Former state electoral district of New South Wales, Australia
Northumberland and Hunter was an electoral district for the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales from 1856 to 1859,[1] in the Newcastle area and named after Northumberland County and the Hunter River. It elected three members, with voters casting three votes and the first three candidates being elected. For the 1859 election it was replaced by Northumberland and the remainder was divided between Hunter and Lower Hunter.[2]
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1856 New South Wales colonial election § Northumberland and Hunter.[]
1856 New South Wales colonial election: Northumberland and Hunter [7]
Candidate
Votes
%
Alexander Walker Scott (elected 1)
821
27.1
William Piddington (elected 2)
706
23.3
Hovenden Hely (elected 3)
574
19.0
Henry Douglass
389
12.8
George Bowman
289
9.5
Walter Rotton
250
8.3
Total formal votes
3,029
100.0
Informal votes
0
0.0
Turnout
1,180
50.7
Polling was conducted on 17 April 1856. Both Bowman and Douglass had represented Counties of Northumberland and Hunter in the old Legislative Council. John Plunkett was nominated to stand in this seat but after being elected to both Argyle and Bathurst (County) on 31 March, he withdrew his nomination.
1858[]
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1858 New South Wales colonial election § Northumberland and Hunter.[]
1858 New South Wales colonial election: Northumberland and Hunter 30 January [8]
Candidate
Votes
%
Alexander Scott (re-elected 1)
1,040
30.5
George White (elected 2)
969
28.4
William Piddington (re-elected 3)
945
27.7
Clark Irving (defeated)
457
13.40
Total formal votes
3,411
100.0
Informal votes
0
0.0
Turnout
3,411
38.0
The other sitting member Hovenden Hely did not contest the election. Clark Irving was the member for Clarence and Darling Downs.
References[]
^Green, Antony. "Northumberland and Hunter". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
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"An Act to amend the Electoral Law.". ActNo. 20of24 November 1858(PDF). Australasian Legal Information Institute. Retrieved 25 June 2019.