Electoral district of Town of Parramatta

The Electoral district of Town of Parramatta was an electorate of the partially elected New South Wales Legislative Council, created for the first elections for the Council in 1843,[1] at the time the principal residence of the Governor Sir Charles FitzRoy.[2] Polling took place at Parramatta.[3] 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 Parramatta, the only electorate to have existed continuously since the first Legislative Assembly election in 1856.

Town of Parramatta
New South Wales—Legislative Council
Map of the Town of Parramatta, 1840s
StateNew South Wales
Created1843
Abolished1851
NamesakeParramatta
Coordinates33°48′54″S 151°00′4″E

Members
Member 1Term
Hannibal Macarthur [4] Jun 1843 – Jun 1848
George Nichols [5] Jul 1848 – Feb 1856
George Oakes went on to be one of two representatives for Parramatta in the new Legislative Assembly in 1856.

Election results

1843
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1843 New South Wales colonial election § Town of Parramatta[edit]
1843 New South Wales colonial election, 16 June:
Town of Parramatta [6]
Candidate Votes %
Hannibal Macarthur unopposed  

1848
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1848 New South Wales colonial election § Town of Parramatta[edit]
1848 New South Wales colonial election, 28 July:
Town of Parramatta [7]
Candidate Votes %
George Oakes (elected) 101 53.16
William Macarthur 89 46.84
Total votes 190 100.00

1851
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1851 New South Wales colonial election § Parramatta[edit]
1851 New South Wales colonial election, 20 September:
Town of Parramatta [8]
Candidate Votes %
George Oakes 120 72.31
Alfred Kennerley 10 7.69
Total votes 130 100.00

See also

References
  1. "An Act to provide for the division of the Colony of New South Wales into Electoral Districts and for the Election of Members to serve in the Legislative Council.". Act No. 16 of 23 February 1843 (PDF). Australasian Legal Information Institute. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  2. Lennon, Troy (5 June 2014). "Parramatta almost stole Sydney's thunder and became our colonial capital under Governor Arthur Phillip". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  3. "Polling places". The Sydney Morning Herald. 14 July 1848. p. 2. Retrieved 28 May 2019 – via Trove.
  4. "Major D'Arcy Wentworth (1793-1861)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  5. "Mr George Nichols (1809–1857)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  6. "Parramatta election". The Sydney Morning Herald. 15 June 1843. p. 2. Retrieved 22 May 2019 – via Trove.
  7. "The borough of Parramatta". The Sydney Morning Herald. 1 August 1848. p. 2. Retrieved 26 May 2019 – via Trove.
  8. "Borough of Parramatta". The Sydney Morning Herald. 22 September 1851. p. 2. Retrieved 30 May 2019 – via Trove.


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