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Electoral district of Gloucester and Macquarie

Coordinates: 30°S 153°E / 30°S 153°E / -30; 153
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Gloucester and Macquarie
New South WalesLegislative Assembly
Gloucester county in the 1840s
StateNew South Wales
Created1856
Abolished1859
NamesakeGloucester County, Macquarie County
Coordinates30°S 153°E / 30°S 153°E / -30; 153
Macquarie county in the 1840s

Gloucester and Macquarie was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales in the first and second Parliaments (1856-1859), named after Gloucester and Macquarie counties on the Mid North Coast. It was abolished in 1859 with Macquarie, the north-east of Gloucester and the Macleay River area forming the new district of Electoral district of Hastings (New South Wales), while the rest of Gloucester was split between Lower Hunter, Northumberland and The Williams.[1]

Members for Gloucester and Macquarie

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Member Party Period
  Thomas Barker[2] None 1856–1857
  James Williamson[3] None 1857–1859

Election results

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1856

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1856 New South Wales colonial election: Gloucester and Macquarie [4]
Candidate Votes %
Thomas Barker (elected) 163 37.7
James Williamson 139 32.18
Joseph Andrews 130 30.1
Total formal votes 432 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 432 41.30
Polling was conducted on 10 April 1856. Barker served in the old Legislative Council as an appointed member. Sitting Legislative Councillor for Counties of Gloucester and Macquarie was Phillip Parker King who did not contest the election.

1858

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1858 New South Wales colonial election: Gloucester and Macquarie
10 February [5]
Candidate Votes %
James Williamson (elected) 425 60.7
Thomas Barker (defeated) 275 39.3
Total formal votes 700 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 700 62.3

References

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  1. ^ The Electoral Act of 1858 (PDF) (23a). 1858. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Mr Thomas Barker (1799-1875)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Mr James Williamson (1811-1881)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  4. ^ Green, Antony. "1856 Gloucester and Macquarie". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  5. ^ Green, Antony. "1858 Gloucester and Macquarie". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 June 2019.