. ↑ Green, Antony. "1858 Clarence and Darling Downs". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 12 June 2019.
    8. ↑ Green, Antony. "1858 Cook and Westmoreland". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 12 June 2019.
    9. ↑ Green, Antony. "1858 Cumberland Boroughs". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 12 June 2019.
    10. ↑ Green, Antony. "1858 Cumberland North Riding". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 12 June 2019.
    11. ↑ Green, Antony. "1858 Cumberland South Riding". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 12 June 2019.
    12. ↑ "South Riding of Cumberland election". The Sydney Morning Herald . 3 February 1858. p. 8. Retrieved 12 June 2019– via Trove.
    13. ↑ Green, Antony. "1858 Durham". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 12 June 2019.
    14. ↑ Green, Antony. "1858 Camden East". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 12 June 2019.
    15. ↑ Green, Antony. "1858 Gloucester and Macquarie". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 12 June 2019.
    16. ↑ Green, Antony. "1858 King and Georgiana". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 12 June 2019.
    17. ↑ Green, Antony. "1858 Lachlan and Lower Darling". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 12 June 2019.
    18. ↑ "Election for the Lachlan and Lower Darling". The Sydney Morning Herald . 2 February 1858. p. 3. Retrieved 12 June 2019– via Trove.
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    20. ↑ Green, Antony. "1858 Maneroo". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 12 June 2019.
    21. ↑ Green, Antony. "1858 Moreton Wide Bay Burnett and Maranoa". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 12 June 2019.
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    25. ↑ Green, Antony. "1858 Murrumbidgee". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 12 June 2019.
    26. ↑ Green, Antony. "1858 New England and Macleay". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 12 June 2019.
    27. ↑ "Petition from Thomas George Rusden". The Sydney Morning Herald . 20 August 1858. p. 3. Retrieved 25 February 2021– via Trove.
    28. ↑ Green, Antony. "1858 North Eastern Boroughs". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 12 June 2019.
    29. ↑ Green, Antony. "1858 Northumberland and Hunter". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 12 June 2019.
    30. ↑ Green, Antony. "1858 Northumberland Boroughs". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 12 June 2019.
    31. ↑ Green, Antony. "1858 Parramatta". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 12 June 2019.
    32. ↑ Green, Antony. "1858 Phillip Brisbane and Bligh". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 12 June 2019.
    33. ↑ Green, Antony. "1858 Roxburgh". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 12 June 2019.
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    35. ↑ Green, Antony. "1858 Southern Boroughs". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 12 June 2019.
    36. ↑ Green, Antony. "1858 Stanley Boroughs". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 12 June 2019.
    37. ↑ Green, Antony. "1858 Stanley County". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 12 June 2019.
    38. ↑ Green, Antony. "1858 Sydney City". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 12 June 2019.
    39. ↑ Green, Antony. "1858 Sydney Hamlets". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 12 June 2019.
    40. ↑ Green, Antony. "1858 United Counties of Murray and St Vincent". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 12 June 2019.
    41. ↑ Green, Antony. "1858 Wellington and Bligh". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 12 June 2019.
    42. ↑ Green, Antony. "1858 Wellington County". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 12 June 2019.
    43. ↑ Green, Antony. "1858 WesternBoroughs". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 12 June 2019.
    44. ↑ Green, Antony. "1858 Camden West". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 12 June 2019.
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