This article is about the NSW electoral district including Brisbane County. For the NSW electorate including the town of Brisbane (now in Queensland), see Electoral district of Brisbane (New South Wales).
Phillip, Brisbane and Bligh was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales from 1856 to 1859.[1] It included Phillip, Brisbane and Bligh counties, including Scone, Murrurundi, Dunedoo and Mudgee. It was replaced by Upper Hunter and Mudgee.[2]
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1856 New South Wales colonial election § Phillip, Brisbane and Bligh.[]
1856 New South Wales colonial election: Phillip, Brisbane and Bligh [4]
Candidate
Votes
%
John Robertson (elected)
169
74.1
Joseph Docker
59
25.9
Total formal votes
228
100.0
Informal votes
0
0.0
Turnout
228
53.3
Polling was conducted on 11 April 1856. William Dumaresq, the sitting Legislative Councillor for Counties of Phillip, Brisbane and Bligh, did not contest the election.
1858[]
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1858 New South Wales colonial election § Phillip, Brisbane and Bligh.[]
1858 New South Wales colonial election: Phillip, Brisbane and Bligh 11 February [5]
Candidate
Votes
%
John Robertson (re-elected)
unopposed
References[]
^Green, Antony. "Phillip, Brisbane and Bligh". 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 (NSW)". ActNo. 20of24 November 1858(PDF). Australasian Legal Information Institute. Retrieved 25 June 2019.