NEW SOUTH WALES ==================================================================== LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ==================================================================== ELECTED 12 TO 25 SEPTEMBER 1851 ==================================================================== ELECTORAL DISTRICTS IN THE MORETON BAY DISTRICT ==================================================================== Sources -------------------------------------------------------------------- "Moreton Bay Courier" and other newspapers VOTING BY CONSTITUENCY ==================================================================== PASTORAL DISTRICTS OF CLARENCE AND DARLING DOWNS ==================================================================== Place of nomination: Drayton -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 9 September, polling 22 September -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- George F LESLIE Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Farquhar Leslie (1820-60): Elected 1851 Born: 19 August 1820, Scotland Career: To NSW 1838. Grazier. Brother of Patrick Leslie, NSW MLA. Son-in-law of H H Macarthur, NSW MLC. Resigned 28 February 1855: see by-election Died 23 June 1860 -------------------------------------------------------------------- PASTORAL DISTRICTS OF MORETON, BURNETT, WIDE BAY AND MARANOA ==================================================================== Place of nomination: Ipswich -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 8 September, polling 25 September -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Francis BIGGE Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Francis Edward Bigge (1820-1915): Elected 1851 Born: 1820, England Career: British naval officer 1835-39. To NSW 1839, to Moreton Bay 1840. Grazier, Mount Brisbane. Resigned 31 December 1852: see by-election Later career: Qld MLC 1860-73 Died 3 December 1915 -------------------------------------------------------------------- STANLEY BOROUGHS ==================================================================== Place of nomination: Brisbane -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 10 September, polling 12 September -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard JONES 114 52.8 Henry Hughes 102 47.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 216 02.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. The Stanley Boroughs district covered the towns of Brisbane, Ipswich, Kangaroo Point and South Brisbane. 2. Jones was the candidate of the Anti-Transportation (of convicts) cause. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Jones (1786-1852): Elected 1850 by, 1851 Died 6 November 1852: see by-election -------------------------------------------------------------------- COUNTY OF STANLEY ==================================================================== Place of nomination: Brisbane -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 9 September, polling 13 September -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- John RICHARDSON 57 65.5 William Wilson 30 35.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 87 15.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Richardson (1810-88): Elected 1851 Born: 1810, Scotland Career: To NSW 1837. Commercial agent, merchant, grazier. Resigned 31 March 1854: see by-election Later career: See Stanley Boroughs September 1855 by-election -------------------------------------------------------------------- BY-ELECTIONS 1851-56 ==================================================================== STANLEY BOROUGHS ==================================================================== January 1853, following the death of Richard Jones -------------------------------------------------------------------- Place of nomination: Brisbane -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 5 January, polling 7 January -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry S RUSSELL Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry Stuart Russell (1818-89): Elected 1853 by Born: 16 March 1818, England Career: To NSW 1840. Grazier, Darling Downs. Resigned 31 August 1855: see subsequent by-election Died 5 March 1889 -------------------------------------------------------------------- PASTORAL DISTRICTS OF MORETON, BURNETT, WIDE BAY AND MARANOA ==================================================================== February-March 1853, following the resignation of Francis Bigge -------------------------------------------------------------------- Place of nomination: Ipswich -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 14 February, polling 3 March -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard J SMITH Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Joseph Smith (1819-83): Elected 1853 by Born: 1819, England Career: To NSW 1824. Merchant, Ipswich. Smith retired at the 1856 election. Later career: Qld MLC 1863-66. Mayor of Ipswich 1876. Died 15 November 1883. -------------------------------------------------------------------- COUNTY OF STANLEY ==================================================================== April-June 1854, following the resignation of John Richardson -------------------------------------------------------------------- Place of nomination: Brisbane -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 24 April, polling 28 April -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur HODGSON 57 50.0 Dr John D Lang 57 50.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 114 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. The Returning Officer cast his vote in favour of Hodgson and declared him elected. 2. For Lang, see subsequent by-election. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur Hodgson (1818-1902): Elected 1854 by Born: 29 June 1818, England Career: To NSW 1839. Grazier, company director. -------------------------------------------------------------------- The election was declared void on 31 July. See subsequent by-election. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Later career: See Clarence and Darling Downs 1858 -------------------------------------------------------------------- COUNTY OF STANLEY ==================================================================== August 1854, following the voiding of the election of Arthur Hodgson -------------------------------------------------------------------- Place of nomination: Brisbane -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 2 August, polling before 19 August -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur Hodgson 56 49.6 Dr John D LANG 57 50.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 113 -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Dunmore Lang (1799-1878): Elected 1854 by Bofrn: 25 August 1799, Scotland Career: Presbyterian minister. Educated Glasgow University, Doctor of Divinity. To NSW 1823. Educator and publisher. Opposed transportation of convicts, supported Qld sepration from NSW. NSW MLC 1843-47, 1850-51. Lang retired at the 1856 election. Later career: NSW MLA 1859-69. Died 8 August 1878. Lang Park Brisbane named for him. -------------------------------------------------------------------- PASTORAL DISTRICTS OF CLARENCE AND DARLING DOWNS ==================================================================== March-April 1855, following the resignation of George F Leslie -------------------------------------------------------------------- Place of nomination: Drayton -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 20 March, polling 3 April -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas HOOD 50 56.8 Gordon Sandeman 38 43.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 88 06.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. These are incomplete figures. 2. For Sandeman, see Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett and Maranoa 1856. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Hood: Elected 1855 Career: Grazier. Dates of birth and death unknown. Hood retired at the 1856 election. -------------------------------------------------------------------- STANLEY BOROUGHS ==================================================================== January 1853, following the resignation of Henry S Russell -------------------------------------------------------------------- Place of nomination: Brisbane -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 8 September -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- John RICHARDSON Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Richardson (1810-88): Elected 1851. Resigned 1854. Elected 1855 by Richardson contested the Legislative Assembly seat of Stanley Boroughs at the 1856 election. --------------------------------------------------------------------