Electoral district of Pastoral Districts of Clarence and Darling Downs

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For the lower house seat (New South Wales Legislative Assembly) created 1856, see Electoral district of Clarence and Darling Downs.

Pastoral Districts of Clarence and Darling Downs
New South Wales—Legislative Council
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Clarence County in modern New South Wales
StateNew South Wales
Created1851
Abolished1856
NamesakeClarence County & Darling Downs
Coordinates29°S 152°E / 29°S 152°E / -29; 152Coordinates: 29°S 152°E / 29°S 152°E / -29; 152

The Electoral district of Pastoral Districts of Clarence and Darling Downs was an electorate of the New South Wales Legislative Council at a time when some of its members were elected and the balance were appointed by the Governor. It was a new electorate created in 1851 by the expansion of the Legislative Council to 54, 18 to be appointed and 36 elected.[1] It included the Clarence Valley and the Darling Downs region, which became part of Queensland on its establishment in 1859.

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 Clarence and Darling Downs.

Members[]

Member Term
George Farquhar Leslie [2] Sep 1851 – Feb 1855
Thomas Hood [3] Apr 1855 – Feb 1856

Election results[]

1851[]

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1851 New South Wales colonial election § Clarence and Darling Downs.[]
1851 New South Wales colonial election, 22 September:
Pastoral Districts of Clarence and Darling Downs [4]
Candidate Votes %
George Leslie unopposed  

1855[]

George Leslie resigned in February 1855.[2]

Clarence and Darling Downs by-election
20 April 1855 [5]
Candidate Votes %
Thomas Hood 94 71.21
Gordon Sandeman 38 28.79
Total votes 132 100.00

See also[]

  • Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council, 1851-1856

References[]

  1. ^ "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.". Act No. 48 of 2 May 1851 (PDF). Australasian Legal Information Institute. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Mr George Farquhar Leslie (1820-1860)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
  3. ^ "Mr Thomas Hood". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
  4. ^ "Drayton: The election for the Pastoral Districts of Clarence and Darling Downs". Empire. 2 October 1851. p. 3. Retrieved 30 May 2019 – via Trove.
  5. ^ "Darling Downs election". The Empire. 2 May 1855. p. 4. Retrieved 31 May 2019 – via Trove.
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