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Results of the 1843 New South Wales colonial election

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The 1843 New South Wales colonial election, the first in the colony, was held between 15 June and 3 July 1843, to elect 24 members from eighteen electoral districts. Each district returned one member, except for Port Phillip which returned five members and County of Cumberland and Town of Sydney which returned two each.

Results by district

County of Argyle

1843 New South Wales colonial election, 19 June:
County of Argyle ^[1]
Candidate		Votes	%
William Bradley		unopposed

County of Bathurst

1843 New South Wales colonial election, 19 June:
County of Bathurst ^[2]
Candidate		Votes	%
Francis Lord		66	60.00
W Lane		44	40.00
Total votes		110	100.00

County of Camden

1843 New South Wales colonial election, 24 June:
County of Camden ^[3]
Candidate		Votes	%
Roger Therry		146	51.77
Charles Cowper		136	48.23
Total votes		282	100.00

Counties of Cook and Westmoreland

1843 New South Wales colonial election, 16 June:
Counties of Cook and Westmoreland ^[4]
Candidate		Votes	%
John Panton		112	65.12
George Bowman		60	34.88
Total votes		172	100.00

County of Cumberland

Two members to be elected

1843 New South Wales colonial election, 3 July:
County of Cumberland ^[5]
Candidate		Votes	%
Charles Cowper		504	29.18
William Lawson		383	22.18
James Macarthur		372	21.54
Bob Nichols		334	19.34
Ryan Brenan		134	7.76
Total votes		1,727	100.00

Cumberland Boroughs

1843 New South Wales colonial election, 19 June:
Cumberland Boroughs ^[6]
Candidate		Votes	%
William Bowman		127	50.20
Robert Fitzgerald		126	49.80
Total votes		253	100.00

County of Durham

1843 New South Wales colonial election, 24 June:
County of Durham ^[7]
Candidate		Votes	%
Richard Windeyer		122	49.19
William Ogilvie		71	28.63
Andrew Lang		55	22.18
Total votes		248	100.00

Counties of Gloucester, Macquarie, and Stanley

1843 New South Wales colonial election, 23 June:
Counties of Gloucester, Macquarie, and Stanley ^[8]
Candidate		Votes	%
Alexander Macleay		142	79.78
Charles Windeyer		36	20.22
Total votes		178	100.00

Counties of Hunter, Brisbane and Bligh

1843 New South Wales colonial election, 24 June:
Counties of Hunter, Brisbane and Bligh ^[9]
Candidate		Votes	%
William Dumaresq		58	52.25
Henry Dangar		34	30.63
Donald McIntyre		19	17.12
Total votes		111	100.00

Town of Melbourne

1843 New South Wales colonial election, 17 June:
Town of Melbourne ^[10]
Candidate		Votes	%
Henry Condell		295	53.06
Edward Curr		261	46.94
Total votes		556	100.00

Counties of Murray, King and Georgiana

1843 New South Wales colonial election, 22 June:
Counties of Murray, King and Georgiana ^[11]
Candidate		Votes	%
Terence Murray		unopposed

County of Northumberland

1843 New South Wales colonial election, 19 June:
County of Northumberland ^[12]
Candidate		Votes	%
William Foster		unopposed

Northumberland Boroughs

1843 New South Wales colonial election, 20 June:
Northumberland Boroughs ^[13]
Candidate		Votes	%
D'Arcy Wentworth		121	52.84
Alexander Walker Scott		108	47.16
Total votes		229	100.00

Town of Parramatta

1843 New South Wales colonial election, 16 June:
Town of Parramatta ^[14]
Candidate		Votes	%
Hannibal Macarthur		unopposed

Port Phillip

Five members to be elected

1843 New South Wales colonial election, 20 June:
Port Phillip ^[15]^[16]
Candidate		Votes	%
Charles Ebden		228	19.69
Thomas Walker		217	18.74
Charles Nicholson		206	17.79
Alexander Thomson		184	15.89
John Dunmore Lang		166	14.34
Sir Thomas Mitchell		157	13.56
Total votes		1,158	100.00

Counties of Roxburgh, Phillip and Wellington

1843 New South Wales colonial election, 26 June:
Counties of Roxburgh, Phillip and Wellington ^[17]
Candidate		Votes	%
William Suttor Sr.		unopposed

Counties of St Vincent and Auckland

1843 New South Wales colonial election, 21 June:
Counties of St Vincent and Auckland ^[18]
Candidate		Votes	%
John Coghill		unopposed

Town of Sydney

Two members to be elected

1843 New South Wales colonial election, 15 June:
Town of Sydney ^[19]
Candidate		Votes	%
William Wentworth		1,275	32.10
William Bland		1,261	31.75
Maurice O'Connell Jr.		733	18.45
Robert Cooper		365	9.19
William Hustler		338	8.51
Total votes		3,972	100.00

See also

Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council, 1843–1851

References

^ "County of Argyle". The Sydney Morning Herald. 19 June 1843. p. 2. Retrieved 23 May 2019 – via Trove.
^ "Bathurst". The Sydney Morning Herald. 27 June 1843. p. 2. Retrieved 22 May 2019 – via Trove.
^ "The Camden election". The Sydney Morning Herald. 26 June 1843. p. 2. Retrieved 23 May 2019 – via Trove.
^ "Cook and Westmoreland election". The Australian. 21 June 1843. p. 3. Retrieved 22 May 2019 – via Trove.
^ "Cumberland election". The Sydney Morning Herald. 7 July 1843. p. 2. Retrieved 23 May 2019 – via Trove.
^ "Cumberland Boroughs election". The Australian. 21 June 1843. p. 3. Retrieved 23 May 2019 – via Trove.
^ "The election". The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser. 1 July 1843. p. 2. Retrieved 22 May 2019 – via Trove.
^ "Raymond Terrace". The Colonial Observer. 8 July 1843. p. 5. Retrieved 23 May 2019 – via Trove.
^ "Hunter, Brisbane, and Bligh election". The Australian. 7 July 1843. p. 3. Retrieved 23 May 2019 – via Trove.
^ "Borough of Melbourne". The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser. 8 July 1843. p. 4. Retrieved 23 May 2019 – via Trove.
^ "The south western counties". The Sydney Morning Herald. 22 June 1843. p. 2. Retrieved 23 May 2019 – via Trove.
^ "Northumberland election". The Australian. 19 June 1843. p. 3. Retrieved 23 May 2019 – via Trove.
^ "Election for the Northumberland Boroughs". The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser. 24 June 1843. p. 4. Retrieved 22 May 2019 – via Trove.
^ "Parramatta election". The Sydney Morning Herald. 15 June 1843. p. 2. Retrieved 22 May 2019 – via Trove.
^ "Port Phillip election". The Sydney Morning Herald. 3 July 1843. p. 2. Retrieved 23 May 2019 – via Trove.
^ M. M. H. Thompson (2006). The Seeds of Democracy: Early Elections in Colonial New South Wales. Federation Press. ISBN 978-1-86287-631-6.
^ "Roxburgh, Phillip and Wellington election". The Sydney Morning Herald. 28 June 1843. p. 2. Retrieved 23 May 2019 – via Trove.
^ "News from the interior: Braidwood". The Sydney Morning Herald. 23 June 1843. p. 2. Retrieved 23 May 2019 – via Trove.
^ "City election". The Sydney Morning Herald. 20 June 1843. p. 2. Retrieved 22 May 2019 – via Trove.

Results of New South Wales State elections

Legislative Assembly

Colonial	1856 1858 1859 1860 1864–65 1869–70 1872 1874–75 1877 1880 1882 1885 1887 1889 1891 1894 1895 1898
State	1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1917 1920 1922 1925 1927 1930 1932 1935 1938 1941 1944 1947 1950 1953 1956 1959 1962 1965 1968 1971 1973 1976 1978 1981 1984 1988 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023

Legislative Council

Colonial	1843 1848 1851
State	1978 1981 1984 1988 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023

By-elections

Legislative Assembly
Legislative Council (historic)

v t e Elections and referendums in New South Wales
General elections	1843 1848 1851 1856 1858 1859 1860 1864–65 1869–70 1872 1874–75 1877 1880 1882 1885 1887 1889 1891 1894 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1917 1920 1922 1925 1927 1930 1932 1935 1938 1941 1944 1947 1950 1953 1956 1959 1962 1965 1968 1971 1973 1976 1978 1981 1984 1988 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 2027
Local elections	1941 1944 1947 1962 1965 1968 1971 1974 1977 1980 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2017 2021 2024 2028
Mayoral elections	1941 1944 1947 1962 1965 1968 1971 1974 1977 1980 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2017 2021 2024 2028
Referendums	1898 1899 1903 1916 1928 1933 1947 1954 1961 1967 1969 1976 1978 1981 1991 1995
See also: Legislative Assembly by-elections Legislative Council by-elections

v t e Former electoral districts of the New South Wales Legislative Council
Elections	1843 (results) 1848 (results) 1851 (results) by-elections
Members	1843–1851 1851–1856
Towns	Cumberland Boroughs North Eastern Boroughs Northumberland Boroughs Town of Parramatta Southern Boroughs City of Sydney Sydney Hamlets
Counties	Argyle Bathurst Camden Cook and Westmoreland Cumberland Durham Gloucester and Macquarie Gloucester, Macquarie, and Stanley Hunter, Brisbane and Bligh King and Georgiana Murray and St Vincent Murray, King and Georgiana Northumberland Northumberland and Hunter Phillip, Brisbane and Bligh Roxburgh and Wellington Roxburgh, Phillip and Wellington St Vincent and Auckland Western Boroughs
Pastoral districts	Clarence and Darling Downs Lachlan and Lower Darling Liverpool Plains and Gwydir Maneroo Murrumbidgee New England and Macleay Wellington and Bligh
Victoria	Town of Melbourne Port Phillip
Queensland	Pastoral Districts of Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett, and Maranoa County of Stanley Stanley Boroughs

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