Electoral district of Counties of Murray and St Vincent

{{Short description|Former legislative council electoral district of New South Wales, Australia}}

{{for|the lower house seat (New South Wales Legislative Assembly) created 1856|Electoral district of United Counties of Murray and St Vincent}}

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{{Use Australian English|date=June 2019}}

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| name = Counties of Murray and St Vincent

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| created = 1851

| abolished = 1856

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| namesake = Murray County & St Vincent County

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The Electoral district of Counties of Murray and St Vincent was an electorate of the New South Wales Legislative Council at a time when some of its members were elected and the balance were appointed by the Governor. It was a new electorate created in 1851 by the expansion of the Legislative Council to 54, 18 to be appointed and 36 elected.

{{cite act

|url=http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/num_act/teao1851n4179.pdf

|title=An Act to provide for the division of the Colony of New South Wales after the separation of the District of Port Phillip therefrom into Electoral Districts and for the Election of Members to serve in the Legislative Council.

|date=2 May 1851

|number=48

|accessdate=10 September 2014

|publisher=Australasian Legal Information Institute

}} The district consisted of the rural areas of Murray County, which had previously been part of Counties of Murray, King and Georgiana, and St Vincent County, which had previously been part of Counties of St Vincent and Auckland. The towns of Braidwood and Queanbeyan were not part of the district, being included in Southern Boroughs.

In 1856 the unicameral Legislative Council was abolished and replaced with an elected Legislative Assembly and an appointed Legislative Council. The district was represented by the Legislative Assembly electorate of United Counties of Murray and St Vincent.