Electoral_district_of_Gloucester_and_Macquarie

Electoral district of Gloucester and Macquarie

Electoral district of Gloucester and Macquarie

Former state electoral district of New South Wales, Australia

Gloucester and Macquarie was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales in the first and second Parliaments (1856-1859), named after Gloucester and Macquarie counties on the Mid North Coast. It was abolished in 1859 with Macquarie, the north-east of Gloucester and the Macleay River area forming the new district of Electoral district of Hastings (New South Wales), while the rest of Gloucester was split between Lower Hunter, Northumberland and The Williams.[1]

Quick Facts Gloucester and Macquarie New South Wales—Legislative Assembly, State ...
Macquarie county in the 1840s

Members for Gloucester and Macquarie

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Election results

1856

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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1856 New South Wales colonial election § Gloucester and Macquarie.[edit]
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.

1858

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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1858 New South Wales colonial election § Gloucester and Macquarie.[edit]

References

  1. [1]
    The Electoral Act of 1858 (PDF) (23a). 1858. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  2. [2]
    "Mr Thomas Barker (1799-1875)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
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    "Mr James Williamson (1811-1881)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
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    Green, Antony. "1856 Gloucester and Macquarie". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
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    Green, Antony. "1858 Gloucester and Macquarie". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
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