Electoral district of Gloucester and Macquarie

Gloucester and Macquarie
New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
Gloucester and Macquarie; New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
	Gloucester county in the 1840s
State	New South Wales
Created	1856
Abolished	1859
Namesake	Gloucester County, Macquarie County
Coordinates	30°S 153°E / 30°S 153°E

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]

Members for Gloucester and Macquarie

Member		Party	Period
	Thomas Barker ^[2]	None	1856–1857
	James Williamson ^[3]	None	1857–1859

Election results

1856

1856 New South Wales colonial election: Gloucester and Macquarie ^[4]
Candidate	Votes	%
Thomas Barker (elected)	163	37.7
James Williamson	139	32.18
Joseph Andrews	130	30.1
Total formal votes	432	100.0
Informal votes	0	0.0
Turnout	432	41.30

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.

1858

1858 New South Wales colonial election: Gloucester and Macquarie
10 February ^[5]
Candidate	Votes	%
James Williamson (elected)	425	60.7
Thomas Barker (defeated)	275	39.3
Total formal votes	700	100.0
Informal votes	0	0.0
Turnout	700	62.3

References

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

[1858_Act-1] The Electoral Act of 1858 (PDF) (23a). 1858. Retrieved 19 June 2019.

[Thomas_Barker_NSW_Parl-2] "Mr Thomas Barker (1799-1875)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2019.

[James_Williamson_NSW_Parl-3] "Mr James Williamson (1811-1881)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 April 2019.

[4] Green, Antony. "1856 Gloucester and Macquarie". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 March 2015.

[5] 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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