Electoral District Of Sydney Hamlets (NSW Legislative Council)
The Electoral district of Sydney Hamlets was an electorate of the New South Wales Legislative Council at a time when some of its members were elected and the balance were appointed by the Governor. It was a new electorate created in 1851 by the expansion of the Legislative Council to 54 members, with 18 to be appointed and 36 elected.
The electoral district included what were then outer suburbs of Sydney and are now the inner suburbs of Glebe, Camperdown, O'Connell Town (north Newtown), Chippendale, Redfern, Surry Hills, Paddington, St Leonards and Balmain.
In 1856 the unicameral Legislative Council was abolished and replaced with an elected Legislative Assembly and an appointed Legislative Council. The district was represented by the Legislative Assembly electorate of Sydney Hamlets.
Thomas Smart won the first election, declared on 22 September 1851.
Members
| Member | Term |
|---|---|
| Thomas Smart | Sep 1851 – Feb 1855 |
| Stuart Donaldson | Apr 1855 – Feb 1856 |
Election results
1851
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Smart | 255 | 52.04 | |
| William Thurlow | 144 | 29.39 | |
| Joshua Josephson | 91 | 18.57 | |
| Total votes | 490 | 100 | |
1855
Thomas Smart resigned in February 1855 to travel to England.
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stuart Donaldson | 427 | 59.64 | |
| Alexander Campbell | 289 | 40.36 | |
| Total votes | 716 | 100 | |
See also
References
- ^ 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 (PDF) (48). Australasian Legal Information Institute. 2 May 1851. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
- ^ "Sydney Hamlets Election". The Sydney Morning Herald. 23 September 1851. p. 2. Retrieved 11 September 2014 – via Trove.
- ^ "Mr Thomas Ware Smart (1810-1881)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
- ^ "Sir Stuart Alexander Donaldson (1812-1867)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
- ^ "Election for the Hamlets". The Empire. 22 September 1851. p. 3. Retrieved 30 May 2019 – via Trove.
- ^ "Sydney Hamlets' election". The Empire. No. 1287. New South Wales, Australia. 23 February 1855. p. 4. Retrieved 31 May 2019 – via Trove.