Electoral district of Southern Boroughs (NSW Legislative Council)

The Electoral district of Southern Boroughs 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 consisted of the towns of Goulburn, Braidwood, Yass and Queanbeyan, while the surrounding rural area were in the districts of Argyle, Counties of Murray and St Vincent and Counties of King and Georgiana.[1]

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

Southern Boroughs
New South Wales—Legislative Council
StateNew South Wales
Created1851
Abolished1856
Coordinates34°45′S 149°43′E

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 Southern Boroughs.

Members
MemberTerm
Terence Murray [2] Sep 1851 – Feb 1856
Terence Murray went on to represent Southern Boroughs in the Legislative Assembly from 1856.

Election results

1851
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1851 New South Wales colonial election § Southern Boroughs[edit]
1851 New South Wales colonial election, 22 September:
Southern Boroughs [3]
Candidate Votes %
Terrence Murray unopposed  

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. "Sir Terence Aubrey Murray (1810–1873)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  3. "Progress of the elections: the Southern Boroughs". The Sydney Morning Herald. 22 September 1851. p. 2. Retrieved 30 May 2019 – via Trove.
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