Electoral district of City of Sydney

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Electoral district of City of Sydney - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 33°52′S 151°13′E / 33.867°S 151.217°E

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City of Sydney New South Wales—Legislative Council
State	New South Wales
Created	1843
Abolished	1856
Namesake	Sydney
Coordinates	33°52′S 151°13′E / 33.867°S 151.217°E / -33.867; 151.217

The Electoral district of City of Sydney was an electorate of the New South Wales Legislative Council.^[1]

It was created by the 1843 Electoral Districts Act and initially called the electoral district of Town of Sydney and a first returned two members.^[1] With the expansion of the Council in 1851 it elected three members.^[2]

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 City.

Members

Member 1	Term	Member 2	Term
William Wentworth ^[3]	June 1843 – April 1854	William Bland^[4]	June 1843 – June 1848
		Robert Lowe ^[5]	July 1848 – November 1849
		William Bland ^[4]	December 1849 – June 1850
		John Dunmore Lang ^[6]	July 1850 – October 1851	Member 3	Term
		Robert Campbell ^[7]	November 1851 – February 1856	John Lamb ^[8]	September 1851 – February 1853
Henry Parkes ^[9]	May 1854 – February 1856			William Thurlow ^[10]	March 1853 – January 1855
Henry Parkes ^[9]	May 1854 – February 1856			James Robert Wilshire ^[11]	January 1855 – February 1856

Election results

1843

Two members to be elected

1843 New South Wales colonial election, 15 June:
Town of Sydney ^[12]
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

1848

1848 New South Wales colonial election, 28 July:
City of Sydney ^[13]
Candidate	Votes	%
William Wentworth (elected 1)	1,168	29
Robert Lowe (elected 2)	1,012	25
John Lamb	950	24
William Bland	874	22
Total votes	4,004	100

1849 by-election

Robert Lowe resigned in November 1849.^[5]

City of Sydney by-election
18 December 1849 ^[14]
Candidate	Votes	%
William Bland	599	55.77
Adam Bogue	258	24.02
James Wilshire	217	10.74
Total votes	1,074	100.00
Voter turnout	22.70%

1850 by-election

William Bland resigned in June 1850.^[4]

City of Sydney by-election
24 July 1850 ^[15]
Candidate	Votes	%
John Lang	970	50.65
John Holden	945	49.35
Total votes	1,915	100.00
Voter turnout	49.08%

1851

1851 New South Wales colonial election, 16 September:
City of Sydney ^[16]
Candidate	Votes	%
John Lang	1,197	24.13
William Wentworth	1,004	20.24
John Lamb	998	20.12
Alexander Longmore	888	17.90
Charles Cowper	873	17.60
Total votes	4,960	100.00

1851 by-election

John Lang resigned in November 1851.^[6]

City of Sydney by-election
18 November 1851 ^[17]
Candidate	Votes	%
Robert Campbell	1,306	70.79
Adolphus Young	539	29.21
Total votes	1,845	100.00

1853 by-election

John Lamb resigned in February 1853.^[8]

City of Sydney by-election
10 March 1853 ^[18]
Candidate	Votes	%
William Thurlow	1,249	69.43
Henry Parkes	466	25.90
Thomas Holt	84	4.67
Total votes	1,799	100.00

1854 by-election

William Wentworth resigned in April 1854 from the Legislative Council while he went to England to watch over the progress of the Constitution Bill in the British parliament.

City of Sydney by-election
2 May 1854 ^[19]
Candidate	Votes	%
Henry Parkes	1,427	64.69
Charles Kemp	779	35.31
Total votes	2,206	100.00

1855 by-election

William Thurlow resigned in January 1855.

City of Sydney by-election
18 November 1851 ^[20]
Candidate		Votes	%
James Wilshire		unopposed

References

^ ^a ^b 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). 23 February 1843. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
^ 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 Charles Wentworth (1790 - 1872)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Dr William Bland (1789 - 1868)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Robert Lowe (1811 - 1892)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
^ ^a ^b "The Reverend John Dunmore Lang, MA, DD (1799 - 1878)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
^ "Mr Robert (2) Campbell(1804 - 1859)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
"The election of Robert Campbell". Empire. 19 November 1851. p. 2. Retrieved 9 April 2019 – via Trove.
^ ^a ^b "Mr John Lamb (1790 - 1862)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
^ "Sir Henry Parkes (1815 - 1896)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
^ "Mr William Edward Thurlow". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
^ "Mr James Robert Wilshire (1809 - 1860)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
^ "City election". The Sydney Morning Herald. 20 June 1843. p. 2. Retrieved 22 May 2019 – via Trove.
^ "Sydney election". The Sydney Morning Herald. 1 August 1848. p. 2. Retrieved 26 May 2019 – via Trove.
^ "City election". The Sydney Morning Herald. 20 December 1849. p. 2. Retrieved 28 May 2019 – via Trove.
^ "City election". The Sydney Morning Herald. 25 July 1850. p. 2. Retrieved 28 May 2019 – via Trove.
^ "City election". The Empire. 17 September 1851. p. 3. Retrieved 30 May 2019 – via Trove.
^ "The election of Robert Campbell". The Empire. 19 November 1851. p. 2. Retrieved 30 May 2019 – via Trove.
^ "City election: declaration of the poll". The Sydney Morning Herald. 12 March 1853. p. 4. Retrieved 24 April 2019 – via Trove.
^ "City election". The Sydney Morning Herald. 5 May 1854. p. 5. Retrieved 24 April 2019 – via Trove.
^ "City of Sydney election". The Sydney Morning Herald. 24 January 1855. p. 5. Retrieved 24 April 2019 – via Trove.

External links

Hansard NSW Legislative Council Archived 22 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine

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