Electoral results for the district of Eastern Division of Camden

Eastern 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][6]

Members

Election Member Party Member Party
1856   John Marks None   Henry Osborne None
1858   Robert Owen None
1859 by   John Hargrave None

Election results

Elections in the 1850s

1859 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1859 East Camden colonial by-election § Result.[edit]
Eastern Division of Camden by-election
Monday 21 March [7]
Candidate Votes %
John Hargrave (elected) 638 99.7
John Tighe 2 0.3
Total formal votes 640 100.0
Informal votes 0 0
Turnout 640 39.1 [a]
Robert Owen's seat was declared vacant on his acceptance of an appointment as a judge of the District Court, filling the position created by the resignation of John Hargrave.[9]

1858

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1858 New South Wales colonial election § Eastern Division of Camden.[edit]
1858 New South Wales colonial election: Eastern Division of Camden
22 January [8]
Candidate Votes %
John Marks (re-elected 1) 789 35.4
Robert Owen (elected 2) 768 34.5
Henry Osborne (defeated) 632 28.4
George Alley 39 1.8
Total formal votes 2,228 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 2,228 68.0

1856

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1856 New South Wales colonial election § Eastern Division of Camden.[edit]
1856 New South Wales colonial election: Eastern Division of Camden [10]
Candidate Votes %
Henry Osborne (elected 1) 657 33.5
John Marks (elected 2) 502 25.6
Charles Jenkins 398 20.3
George Pickering 176 9.0
David L. Waugh 136 7.0
James Shoobert 91 4.6
Total formal votes 1,960 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 980 66.3
Polling was conducted on 31 March 1856. Osborne had represented this district in the old Legislative Council.

Notes

  1. ^ estimate based on an electoral roll of 1,638 at the January 1858 election.[8]

References

  1. ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of East Camden". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Mr John Marks (1827-1885)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  4. ^ "Mr Henry Osborne (1808 - 1859)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  5. ^ "Mr Robert Owen (1799-1878)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  6. ^ "Mr John Fletcher Hargrave, QC (1815-1885)". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  7. ^ Green, Antony. "1859 East Camden by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  8. ^ a b Green, Antony. "1858 Camden East". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
  9. ^ "Writ of election: Eastern Division of Camden". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 38. 8 March 1859. p. 542. Retrieved 19 June 2019 – via Trove.
  10. ^ Green, Antony. "1856 Eastern Division of Camden". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 March 2015.