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Electoral results for the district of Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett and Maranoa

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]

Election Member Party
Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett and Maranoa
1856   Gordon Sandeman [4] None
Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett, Maranoa, Leichhardt and Port Curtis
1857 by   Patrick Leslie [5] None
1858   William Tooth [6] None

Election results edit

1858 edit

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1858 New South Wales colonial election § Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett, Maranoa, Leichhardt and Port Curtis.[edit]
1858 New South Wales colonial election: Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett, Maranoa, Leichhardt and Port Curtis 12 February [7]
Candidate Votes %
William Tooth (elected) 56 51.9
Arthur Macalister 52 48.2
Total formal votes 108 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 108 39.3
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 edit

This section is an excerpt from 1857 Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett, Maranoa, Leichhardt and Port Curtis colonial by-election § Result.[edit]
1857 Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett, Maranoa,
Leichhardt and Port Curtis by-election
19 November [11][12]
Candidate Votes %
Patrick Leslie unopposed  
Gordon Sandeman resigned.[12]

1856 edit

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1856 New South Wales colonial election § Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett and Maranoa.[edit]
1856 New South Wales colonial election: Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett and Maranoa [13]
Candidate Votes %
Gordon Sandeman (elected) unopposed  
Polling was scheduled to be conducted on 17 April 1856. Sitting Legislative Councillor for Pastoral Districts of Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett, and Maranoa was Richard Joseph Smith who did not contest the election.

References edit

  1. ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett and Maranoa". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  4. ^ "Mr Gordon Sandeman (1810-1897)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  5. ^ "Mr Patrick Leslie (1815-1881)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  6. ^ "Mr William Butler Tooth (1823-1876)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  7. ^ Green, Antony. "1858 Moreton Wide Bay Burnett and Maranoa". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
  8. ^ "Legislative Assembly". The Sydney Morning Herald. 27 May 1858. p. 5. Retrieved 12 June 2019 – via Trove.
  9. ^ "Proclamation: validity of election". New South Wales Government Gazette. 22 June 1858. p. 965. Retrieved 12 June 2019 – via Trove.
  10. ^ "New Member". The Sydney Morning Herald. 23 June 1858. p. 4. Retrieved 12 June 2019 – via Trove.
  11. ^ "Election for the Burnett, Maranoa, Port Curtis and Leichhardt districts". The Moreton Bay Courier. 21 November 1857. p. 2. Retrieved 20 June 2019 – via Trove.
  12. ^ a b Green, Antony. "Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett, Maranoa, Leichhardt and Port Curtis 1857". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
  13. ^ Green, Antony. "1856 Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett and Maranoa". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
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