NEW SOUTH WALES ==================================================================== LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY ==================================================================== ELECTED 13 JANUARY TO 12 FEBRUARY 1858 ==================================================================== ELECTORAL DISTRICTS IN THE MORETON BAY DISTRICT ==================================================================== Sources -------------------------------------------------------------------- "Sydney Morning Herald," "Moreton Bay Courier" and other newspapers VOTING BY CONSTITUENCY ==================================================================== CLARENCE AND DARLING DOWNS ==================================================================== Place of nomination: Drayton -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 12 January, polling 2 February Main polling places: Drayton, Grafton, Warwick -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur HODGSON Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur Hodgson (1818-1902): Elected 1854 by. Election void 1854. Elected 1858 Hodgson contested Newcastle at the 1859 election. Later career: NSW MLA 1859-60. Returned to England. Died 24 December 1902 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MORETON, WIDE BAY, BURNETT AND MARANOA ==================================================================== Place of nomination: Ipswich Main polling places: Gladstone, Ipswich, Maryborough, Taroom -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations polling 12 February -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur Macalister 52 48.1 William B TOOTH 56 51.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 108 01.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Macalister, see Ipswich 1859 -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Butler Tooth (1823-76): Elected 1858 Born: 1823, England Career: To NSW 1841. Grazier with extensive holdings in Qld. Cousin of Robert Tooth, NSW MLC and MLA, and Robert Lucas-Tooth, NSW MLA. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Tooth contested East Moreton at the 1859 election. -------------------------------------------------------------------- STANLEY BOROUGHS (2 members) ==================================================================== Place of nomination: Brisbane Main polling places: Ipswich, North Brisbane, South Brisbane -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 29 January, polling 1 February -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward Browne 154 13.7 Benjamin CRIBB 492 43.6 John RICHARDSON * 482 42.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,128 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Benjamin Cribb (1807-74): Elected 1858 Born: 7 November 1807, England Career: to NSW in youth. Merchant, Ipswich. Landowner. Brother of Robert Cribb MLA, father of James Cribb MLA and Thomas Cribb MLA and MLC. -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Richardson (1810-88): Elected 1851. Resigned 1854. Elected 1855 by, 1856, 1858 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Cribb contested Ipswich at the 1859 election. 2. Richardson contested Brisbane at the 1859 election. -------------------------------------------------------------------- COUNTY OF STANLEY ==================================================================== Place of nomination: Brisbane Main polling places: Brisbane, Drayton, Ipswich, Jimboomba -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 1 February, polling 8 February -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry BUCKLEY * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry Buckley (1813-88): Elected 1856, 1858 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Buckley retired at the 1859 election. Died 14 April 1888 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BY-ELECTIONS 1858-59 ==================================================================== There were no by-elections for these districts during this Parliament.