Results of the 1843 New South Wales colonial election

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

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.

[1] "County of Argyle". The Sydney Morning Herald. 19 June 1843. p. 2. Retrieved 23 May 2019 – via Trove.

[2] "Bathurst". The Sydney Morning Herald. 27 June 1843. p. 2. Retrieved 22 May 2019 – via Trove.

[3] "The Camden election". The Sydney Morning Herald. 26 June 1843. p. 2. Retrieved 23 May 2019 – via Trove.

[4] "Cook and Westmoreland election". The Australian. 21 June 1843. p. 3. Retrieved 22 May 2019 – via Trove.

[5] "Cumberland election". The Sydney Morning Herald. 7 July 1843. p. 2. Retrieved 23 May 2019 – via Trove.

[6] "Cumberland Boroughs election". The Australian. 21 June 1843. p. 3. Retrieved 23 May 2019 – via Trove.

[Merc_1_Jul_1843-7] "The election". The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser. 1 July 1843. p. 2. Retrieved 22 May 2019 – via Trove.

[GMS_1843-8] "Raymond Terrace". The Colonial Observer. 8 July 1843. p. 5. Retrieved 23 May 2019 – via Trove.

[9] "Hunter, Brisbane, and Bligh election". The Australian. 7 July 1843. p. 3. Retrieved 23 May 2019 – via Trove.

[Merc_8_July_1843-10] "Borough of Melbourne". The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser. 8 July 1843. p. 4. Retrieved 23 May 2019 – via Trove.

[11] "The south western counties". The Sydney Morning Herald. 22 June 1843. p. 2. Retrieved 23 May 2019 – via Trove.

[12] "Northumberland election". The Australian. 19 June 1843. p. 3. Retrieved 23 May 2019 – via Trove.

[13] "Election for the Northumberland Boroughs". The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser. 24 June 1843. p. 4. Retrieved 22 May 2019 – via Trove.

[14] "Parramatta election". The Sydney Morning Herald. 15 June 1843. p. 2. Retrieved 22 May 2019 – via Trove.

[15] "Port Phillip election". The Sydney Morning Herald. 3 July 1843. p. 2. Retrieved 23 May 2019 – via Trove.

[Thompson2006-16] M. M. H. Thompson (2006). The Seeds of Democracy: Early Elections in Colonial New South Wales. Federation Press. ISBN 978-1-86287-631-6.

[17] "Roxburgh, Phillip and Wellington election". The Sydney Morning Herald. 28 June 1843. p. 2. Retrieved 23 May 2019 – via Trove.

[18] "News from the interior: Braidwood". The Sydney Morning Herald. 23 June 1843. p. 2. Retrieved 23 May 2019 – via Trove.

[19] "City election". The Sydney Morning Herald. 20 June 1843. p. 2. Retrieved 22 May 2019 – via Trove.

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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

Results of the 1843 New South Wales colonial election

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