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{{Short description|Former New South Wales Legislative Council electoral district}}
{{for|the NSW Legislative Assembly electorate|Electoral district of Cumberland Boroughs}}
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{{Use Australian English|date=April 2019}}
{{Infobox Australian Electorate
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| name      = Cumberland Boroughs
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| created   = 1843
| abolished = 1856
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| namesake  = [[Cumberland County, New South Wales|Cumberland County]]
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| coordinates = {{coord|33|55|S|150|55|E|display=inline}}
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The '''electoral district of Cumberland Boroughs''', also known as the united towns of Windsor, Richmond, Liverpool and Campbelltown, was an electorate of the [[New South Wales Legislative Council]] at a time when two thirds (24 members) were elected, one sixth (six members) were official members, that is they held a government office and the balance (six members) were appointed by the governor.<ref name="1843 Act">{{cite act |url=http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/num_act/ea1843n1130.pdf |title=An Act to provide for the division of the Colony of New South Wales into Electoral Districts and for the Election of Members to serve in the Legislative Council. |date=23 February 1843 |number=16 |accessdate=22 April 2019}}</ref>
The district was created by the Electoral Act 1843, returning one member.<ref name="1843 Act"/> and consisted of the [[Cumberland County, New South Wales|Cumberland County]] towns, or [[borough]]s, of [[Richmond, New South Wales|Richmond]], [[Windsor, New South Wales|Windsor]], [[Liverpool, New South Wales|Liverpool]] and [[Campbelltown, New South Wales|Campbelltown]], but not the surrounding rural areas, which were in the [[Electoral district of County of Cumberland|district of County of Cumberland]].<ref name="1843 Act"/> The district was unchanged when the Legislative Council was expanded in 1851.<ref name=1851Act>{{cite act |url=http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/num_act/teao1851n4179.pdf |title=An Act to provide for the division of the Colony of New South Wales after the separation of the District of Port Phillip therefrom into Electoral Districts and for the Election of Members to serve in the Legislative Council. |date=2 May 1851 |number=48 |accessdate=10 September 2014 |publisher=Australasian Legal Information Institute}}</ref>
In 1856 the [[Unicameralism|unicameral]] Legislative Council was abolished and replaced with an elected [[New South Wales Legislative Assembly|Legislative Assembly]] and an appointed Legislative Council. The district was represented by the single member Legislative Assembly [[Electoral district of Cumberland Boroughs|electorate of Cumberland Boroughs]] and [[William Bowman (Australian politician)|William Bowman]] was re-elected.<ref name="William Bowman NSW Parl">{{Cite NSW Parliament |id=283 |name=Mr William Bowman (1800-1874) |former=Yes |access-date=23 April 2019}}</ref>
==Members for Cumberland Boroughs==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|Member
!Party
!Period
|-
| [[William Bowman (Australian politician)|William Bowman]]{{hsp}}<ref name="William Bowman NSW Parl"/>
| None
| 1843–1851
|-
| [[John Holden (Australian politician)|John Holden]]{{hsp}}<ref name="John Holden NSW Parl">{{Cite NSW Parliament |id=358 |name=Mr John Rose Holden (1810-1860) |former=Yes |access-date=23 April 2019}}</ref>
| None
| 1851–1853
|-
| [[William Bowman (Australian politician)|William Bowman]]{{hsp}}<ref name="William Bowman NSW Parl"/>
| None
| 1853–1856
|}
==Election results==
===1843===
{{Excerpt|Results of the 1843 New South Wales colonial election|section=Cumberland Boroughs}}
===1848===
{{Excerpt|Results of the 1848 New South Wales colonial election|section=Cumberland Boroughs}}
===1851===
{{Excerpt|Results of the 1851 New South Wales colonial election|section=Cumberland Boroughs}}
===1853===
[[John Holden (Australian politician)|John Holden]] resigned in March 1853.
{{Election box begin no party no change AU
|title=[[Electoral district of County of Cumberland|County of Cumberland]] by-election<br>18 April 1853{{hsp}}<ref>{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12945180 |title=Cumberland Boroughs election |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=19 April 1853 |accessdate=23 April 2019 |page=2 |via=Trove}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate no party no change|
|candidate = [[William Bowman (Australian politician)|William Bowman]]
|votes = unopposed
|percentage = &nbsp;
}}
{{Election box end}}
==See also==
*Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council, [[Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council, 1843–1851|1843–1851]] and [[Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council, 1851-1856|1851-1856]]
==External links==
*{{citation |url=https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/hansard/pages/first-council.aspx |title=Hansard: First Legislative Council |work=1824-1855 |publisher=[[Parliament of New South Wales]]}}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Former electoral districts of New South Wales Legislative Council|state=expanded}}
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[[Category:Former electoral districts of New South Wales Legislative Council]]
[[Category:1843 establishments in Australia]]
[[Category:1856 disestablishments in Australia]]