NEW SOUTH WALES ==================================================================== LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ==================================================================== ELECTION OF MEMBERS TO REPRESENT THE PORT PHILLIP DISTRICT ==================================================================== ELECTION OF JULY-OCTOBER 1848 ==================================================================== DISTRICT OF PORT PHILLIP (5 members) ==================================================================== Nominations 22 September 1848, polling 3 October 1848 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Rt Hon Henry Brougham, Baron Brougham ? Edward CURR 183 17.1 Dr John DICKSON 205 19.2 William Macarthur 5 00.5 Lauchlan MACKINNON 212 19.8 Dr James F PALMER 200 18.7 Rt Hon Sir Robert Peel ? Rt Hon Lord John Russell ? Rt Hon Henry Temple, Viscount Palmerston ? Rt Hon Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington ? James WILLIAMSON 207 19.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,070 votes cast -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. For Macarthur, see 1849 by-election, below. He withdrew before polling day but his name remained on the ballot. 2. These figures, which appeared in several newspapers and have been republished since, did not include the voting at Belfast. 3. The names of the British statesmen Brougham, Peel, Russell, Palmerston and Wellington were placed in nomination as a protest against the neglect of the Port Phillip District by the government in Sydney. They were reported to have polled 58 votes (5.4%) between them. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward Curr (1798-1850): Elected 1845 by. Resigned 1846. Elected 1848 Resigned June 1849 Died 16 November 1850 -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Dickson (?): Elected 1848 Born: Scotland, date unknown Career: Educated Edinburgh University. Medical doctor. To NSW about 1840. Pastoralist. Term expired June 1851 Date of death unknown -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lauchlan Mackinnon (1817-88): Elected 1848 Born: 26 February 1817, Isle of Skye, Scotland Career: To Sydney 1838, to Port Phillip 1840. Pastoralist. Resigned June 1849 Later career: See 1849 by-election below -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mackinnon resigned due to a "severe domestic bereavement." He contested the by-election caused by his resignation. -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Frederick Palmer (1803-71): Elected 1851 Born 7 June 1803, Devonshire England Career: Educated London, surgeon. Migrated 1840. Manufacturer, merchant, pastoralist Western District. Melbourne City Council, Mayor 1845. Resigned June 1849 Later career: See Victorian Legislative Council 1851 -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Williamson (1811-81): Elected 1848 Born: 1811, Edinburgh Career: To Sydney 1837. Pastoralist, Port Phillip. Resigned January 1849 Later career: NSW MLA 1858-59 Died 8 March 1881 -------------------------------------------------------------------- CITY OF MELBOURNE (1 member) ==================================================================== Nominations 25 July, polling 26 July 1848 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- John F L Foster 202 40.6 Rt Hon Henry G GREY, Earl Grey 295 59.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 497 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Foster was NSW MLC 1846-48 -------------------------------------------------------------------- The name of Grey (the Colonial Secretary) was placed in nomination as a protest against the neglect of the Port Phillip District by the government in Sydney. The NSW law officers held his election to be valid, but it was not announced in the NSW Government Gazette. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry George Grey (1802-94): Elected 1848 Born: 28 December 1802, son of Rt Hon Earl Grey, Prime Minister Career: British MP 1826-41, 1841-44. House of Lords from 1844. Colonial Secretary 1846-52. Seat declared vacant through non-attendance November 1850 Died 9 October 1894 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BY-ELECTIONS 1848-51 ==================================================================== DISTRICT OF PORT PHILLIP ==================================================================== Nominations 15 February, polling 27 February 1849 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the resignation of James Williamson -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- William MACARTHUR 97 91.5 Rt Hon Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington 9 08.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 106 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Wellington was placed in nomination as a protest against the neglect of the Port Phillip District by the government in Sydney. Those advocating separation of Port Phillip from NSW urged abstention, which explains the very low turnout. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Macarthur (1800-82): Elected 1849 by Born: 1 December 1800, Parramatta NSW (son of John Macarthur) Career: Educated England. Pastoralist and vigneron. Term expired June 1851 Later career: NSW MLC 1851-55, 1864-82. Died 29 October 1882 -------------------------------------------------------------------- DISTRICT OF PORT PHILLIP ==================================================================== Nominations 11 June 1849 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the resignation of Edward Curr -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- John F L FOSTER Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Fitzgerald Leslie Foster (1818-1900): Elected 1846 by. Resigned 1848. Elected 1849 by Resigned May 1850 Later career: See Victorian Legislative Council 1851 -------------------------------------------------------------------- DISTRICT OF PORT PHILLIP ==================================================================== Nominations 19 July, polling 31 July 1849 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the resignation of Lauchlan Mackinnon -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- John P Fawkner 1 00.9 Lauchlan MACKINNON 109 96.5 Rt Hon Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington 3 02.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 113 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. For Fawkner, see Victorian Legislative Council 1851. He was nominated as a joke by his enemies. 2. Wellington was again nominated (by Fawkner) as a protest against the neglect of the Port Phillip District by the government in Sydney. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lauchlan Mackinnon (1817-88): Elected 1848. Resigned 1849. Elected 1849 by. Resigned May 1850 Later career: See Victorian Legislative Council 1851 -------------------------------------------------------------------- DISTRICT OF PORT PHILLIP ==================================================================== Nominations 5 July, polling 17 July 1849 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the resignation of Dr James F Palmer -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry MOOR Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry Moor (1809-77): Elected 1849 by Born: 1809, Kent Career: Solicitor. To Port Phillip 1842. Solicitor and conveyancer, Melbourne. Registrar, Anglican Diocese of Melbourne. Term expired June 1851 Died 1 May 1877 -------------------------------------------------------------------- DISTRICT OF PORT PHILLIP (2 to be elected) ==================================================================== Nominations 30 May, polling 11 June 1850 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the resignations of John F L Foster and Lauchlan Mackinnon -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles H EBDEN 422 34.9 Dr John D Lang 385 31.9 William D MERCER 401 33.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,208 votes cast -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Ebden was NSW MLC 1843-44, 1848 2. Lang was NSW MLC 1843-47 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Hotson Ebden (1811-67): Elected 1843. Resigned 1844. Elected 1848 by. Resigned 1848. Elected 1850 by Term expired June 1851 Later career: See Victorian Legislative Council 1851 -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Drummond Mercer (1796-1871): Elected 1850 by Born: 1796, Scotland. Career: Army officer. To VDL 1838, to Port Phillip 1842. Pastoralist. Term expired June 1851 Died 31 December 1871 -------------------------------------------------------------------- CITY OF MELBOURNE ==================================================================== Nominations -------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the declaration that Rt Hon Earl Grey's seat was vacant -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- William WESTGARTH Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Westgarth (1815-89): Elected 1851 Born 15 June 1815, Edinburgh Career: Educated Edinburgh. Clerk. Migrated 1840. Merchant and importer. First President Melbourne Chamber of Commerce. Suburb of Westgarth and four Westgarth Sts named for him. Term expired June 1851. Later career: See Victorian Legislative Council 1851 --------------------------------------------------------------------