Electoral district of Sydney Hamlets (NSW Legislative Council)

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For the lower house (Legislative Assembly) seat created 1856, see Electoral district of Sydney Hamlets.

Sydney Hamlets
New South Wales—Legislative Council
StateNew South Wales
Created1851
Abolished1856
Coordinates33°55′S 151°10′E / 33.917°S 151.167°E / -33.917; 151.167Coordinates: 33°55′S 151°10′E / 33.917°S 151.167°E / -33.917; 151.167

The Electoral district of Sydney Hamlets 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 members, with 18 to be appointed and 36 elected.[1] The electoral district included what were then outer suburbs of Sydney and are now the inner suburbs of Glebe, Camperdown, O'Connell Town (north Newtown), Chippendale, Redfern, Surry Hills, Paddington, St Leonards and Balmain.[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 Sydney Hamlets.

Thomas Smart won the first election, declared on 22 September 1851.[2]

Members[]

Member Term
Thomas Smart [3] Sep 1851 – Feb 1855
Stuart Donaldson [4] Apr 1855 – Feb 1856

Election results[]

1851[]

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1851 New South Wales colonial election § Sydney Hamlets.[]
1851 New South Wales colonial election, 20 September:
Sydney Hamlets [5]
Candidate Votes %
Thomas Smart 255 52.04
William Thurlow 144 29.39
Joshua Josephson 91 18.57
Total votes 490 100

1855[]

Thomas Smart resigned in February 1855 to travel to England.

Sydney Hamlets by-election
21 February 1855 [6]
Candidate Votes %
Stuart Donaldson 427 59.64
Alexander Campbell 289 40.36
Total votes 716 100

See also[]

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

References[]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Sydney Hamlets Election". The Sydney Morning Herald. 23 September 1851. p. 2. Retrieved 11 September 2014 – via Trove.
  3. ^ "Mr Thomas Ware Smart (1810-1881)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  4. ^ "Sir Stuart Alexander Donaldson (1812-1867)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  5. ^ "Election for the Hamlets". The Empire. 22 September 1851. p. 3. Retrieved 30 May 2019 – via Trove.
  6. ^ "Sydney Hamlets' election". The Empire. No. 1287. New South Wales, Australia. 23 February 1855. p. 4. Retrieved 31 May 2019 – via Trove.


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