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 Phillip, Brisbane and Bligh.
^ ab 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 (PDF) (16). Australasian Legal Information Institute. 23 February 1843. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
^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 (PDF) (48). Australasian Legal Information Institute. 2 May 1851. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
electoral, district, counties, hunter, brisbane, bligh, lower, house, seat, south, wales, legislative, assembly, created, 1856, electoral, district, phillip, brisbane, bligh, electorates, containing, town, brisbane, electoral, district, counties, gloucester, m. For the lower house seat New South Wales Legislative Assembly created 1856 see Electoral district of Phillip Brisbane and Bligh For the NSW electorates containing the town of Brisbane see Electoral district of Counties of Gloucester Macquarie and Stanley and Electoral district of County of Stanley The Electoral district of Counties of Hunter Brisbane and Bligh and from 1851 Phillip Brisbane and Bligh was an electorate of the partially elected New South Wales Legislative Council created for the first elections for the Council in 1843 1 The electoral district included the north western counties of Hunter Brisbane Bligh 1 Polling took place in the towns of Jerrys Plains nearby Merton Muswellbrook Scone as far north as Murrurundi Watson s on the Macdonald River Cassilis and as far west as Montefiores With the expansion of the Council in 1851 Phillip the other north west county was added to the district replacing Hunter which was combined with the lower Hunter county of Northumberland as Counties of Northumberland and Hunter 2 Counties of Hunter Brisbane and BlighNew South Wales Legislative CouncilStateNew South WalesCreated1843Abolished1851NamesakeHunter County Brisbane County Bligh CountyCoordinates32 02 54 S 150 50 04 E 32 04833 S 150 83444 E 32 04833 150 83444 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 Phillip Brisbane and Bligh Contents 1 Members 2 Election results 2 1 1843 2 2 1848 2 3 1851 3 ReferencesMembers editMember Term Hunter Brisbane and Bligh 1843 1851 William Dumaresq 3 Jun 1843 Jun 1848 Donald McIntyre 4 Jul 1848 Jun 1851 Phillip Brisbane and Bligh 1851 1856 William Dumaresq 3 Jul 1851 Feb 1856Election results edit1843 edit This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1843 New South Wales colonial election Counties of Hunter Brisbane and Bligh edit 1843 New South Wales colonial election 24 June Counties of Hunter Brisbane and Bligh 5 Candidate Votes William Dumaresq 58 52 25 Henry Dangar 34 30 63 Donald McIntyre 19 17 12 Total votes 111 100 00 1848 edit This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1848 New South Wales colonial election Counties of Hunter Brisbane and Bligh edit 1848 New South Wales colonial election 29 July Counties of Hunter Brisbane and Bligh 6 7 Candidate Votes Donald McIntyre elected 19 70 William Dumaresq 6 22 John Lang 2 7 Total votes 27 100 1851 edit This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1851 New South Wales colonial election Phillip Brisbane and Bligh edit 1851 New South Wales colonial election 23 September Counties of Phillip Brisbane and Bligh 8 Candidate Votes William Dumaresq 41 52 56 Robert Campbell 37 47 44 Total votes 78 100References edit a b 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 PDF 16 Australasian Legal Information Institute 23 February 1843 Retrieved 27 May 2019 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 PDF 48 Australasian Legal Information Institute 2 May 1851 Retrieved 27 May 2019 a b Mr William John Dumaresq 1793 1868 Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales Retrieved 27 May 2019 Mr Donald McIntyre Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales Retrieved 27 May 2019 Hunter Brisbane and Bligh election The Australian 7 July 1843 p 3 Retrieved 23 May 2019 via Trove Election for Hunter Brisbane and Bligh The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser 2 August 1848 p 2 Retrieved 30 October 2021 via Trove These results are only for Scone and do not include results for polling at Murrurundi Cassilis Merton Jerrys Plains Muswell Brook Montefiores or Watson s on the Macdonald River Polling places The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser 26 July 1848 p 2 Retrieved 30 October 2021 via Trove Election for Brisbane Bligh and Phillip The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser 8 October 1851 p 3 Retrieved 30 May 2019 via Trove Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Electoral district of Counties of Hunter Brisbane and Bligh amp oldid 1192631298, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
