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Western Division of Camden, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1856 and abolished in 1859.[1][2][3][4][5]

Members[edit]

Election Member Party Member Party
1856   James Macarthur None   John Oxley None
1856 by
1858   William Wild None

Election results[edit]

Elections in the 1850s[edit]

1858[edit]

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1858 New South Wales colonial election § Western Division of Camden.[edit]
1858 New South Wales colonial election: Western Division of Camden
21 January [6]
Candidate Votes %
James Macarthur (re-elected 1) 366 40.1
William Wild (elected 2) 358 39.3
John Oxley (defeated) 188 20.6
Total formal votes 912 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 912 53.5

1856 by-election[edit]

This section is an excerpt from 1856 Western Division of Camden colonial by-election § Result.[edit]
1856 Western Division of Camden by-election
Monday 16 June [7]
Candidate Votes %
James Macarthur (re-elected) unopposed  
James Macarthur was concerned about the constitutionality of the transition to responsible government and resigned.[8]

1856[edit]

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1856 New South Wales colonial election § Western Division of Camden.[edit]
1856 New South Wales colonial election: Western Division of Camden [9]
Candidate Votes %
John Oxley (elected) unopposed  
James Macarthur (elected) unopposed  
Polling was scheduled to be conducted on 31 March 1856. Macarthur had represented this district in the old Legislative Council.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of West Camden". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Mr James Macarthur (1798-1867)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  4. ^ "Mr John Norton Oxley (1824-1891)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  5. ^ "Mr William Vandermuelen Wild (1834-1861)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  6. ^ Green, Antony. "1858 Camden West". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
  7. ^ Green, Antony. "West Camden by-election 1856". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
  8. ^ "West Camden election. Return of Mr James Macarthur". The Sydney Morning Herald. 18 June 1856. p. 4. Retrieved 18 April 2019 – via Trove.
  9. ^ Green, Antony. "1856 Western Division of Camden". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral_results_for_the_district_of_Western_Division_of_Camden

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