Electoral results for the district of Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett and Maranoa
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election results for Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett and Maranoa, New South Wales, Australia
The United pastoral districts of Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett and Maranoa and from 1857 Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett, Maranoa, Leichhardt and Port Curtis, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Colony of New South Wales was created in 1856 and abolished in 1858.[1][2][3]
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1858 New South Wales colonial election § Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett, Maranoa, Leichhardt and Port Curtis.[]
1858 New South Wales colonial election: Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett, Maranoa, Leichhardt and Port Curtis 12 February [7]
The sitting member Patrick Leslie did not contest the election. The returning officer stated that the lack of a mail service to northern parts of the district, being Gladstone, Rannes and Surat meant that no polling had occurred in those places. The Legislative Assembly directed him to return the writ.[8]William Tooth was subsequently proclaimed to have been elected,[9] and Tooth was sworn in on 22 June 1858.[10]
1857 by-election[]
This section is an excerpt from 1857 Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett, Maranoa, Leichhardt and Port Curtis colonial by-election § Result.[]
1857 Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett, Maranoa, Leichhardt and Port Curtis by-election 19 November [11][12]