Electoral district of Counties of Gloucester, Macquarie, and Stanley

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Electoral district of Counties of Gloucester, Macquarie, and Stanley - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 30°S 153°E / 30°S 153°E

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Counties of Gloucester, Macquarie, and Stanley New South Wales—Legislative Council
Gloucester county in the 1840s
State	New South Wales
Created	1843
Abolished	1851
Namesake	Gloucester County, Macquarie County, Stanley County
Coordinates	30°S 153°E / 30°S 153°E / -30; 153

The Electoral district of Counties of Gloucester, Macquarie, and Stanley and from 1851, Gloucester and Macquarie, was an electorate of the partially elected New South Wales Legislative Council, created for the first elections for the Council in 1843.^[1] The counties of Gloucester and Macquarie were the settled coastal areas north of Northumberland County, while the County of Stanley was the area surrounding Brisbane, in what became part of Queensland after its separation in 1859. Polling took place at Raymond Terrace, Port Macquarie, Dungog, Stroud, Brisbane, Ipswich and Mr Rowley's residence on the Manning River.^[2] The County of Stanley was removed from the district with the expansion of the Council in 1851 and became the districts of County of Stanley and Stanley Boroughs.^[3]

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 Gloucester and Macquarie.

Members

Gloucester, Macquarie, and Stanley (1843–1851)
Member	Term
Alexander Macleay ^[4]	Jun 1843 – Jun 1848
Kenneth Snodgrass ^[5]	Jul 1848 – Sep 1850
Richard Jones ^[6]	Oct 1850 – Jun 1851
Gloucester and Macquarie (1851–1856)
Phillip King ^[7]	Jul 1851 – Jun 1856

Richard Jones went on to represent Stanley Boroughs from 1851.

Election results

The County of Stanley were around one third of electors,^[8] however only 14 voted in 1843.^[9] In 1848 neither candidate visited or published any address to the County and the 54 votes were slightly in favour of Colonel Snodgrass.^[8] The 1850 by-election was the first in which a resident of the County of Stanley stood for election and the 58 votes from Brisbane were sufficient for Richard Jones to win the election.^[10]

1843

1843 New South Wales colonial election, 23 June:
Counties of Gloucester, Macquarie, and Stanley ^[11]
Candidate	Votes	%
Alexander Macleay	142	79.78
Charles Windeyer	36	20.22
Total votes	178	100.00

Alexander Macleay died on 19 June 1848 however he was not replaced as the Council was dissolved on 30 June 1848.

1848

1848 New South Wales colonial election, 2 August:
Counties of Gloucester, Macquarie, and Stanley ^[12]
Candidate	Votes	%
Kenneth Snodgrass (elected)	98	68
Archibald Boyd	47	32
Total votes	145	100
Voter turnout	48%

The writ was not returned in time and the Governor issued a proclamation declaring the election was valid despite the delay.^[13]

1850

Snodgrass resigned in September 1850.^[5]

1850 Counties of Gloucester, Macquarie, and Stanley
by-election, 25 October ^[10]
Candidate	Votes	%
Richard Jones	66	60.55
Robert Campbell	43	39.45
Total votes	109	100.00

1851

1851 New South Wales colonial election, 22 September:
Counties of Gloucester and Macquarie ^[14]
Candidate	Votes	%
Phillip King	129	61.72
Joseph Simmons	80	38.28
Total votes	209	100.00

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.
^ "Polling places". The Sydney Morning Herald. 14 July 1848. p. 2. Retrieved 28 May 2019 – via Trove.
^ 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 Alexander Macleay (1767 - 1848)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Lieutenant-Colonel Kenneth Snodgrass, CB (1784 - 1853)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
^ "Mr Richard Jones [1] (1786 - 1852)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
^ "Captain Phillip Parker King, RN (1791-1856)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Number of electors". The Moreton Bay Courier. 22 July 1848. p. 2. Retrieved 29 May 2019 – via Trove.
"The northern counties". The Sydney Morning Herald. 28 August 1848. p. 3. Retrieved 26 May 2019 – via Trove.
^ "Raymond Terrace". The Colonial Observer. 8 July 1843. p. 5. Retrieved 23 May 2019 – via Trove.
^ ^a ^b "The election for the northern counties". The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser. 23 November 1850. p. 2. Retrieved 28 May 2019 – via Trove.
^ "Raymond Terrace". The Colonial Observer. 8 July 1843. p. 5. Retrieved 23 May 2019 – via Trove.
^ "Number of electors". The Moreton Bay Courier. 22 July 1848. p. 2. Retrieved 29 May 2019 – via Trove.
"The northern counties". The Sydney Morning Herald. 28 August 1848. p. 3. Retrieved 26 May 2019 – via Trove.
^ "Proclamation". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 95. 2 September 1848. p. 1138. Retrieved 26 May 2019 – via Trove.
^ "Gloucester and Macquarie". The Sydney Morning Herald. 2 October 1851. p. 2. Retrieved 29 May 2019 – via Trove.

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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

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