Polling was conducted on 17 April 1856. Both Bowman and Douglass had represented Counties of Northumberland and Hunter in the old Legislative Council. John Plunkett was nominated to stand in this seat but after being elected to both Argyle and Bathurst (County) on 31 March, he withdrew his nomination.
electoral, district, northumberland, hunter, northumberland, hunter, electoral, district, legislative, assembly, australian, state, south, wales, from, 1856, 1859, newcastle, area, named, after, northumberland, county, hunter, river, elected, three, members, w. Northumberland and Hunter was an electoral district for the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales from 1856 to 1859 1 in the Newcastle area and named after Northumberland County and the Hunter River It elected three members with voters casting three votes and the first three candidates being elected For the 1859 election it was replaced by Northumberland and the remainder was divided between Hunter and Lower Hunter 2 Contents 1 Members for Northumberland and Hunter 2 Election results 2 1 1856 2 2 1858 3 ReferencesMembers for Northumberland and Hunter editMember Party Period Member Party Period Member Party Period Alexander Scott 3 None 1856 1859 William Piddington 4 None 1856 1859 Hovenden Hely 5 None 1856 1857 George White 6 None 1858 1859Election results edit1856 edit This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1856 New South Wales colonial election Northumberland and Hunter edit 1856 New South Wales colonial election Northumberland and Hunter 7 Candidate Votes Alexander Walker Scott elected 1 821 27 1William Piddington elected 2 706 23 3Hovenden Hely elected 3 574 19 0Henry Douglass 389 12 8George Bowman 289 9 5Walter Rotton 250 8 3Total formal votes 3 029 100 0Informal votes 0 0 0Turnout 1 180 50 7 Polling was conducted on 17 April 1856 Both Bowman and Douglass had represented Counties of Northumberland and Hunter in the old Legislative Council John Plunkett was nominated to stand in this seat but after being elected to both Argyle and Bathurst County on 31 March he withdrew his nomination 1858 edit This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1858 New South Wales colonial election Northumberland and Hunter edit 1858 New South Wales colonial election Northumberland and Hunter30 January 8 Candidate Votes Alexander Scott re elected 1 1 040 30 5George White elected 2 969 28 4William Piddington re elected 3 945 27 7Clark Irving defeated 457 13 40Total formal votes 3 411 100 0Informal votes 0 0 0Turnout 3 411 38 0 The other sitting member Hovenden Hely did not contest the election Clark Irving was the member for Clarence and Darling Downs References edit Green Antony Northumberland and Hunter New South Wales Election Results 1856 2007 Parliament of New South Wales Retrieved 25 June 2019 An Act to amend the Electoral Law Act No 20 of 24 November 1858 PDF Australasian Legal Information Institute Retrieved 25 June 2019 Mr Alexander Walker Scott 1800 1883 Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales Retrieved 13 May 2019 Mr William Henry Burgess Piddington Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales Retrieved 25 June 2019 Hovenden Hely 1823 1872 Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales Retrieved 8 June 2019 Mr George Boyle White 1802 1876 Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales Retrieved 22 May 2019 Green Antony 1856 Northumberland and Hunter New South Wales Election Results 1856 2007 Parliament of New South Wales Retrieved 21 March 2015 Green Antony 1858 Northumberland and Hunter New South Wales Election Results 1856 2007 Parliament of New South Wales Retrieved 12 June 2019 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Electoral district of Northumberland and Hunter amp oldid 1098906777, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
