Electoral district of Pastoral District of Murrumbidgee

The Electoral district of Pastoral District of Murrumbidgee 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] The district is located in the west of the state and was named after the Murrumbidgee River. Polling was to occur in the towns of Tumut, Gundagai, Albury, Wagga Wagga, Moulamein and Yass.[1]

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

Pastoral District of Murrumbidgee
New South Wales—Legislative Council
StateNew South Wales
Created1851
Abolished1856

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 Murrumbidgee.

Members
MemberTerm
George Macleay [2] Sep 1851 – Feb 1856

Election results

1851
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1851 New South Wales colonial election § Murrumbidgee[edit]
1851 New South Wales colonial election, 24 September:
Pastoral District of Murrumbidgee [3]
Candidate Votes %
George Macleay unopposed  
gollark: It just costs lots.
gollark: Well, you can get pocket x86 things with keyboards.
gollark: You mean "smartphones"?
gollark: You remind me of my friend who found out that you could press arbitrary buttons on certain Casio calculators by pressing three buttons in very precise patterns when turning it on, or I think four or more to do so while on.
gollark: Yes, since there are obviously finitely many of them.

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. "Sir George Macleay, KCMG (1809–1891)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  3. "Murrumbidgee district". The Sydney Morning Herald. 22 September 1851. p. 3. Retrieved 30 May 2019 – via Trove.

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