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Electoral results for the district of Western Division of Camden

Western Division of Camden, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1856 and abolished in 1859.[1][2][3][4][5]

Members edit

Election Member Party Member Party
1856   James Macarthur None   John Oxley None
1856 by
1858   William Wild None

Election results edit

Elections in the 1850s edit

1858 edit

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1858 New South Wales colonial election § Western Division of Camden.[edit]
1858 New South Wales colonial election: Western Division of Camden
21 January [6]
Candidate Votes %
James Macarthur (re-elected 1) 366 40.1
William Wild (elected 2) 358 39.3
John Oxley (defeated) 188 20.6
Total formal votes 912 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 912 53.5

1856 by-election edit

This section is an excerpt from 1856 Western Division of Camden colonial by-election § Result.[edit]
1856 Western Division of Camden by-election
Monday 16 June [7]
Candidate Votes %
James Macarthur (re-elected) unopposed  
James Macarthur was concerned about the constitutionality of the transition to responsible government and resigned.[8]

1856 edit

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1856 New South Wales colonial election § Western Division of Camden.[edit]
1856 New South Wales colonial election: Western Division of Camden [9]
Candidate Votes %
John Oxley (elected) unopposed  
James Macarthur (elected) unopposed  
Polling was scheduled to be conducted on 31 March 1856. Macarthur had represented this district in the old Legislative Council.

References edit

  1. ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of West Camden". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Mr James Macarthur (1798-1867)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  4. ^ "Mr John Norton Oxley (1824-1891)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  5. ^ "Mr William Vandermuelen Wild (1834-1861)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  6. ^ Green, Antony. "1858 Camden West". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
  7. ^ Green, Antony. "West Camden by-election 1856". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
  8. ^ "West Camden election. Return of Mr James Macarthur". The Sydney Morning Herald. 18 June 1856. p. 4. Retrieved 18 April 2019 – via Trove.
  9. ^ Green, Antony. "1856 Western Division of Camden". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
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