NEW SOUTH WALES ==================================================================== LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY ==================================================================== ELECTED 11 MARCH TO 19 APRIL 1856 ==================================================================== ELECTORAL DISTRICTS IN THE MORETON BAY DISTRICT ==================================================================== Sources -------------------------------------------------------------------- "Moreton Bay Courier" and other newspapers VOTING BY CONSTITUENCY ==================================================================== CLARENCE AND DARLING DOWNS ==================================================================== Place of nomination: Drayton -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 31 March, polling 15 April Main polling places: Drayton, Grafton, Warwick -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Clark IRVING 203 66.8 Colin J McKenzie 101 33.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 304 16.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Clark Irving (1808-65): Elected 1856 Born: 1808, England Career: To NSW 1836. Merchant and grazier, Darling Downs and Maranoa. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Irving retired at the 1858 delection. Later career: NSW MLA 1859-60, 1863-64. Died 13 January 1865 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MORETON, BURNETT, WIDE BAY AND MARANOA ==================================================================== Place of nomination: Ipswich Main polling places: Gladstone, Ipswich, Maryborough, Taroom -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 29 March -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gordon SANDEMAN Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gordon Sandeman (1810-97): Elected 1856 Born: 1810, Scotland Career: to NSW 1838. Merchant and grazier. Resigned 10 October 1857: see by-election -------------------------------------------------------------------- STANLEY BOROUGHS (2 members) ==================================================================== Place of nomination: Brisbane Main polling places: Ipswich, North Brisbane, South Brisbane -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 4 April, polling 7 April -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frederick A Forbes 168 15.5 Thomas HOLT 320 29.5 Arthur Macalister 279 25.7 John RICHARDSON 317 29.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,084 -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Macalister, see Ipswich 1959. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Holt (1811-88): Elected 1856 Born: 14 November 1811, England Career: To NSW 1842. Grazier and merchant. Extensive landowner. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Holt contested Cumberland (South Riding) at the 1858 election, defeated Later career: NSW MLA 1861-64, NSW MLC 1868-83. Died 5 September 1888 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Colonial Treasurer 6 June 1856 to 25 August 1856 -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Richardson (1810-88): Elected 1851. Resigned 1854. Elected 1855 by, 1856 -------------------------------------------------------------------- COUNTY OF STANLEY ==================================================================== Place of nomination: Brisbane Main polling places: Brisbane, Drayton, Ipswich, Jimboomba -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 3 April, polling 9 April -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry BUCKLEY 305 76.1 Dr William Dorsey 96 23.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 401 26.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry Buckley (1813-88): Elected 1856 Born: 21 June 1813, England Career: To NSW 1834. Merchant and grazier. -------------------------------------------------------------------- BY-ELECTIONS 1856-58 ==================================================================== STANLEY BOROUGHS ==================================================================== June 1856, following acceptance of office by Hon Thomas Holt -------------------------------------------------------------------- Place of nomination: Brisbane -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 23 June -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Thomas HOLT Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Holt (1811-88): Elected 1856. Accepted office 1856. Elected 1856 by -------------------------------------------------------------------- MORETON, BURNETT, WIDE BAY AND MARANOA ==================================================================== November 1857, following the resignation of Gordon Sandeman -------------------------------------------------------------------- Place of nomination: Ipswich -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 19 November -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Patrick LESLIE Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Patrick Leslie (1815-81): Elected 1857 by Born: 25 September 1815, Scotland Career: To NSW 1834. Property manager, merchant and grazier. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Leslie retired at the 1858 election. Died 12 August 1881 --------------------------------------------------------------------