Electoral district of Liverpool Plains and Gwydir
State electoral district of New South Wales, Australia
Liverpool Plains and Gwydir was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, created in 1856 and covering what is now known as the North West Slopes region, including the Liverpool Plains (which includes Quirindi and Gunnedah) and the extensive pastoral district around the Gwydir River in the northwest of the state. It elected two members simultaneously.
In 1859, Liverpool Plains and Gwydir was divided into Liverpool Plains and Gwydir.[1]
Members for Liverpool Plains and Gwydir
Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | ||
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Gideon Lang [2] | None | 1856–1857 | Francis Rusden [3] | None | 1856–1857 | ||
Richard Jenkins [4] | None | 1858–1859 | Edward Lloyd [5] | None | 1858–1859 |
Election results
1856
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1856 New South Wales colonial election § Liverpool Plains and Gwydir.[edit]
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Gideon Lang (elected 1) | 152 | 45.9 | |
Francis Rusden (elected 2) | 108 | 32.6 | |
Augustus Morris | 71 | 21.5 | |
Total formal votes | 331 | 100.0 | |
Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | |
Turnout | 184 | 33.3 |
1858
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1858 New South Wales colonial election § Liverpool Plains and Gwydir.[edit]
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Edward Lloyd (elected 1) | 242 | 47.9 | |
Richard Jenkins (elected 2) | 228 | 45.2 | |
W G Pennington | 35 | 6.9 | |
Total formal votes | 505 | 100.0 | |
Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | |
Turnout | 505 | 41.7 |
References
- ^ An Act to amend the Electoral Law (PDF) (20). Australasian Legal Information Institute. 24 November 1858. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
- ^ "Mr Gideon Scott Lang (1819-1880)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
- ^ "Mr Francis Rusden (1811-1887)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
- ^ "Dr Richard Lewis Jenkins (1815-1883)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
- ^ "Mr Edward Henry Lloyd (1825-1889)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1856 Liverpool Plains and Gwydir". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1858 Liverpool Plains and Gwydir". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
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