Electoral district of Roxburgh

Roxburgh was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales from 1856 to 1859, named after Roxburgh County. It included Sofala. For the 1859 election the district divided, principally the northern portion in Hartley and the south western portion in East Macquarie.[1]

Members for Roxburgh
MemberPartyTerm
  William Lee [2] None 1856–1859

Election results

1856
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1856 New South Wales colonial election § Roxburgh[edit]
1856 New South Wales colonial election: Roxburgh [3]
Candidate Votes %
William Lee (elected) 136 44.2
William Suttor 114 37.0
William Cummings 58 18.8
Total formal votes 308 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 308 43.8
Polling was conducted on 8 April 1856. Suttor had served in the old Legislative Council as the elected member for Counties of Roxburgh, Phillip and Wellington from 1843 to 1851, then as the elected member for Counties of Roxburgh and Wellington from 1851 to 1854. The sitting Legislative Councillor, Saul Samuel contested Wellington (County).

1858
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1858 New South Wales colonial election § Roxburgh[edit]
1858 New South Wales colonial election: Roxburgh
2 February [4]
Candidate Votes %
William Lee (re-elected) unopposed  
gollark: So you think that the centristic political views here just happen to be exactly the right ones for modern civilisation's situation and others don't work?
gollark: Past societies have lasted hundreds of years with entirely different ones.
gollark: Again: the "centre" as it stands now is purely an artifact of what our present political climate looks like.
gollark: You could argue that only the current ones are stable, but this is visibly wrong.
gollark: "Centrists" in our society hold views which are very weird compared to those of "centrists" in the past or possibly some other countries.

References
  1. "An Act to amend the Electoral Law.". Act No. 20 of 24 November 1858 (PDF). Australasian Legal Information Institute. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  2. "William Lee (1794-1870)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  3. Green, Antony. "1856 Roxburgh". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  4. Green, Antony. "1858 Roxburgh". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
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