Electoral district of Pastoral District of Maneroo

The Electoral district of Pastoral District of Maneroo 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, 18 to be appointed and 36 elected.[1] The district covered the Maneroo region now known as Monaro in the south east of New South Wales. To its north was the Electoral district of Counties of Murray and St Vincent. Polling was to occur in the towns of Goulburn, Eden, Cooma and Bombala.[1]

For the lower house seat (New South Wales Legislative Assembly) created 1856, see Electoral district of Maneroo.

Pastoral District of Maneroo
New South Wales—Legislative Council
StateNew South Wales
Created1851
Abolished1856
NamesakeManeroo region

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 Maneroo.

Members
MemberTerm
Arthur Jeffreys [2] Sep 1851 – Feb 1854
Daniel Egan [3] Apr 1854 – Feb 1856

Election results

1851
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1851 New South Wales colonial election § Maneroo[edit]
1851 New South Wales colonial election, 25 September:
Pastoral District of Maneroo [4]
Candidate Votes %
Arthur Jeffreys unopposed  

1854

Arthur Jeffreys resigned in February 1854.

Pastoral District of Maneroo by-election
19 April 1854 [5]
Candidate Votes %
Daniel Egan show of hands  
Charles Kemp  

References
  1. "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. "Mr Arthur Jeffreys (1811–1861)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  3. "Mr Daniel Egan (1803–1870)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  4. "Electoral district of Pastoral District of Maneroo". The Sydney Morning Herald. 19 September 1851. p. 3. Retrieved 30 May 2019 – via Trove.
  5. "Maneroo election". The Sydney Morning Herald. 11 April 1854. p. 5. Retrieved 23 April 2019 – via Trove.

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