Electoral district of Southern Boroughs (NSW Legislative Council)

Southern Boroughs
New South Wales—Legislative Council
Southern Boroughs; New South Wales—Legislative Council
State	New South Wales
Created	1851
Abolished	1856
Coordinates	34°45′S 149°43′E / 34.750°S 149.717°ECoordinates: 34°45′S 149°43′E / 34.750°S 149.717°E

The Electoral district of Southern Boroughs 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] The district consisted of the towns of Goulburn, Braidwood, Yass and Queanbeyan, while the surrounding rural area were in the districts of Argyle, Counties of Murray and St Vincent and Counties of King and Georgiana.^[1]

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 Southern Boroughs.

Members[]

Member	Term
Terence Murray ^[2]	Sep 1851 – Feb 1856

Terence Murray went on to represent Southern Boroughs in the Legislative Assembly from 1856.

Election results[]

1851[]

1851 New South Wales colonial election, 22 September:
Southern Boroughs ^[3]
Candidate		Votes	%
Terrence Murray		unopposed

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "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.
^ "Sir Terence Aubrey Murray (1810–1873)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
^ "Progress of the elections: the Southern Boroughs". The Sydney Morning Herald. 22 September 1851. p. 2. Retrieved 30 May 2019 – via Trove.

[1851Act-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b "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.

[Terence_Murray_NSW_Parl-2] "Sir Terence Aubrey Murray (1810–1873)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.

[3] "Progress of the elections: the Southern Boroughs". The Sydney Morning Herald. 22 September 1851. p. 2. Retrieved 30 May 2019 – via Trove.

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hide v t Former electoral districts of the New South Wales Legislative Council
Elections	(results) (results) (results) by-elections
Members	1843–1851 1851–1856
Districts	County of Argyle County of Bathurst County of Camden Pastoral Districts of Clarence and Darling Downs Counties of Cook and Westmoreland County of Cumberland Cumberland Boroughs County of Durham Counties of Gloucester and Macquarie Counties of Gloucester, Macquarie, and Stanley Counties of Hunter, Brisbane and Bligh Counties of King and Georgiana Pastoral Districts of Lachlan and Lower Darling Pastoral Districts of Liverpool Plains and Gwydir Pastoral District of Maneroo Town of Melbourne Pastoral Districts of Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett, and Maranoa Counties of Murray and St Vincent Counties of Murray, King and Georgiana Pastoral District of Murrumbidgee Pastoral Districts of New England and Macleay North Eastern Boroughs County of Northumberland Counties of Northumberland and Hunter Northumberland Boroughs Town of Parramatta Counties of Phillip, Brisbane and Bligh Port Phillip Counties of Roxburgh and Wellington Counties of Roxburgh, Phillip and Wellington Southern Boroughs Counties of St Vincent and Auckland County of Stanley Stanley Boroughs City of Sydney Sydney Hamlets Pastoral Districts of Wellington and Bligh Western Boroughs