Electoral district of Pastoral Districts of Clarence and Darling Downs

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

The Electoral district of Pastoral Districts of Clarence and Darling Downs 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] It included the Clarence Valley and the Darling Downs region, which became part of Queensland on its establishment in 1859.

Pastoral Districts of Clarence and Darling Downs New South Wales—Legislative Council
Clarence County in modern New South Wales
State	New South Wales
Created	1851
Abolished	1856
Namesake	Clarence County & Darling Downs
Coordinates	29°S 152°E / 29°S 152°E / -29; 152

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 Clarence and Darling Downs.

Members

Member	Term
George Farquhar Leslie ^[2]	Sep 1851 – Feb 1855
Thomas Hood ^[3]	Apr 1855 – Feb 1856

Election results

1851

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1851 New South Wales colonial election § Clarence and Darling Downs.[edit]

1851 New South Wales colonial election, 22 September:
Pastoral Districts of Clarence and Darling Downs ^[4]

Candidate		Votes	%
George Leslie		unopposed

1855

George Leslie resigned in February 1855.^[2]

Clarence and Darling Downs by-election
20 April 1855 ^[5]

Candidate		Votes	%
Thomas Hood		94	71.21
Gordon Sandeman		38	28.79
Total votes		132	100.00

See also

• Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council, 1851-1856

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 George Farquhar Leslie (1820-1860)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
3. "Mr Thomas Hood". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
4. "Drayton: The election for the Pastoral Districts of Clarence and Darling Downs". Empire. 2 October 1851. p. 3. Retrieved 30 May 2019 – via Trove.
5. "Darling Downs election". The Empire. 2 May 1855. p. 4. Retrieved 31 May 2019 – via Trove.