Electoral district of Cook and Westmoreland

District of Cook and Westmoreland
New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
District of Cook and Westmoreland; New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
	Cook county in the 1840s
State	New South Wales
Created	1856
Abolished	1859
Namesake	Cook & Westmoreland counties
Coordinates	33°32′S 150°7′E / 33.533°S 150.117°E

Cook and Westmoreland 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 Cook and Westmoreland counties in the Blue Mountains, Lithgow and Oberon areas. It elected two members simultaneously, with voters casting two votes and the first two candidates being elected.^[1]^[2] It was largely replaced by Hartley,^[3] however both members moved to other electorates, James Martin became the member for East Sydney,^[1] while Robert Jamison became the member for Nepean.^[2]

Member for Cook and Westmoreland

Member		Party	Period	Member		Party	Period
	James Martin ^[1]	None	1856–1859		Robert Jamison ^[2]	None	1856–1859

Election results

There was only one contested election held in the district, in the 1856 New South Wales colonial election.^[4] James Martin twice resigned in 1856 and 1857 as a result of accepting appointment as Attorney General, however on both occasions he was re-elected unopposed.^[5]^[6]

1856

1856 New South Wales colonial election: Cook and Westmoreland ^[7]
Candidate	Votes	%
James Martin (elected 1)	321	39.5
Robert Jamison (elected 2)	303	37.3
John Arkins	189	23.3
Total formal votes	813	100.0
Informal votes	0	0.0
Turnout	487	54.4

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

1858

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

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Sir James Martin [1] (1820–1886)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Mr Robert Thomas Jamison (1829-1878)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
^ An Act to amend the Electoral Law (PDF) (20). Australasian Legal Information Institute. 24 November 1858. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Cook and Westmoreland". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
^ "Representation of Cook and Westmoreland: return of Mr Martin". The Empire. 8 September 1856. p. 2. Retrieved 22 April 2019 – via Trove.
^ "Cook and Westmoreland election: re-election of Mr Martin". The Sydney Morning Herald. New South Wales, Australia. 22 September 1857. p. 4. Retrieved 22 April 2019 – via Trove.
^ Green, Antony. "1856 Cook and Westmoreland". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
^ Green, Antony. "1858 Cook and Westmoreland". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 June 2019.

[James_Martin_NSW_Parl-1] "Sir James Martin [1] (1820–1886)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 April 2019.

[Robert_Jamison_NSW_Parl-2] "Mr Robert Thomas Jamison (1829-1878)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 17 April 2019.

[1858Act-3] An Act to amend the Electoral Law (PDF) (20). Australasian Legal Information Institute. 24 November 1858. Retrieved 25 June 2019.

[Elections_Cook_and_Westmoreland-4] Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Cook and Westmoreland". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 April 2019.

[5] "Representation of Cook and Westmoreland: return of Mr Martin". The Empire. 8 September 1856. p. 2. Retrieved 22 April 2019 – via Trove.

[6] "Cook and Westmoreland election: re-election of Mr Martin". The Sydney Morning Herald. New South Wales, Australia. 22 September 1857. p. 4. Retrieved 22 April 2019 – via Trove.

[7] Green, Antony. "1856 Cook and Westmoreland". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 March 2015.

[8] Green, Antony. "1858 Cook and Westmoreland". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 June 2019.

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