Electoral district of St Vincent

St Vincent was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales existing from 1856 until 1859. It was named after St Vincent County. It included Batemans Bay and the Jervis Bay area. It was largely replaced by Shoalhaven, while some of the southern portions became part of Braidwood and Eden.^[1]

Members for St Vincent[]

Member		Party	Period
	James Thompson ^[2]	None	1856–1857
	Andrew Aldcorn ^[3]	None	1858–1859

Election results[]

1856[]

1856 New South Wales colonial election: St Vincent ^[4]
Candidate	Votes	%
James Thompson (elected)	158	35.8
Richard Sadleir	149	33.7
William Roberts	135	30.5
Total formal votes	442	100.0
Informal votes	0	0.0
Turnout	442	74.9

Polling was conducted on 10 April 1856. Sitting Legislative Councillor for Counties of Murray and St Vincent, Daniel Cooper contested Sydney Hamlets.

1858[]

1858 New South Wales colonial election: St Vincent
26 January ^[5]
Candidate		Votes	%
Andrew Aldcorn (elected)		unopposed

The sitting member James Thompson did not contest the election.

References[]

^ "An Act to amend the Electoral Law.". Act No. 20 of 24 November 1858 (PDF). Australasian Legal Information Institute. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
^ "Mr James Thomson (1824-1899)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
^ "Dr Andrew Aldcorn (1792–1877)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
^ Green, Antony. "1856 St Vincent". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
^ Green, Antony. "1858 StVincent". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 June 2019.

[1858Act-1] "An Act to amend the Electoral Law.". Act No. 20 of 24 November 1858 (PDF). Australasian Legal Information Institute. Retrieved 25 June 2019.

[James_Thompson_NSW_parl-2] "Mr James Thomson (1824-1899)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 April 2019.

[Andrew_Aldcorn_NSW_Parl-3] "Dr Andrew Aldcorn (1792–1877)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 April 2019.

[4] Green, Antony. "1856 St Vincent". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 March 2015.

[5] Green, Antony. "1858 StVincent". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 June 2019.

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