Former legislative council electoral district of New South Wales, Australia
For the lower house seat (New South Wales Legislative Assembly) created 1856, see Electoral district of Phillip, Brisbane and Bligh . For the NSW electorates containing the town of Brisbane, see Electoral district of Counties of Gloucester, Macquarie, and Stanley and Electoral district of County of Stanley .
Australian electorate
The Electoral district of Counties of Hunter, Brisbane and Bligh and from 1851, Phillip, Brisbane and Bligh , was an electorate of the partially elected New South Wales Legislative Council , created for the first elections for the Council in 1843. The electoral district included the north western counties of Hunter , Brisbane , Bligh . Polling took place in the towns of Jerrys Plains , nearby Merton , Muswellbrook , Scone , as far north as Murrurundi , Watson's on the Macdonald River , Cassilis and as far west as Montefiores . With the expansion of the Council in 1851 Phillip , the other north west county, was added to the district, replacing Hunter which was combined with the lower Hunter county of Northumberland as Counties of Northumberland and Hunter .
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 Phillip, Brisbane and Bligh .
Members
Election results
1843
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1843 New South Wales colonial election § Counties of Hunter, Brisbane and Bligh .
1848
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1848 New South Wales colonial election § Counties of Hunter, Brisbane and Bligh .
1851
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1851 New South Wales colonial election § Phillip, Brisbane and Bligh .
1851 New South Wales colonial election, 23 September:
Candidate
Votes
%
William Dumaresq
41
52.56
Robert Campbell
37
47.44
Total votes
78
100
References
^ 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 (PDF) (16). Australasian Legal Information Institute. 23 February 1843. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
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 27 May 2019.^ "Mr William John Dumaresq (1793-1868)" . Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 27 May 2019.
"Mr Donald McIntyre" . Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 27 May 2019."Hunter, Brisbane, and Bligh election" . The Australian "Election for Hunter, Brisbane and Bligh" . The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser Scone and do not include results for polling at Murrurundi , Cassilis , Merton , Jerrys Plains , Muswell Brook , Montefiores or Watson's on the Macdonald River : "Polling places" . The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser "Election for Brisbane, Bligh and Phillip" . The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser
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