Results of the 1851 New South Wales colonial election
{{short description|Colonial election for New South Wales, Australia in 1851}}
{{Use Australian English|date=June 2020}}
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The 1851 New South Wales colonial election, was held between 12 and 25 September. It involved a re-distribution of electorates as a result of the separation of Victoria, which had 6 seats in the previous council, and the expansion of the council from 24 elected members to 36 elected members representing 31 electorates. The major changes were the addition of 8 pastoral districts and the separate representation for the northern regions of what would later become Queensland. These had previously been a part of the single district of Gloucester, Macquarie, and Stanley and from 1851 were covered by the separate districts of Stanley, Stanley Boroughs and the pastoral districts of Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett, and Maranoa. The other 8 additional seats were distributed among the nineteen counties of New South Wales.
In 14 out of 31 districts the candidate was elected unopposed, including all eight pastoral districts, which were seen as representing the interests of squatters.{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60147132 |title=Who represents the colony? |newspaper=The Empire |date=10 December 1853 |access-date=23 April 2019 |page=4 |via=Trove}}
In 1856 the unicameral Legislative Council was abolished and replaced with an elected Legislative Assembly and an appointed Legislative Council.
There would not be another general election for the Legislative Council until 1978.
Results by district
=Argyle=
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|title=1851 New South Wales colonial election, 18 September:
County of Argyle{{hairsp}}{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60123584 |title=Election for the County of Argyle|newspaper=The Empire |date=19 September 1851 |access-date=29 May 2019 |page=3 |via=Trove}}
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{{Election box winning candidate no party no change
|candidate = Charles Nicholson
|votes = unopposed
|percentage =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Bathurst=
{{Election box begin no party no change AU
|title=1851 New South Wales colonial election, 19 September:
County of Bathurst{{hairsp}}{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12930635 |title=The County of Bathurst |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=24 September 1851 |access-date=29 May 2019 |page=2 |via=Trove}}
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{{Election box winning candidate no party no change
|candidate = James Bligh
|votes = 75
|percentage = 58.59
}}
{{Election box candidate no party no change
|candidate = Francis Lord
|votes = 53
|percentage = 41.41
}}
{{Election box total no party no change|
|votes = 128
|percentage = 100.00
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Eastern Camden=
{{Election box begin no party no change AU
|title=1851 New South Wales colonial election, 20 September:
Eastern Camden{{hairsp}}{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12930779 |title=News from the interior |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=27 September 1851 |access-date=29 May 2019 |page=5 |via=Trove}}
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{{Election box winning candidate no party no change
|candidate = Henry Osborne
|votes = 308
|percentage = 62.60
}}
{{Election box candidate no party no change
|candidate = James Wilshire
|votes = 184
|percentage = 37.40
}}
{{Election box total no party no change|
|votes = 492
|percentage = 100
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Western Camden=
{{Election box begin no party no change AU
|title=1851 New South Wales colonial election, 22 September:
Western Camden{{hairsp}}{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12930841 |title=News from the interior: Picton |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=30 September 1851 |access-date=29 May 2019 |page=3 |via=Trove}}
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{{Election box winning candidate no party no change
|candidate = James Macarthur
|votes = 189
|percentage = 70.52
}}
{{Election box candidate no party no change
|candidate = Dr William Sherwin
|votes = 79
|percentage = 29.48
}}
{{Election box total no party no change|
|votes = 268
|percentage = 100
}}
{{Election box turnout no party no change|
|percentage = 66.83
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Clarence and Darling Downs=
{{Election box begin no party no change AU
|title=1851 New South Wales colonial election, 22 September:
Pastoral Districts of Clarence and Darling Downs{{hairsp}}{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60123961 |title=Drayton: The election for the Pastoral Districts of Clarence and Darling Downs |newspaper=Empire |date=2 October 1851 |access-date=30 May 2019 |page=3 |via=Trove}}
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{{Election box winning candidate no party no change
|candidate = George Leslie
|votes = unopposed
|percentage =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Cook and Westmoreland=
{{Election box begin no party no change AU
|title=1851 New South Wales colonial election, 23 September:
Counties of Cook and Westmoreland{{hairsp}}{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60123591 |title=Cook and Westmoreland election |newspaper=The Empire |date=19 September 1851 |access-date=22 April 2019 |page=3 |via=Trove}}{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60123790 |title=Cook and Westmoreland |newspaper=The Empire |date=26 September 1851 |access-date=22 April 2019 |page=3 |via=Trove}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate no party no change
|candidate = James Martin
|votes = 94
|percentage = 57.32
}}
{{Election box candidate no party no change
|candidate = Alexander Longmore
|votes = 70
|percentage = 42.68
}}
{{Election box total no party no change|
|votes = 164
|percentage = 100
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Cumberland=
{{Election box begin no party no change AU
|title=1851 New South Wales colonial election, 22 September:
County of Cumberland{{hairsp}}{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12930707 |title=County of Cumberland |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=26 September 1851 |access-date=29 May 2019 |page=3 |via=Trove}}
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{{Election box winning candidate no party no change
|candidate = John Darvall
|votes = 306
|percentage = 27.39
}}
{{Election box winning candidate no party no change
|candidate = Robert Fitzgerald
|votes = 297
|percentage = 26.59
}}
{{Election box candidate no party no change
|candidate = Charles Cowper
|votes = 295
|percentage = 26.41
}}
{{Election box candidate no party no change
|candidate = James Byrnes
|votes = 219
|percentage = 19.61
}}
{{Election box total no party no change|
|votes = 1,117
|percentage = 100.00
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Cumberland Boroughs=
{{Election box begin no party no change AU
|title=1851 New South Wales colonial election, 20 September: Cumberland Boroughs{{hairsp}}{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12930604 |title=Cumberland Boroughs: result of the poll |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=23 September 1851 |access-date=23 April 2019 |page=3 |via=Trove}}
{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12930733 |title=Progress of the elections: Cumberland Boroughs |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=27 September 1851 |access-date=23 April 2019 |page=4 |via=Trove}}
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{{Election box winning candidate no party no change
|candidate = John Holden
|votes = 123
|percentage = 55.9
}}
{{Election box candidate no party no change
|candidate = William Bowman
|votes = 97
|percentage = 44.1
}}
{{Election box total no party no change|
|votes = 220
|percentage = 100
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Durham=
{{Election box begin no party no change AU
|title=1851 New South Wales colonial election, 24 September:
County of Durham{{hairsp}}{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article679372 |title=The elections: Durham |newspaper=The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser |date=1 October 1851 |access-date=30 May 2019 |page=2 |via=Trove}}
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{{Election box winning candidate no party no change
|candidate = Stuart Donaldson
|votes = 239
|percentage = 34.94
}}
{{Election box winning candidate no party no change
|candidate = Charles Cowper
|votes = 231
|percentage = 33.77
}}
{{Election box candidate no party no change
|candidate = Adolphus Young
|votes = 169
|percentage = 24.71
}}
{{Election box candidate no party no change
|candidate = Edward Hunt
|votes = 45
|percentage = 6.58
}}
{{Election box total no party no change|
|votes = 684
|percentage = 100
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Gloucester and Macquarie=
{{Election box begin no party no change AU
|title=1851 New South Wales colonial election, 22 September:
Counties of Gloucester and Macquarie{{hairsp}}{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12930913 |title=Gloucester and Macquarie |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=2 October 1851 |access-date=29 May 2019 |page=2 |via=Trove}}
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{{Election box winning candidate no party no change
|candidate = Phillip King
|votes = 129
|percentage = 61.72
}}
{{Election box candidate no party no change
|candidate = Joseph Simmons
|votes = 80
|percentage = 38.28
}}
{{Election box total no party no change|
|votes = 209
|percentage = 100.00
}}
{{Election box end}}
=King and Georgiana=
{{Election box begin no party no change AU
|title=1851 New South Wales colonial election, 20 September:
Counties of King and Georgiana{{hairsp}}{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12930408 |title=Yass: Election for the Counties of King and Georgiana |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=17 September 1851 |access-date=30 May 2019 |page=2 |via=Trove}}
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{{Election box winning candidate no party no change
|candidate = James Chisholm
|votes = unopposed
|percentage =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Lachlan and Lower Darling=
{{Election box begin no party no change AU
|title=1851 New South Wales colonial election, 26 September:
Pastoral Districts of Lachlan and Lower Darling{{hairsp}}{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12930444 |title=The Lachlan and Lower Darling |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=18 September 1851 |access-date=30 May 2019 |page=3 |via=Trove}}
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{{Election box winning candidate no party no change
|candidate = William Macarthur
|votes = unopposed
|percentage =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Liverpool Plains and Gwydir=
{{Election box begin no party no change AU
|title=1851 New South Wales colonial election, 22 September:
Pastoral Districts of Liverpool Plains and Gwydir{{hairsp}}{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12930440 |title=United Pastoral Districts of Liverpool Plains and Gwydir |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=18 September 1851 |access-date=30 May 2019 |page=3 |via=Trove}}
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{{Election box winning candidate no party no change
|candidate = Augustus Morris
|votes = unopposed
|percentage =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Maneroo=
{{Election box begin no party no change AU
|title=1851 New South Wales colonial election, 25 September:
Pastoral District of Maneroo{{hairsp}}{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12930494 |title=Electoral district of Pastoral District of Maneroo |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=19 September 1851 |access-date=30 May 2019 |page=3 |via=Trove}}
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{{Election box winning candidate no party no change
|candidate = Arthur Jeffreys
|votes = unopposed
|percentage =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett, and Maranoa=
{{Election box begin no party no change AU
|title=1851 New South Wales colonial election, 25 September:
Pastoral Districts of Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett, and Maranoa{{hairsp}}{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article115766604 |title=Election for Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett, and Maranoa |newspaper=Freeman's Journal |date=25 September 1851 |access-date=30 May 2019 |page=10 |via=Trove}}
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{{Election box winning candidate no party no change
|candidate = Francis Edward Bigge
|votes = unopposed
|percentage =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Murray and St Vincent=
{{Election box begin no party no change AU
|title=1851 New South Wales colonial election, 23 September:
Counties of Murray and St Vincent{{hairsp}}{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12930935 |title=Murray and St Vincent election |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=3 October 1851 |access-date=30 May 2019 |page=2 |via=Trove}}
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{{Election box winning candidate no party no change
|candidate = Alick Osborne
|votes = 103
|percentage = 56.91
}}
{{Election box candidate no party no change
|candidate = Charles Campbell
|votes = 78
|percentage = 43.09
}}
{{Election box total no party no change|
|votes = 181
|percentage = 100.00
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Murrumbidgee=
{{Election box begin no party no change AU
|title=1851 New South Wales colonial election, 24 September:
Pastoral District of Murrumbidgee{{hairsp}}{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12930576 |title=Murrumbidgee district |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=22 September 1851 |access-date=30 May 2019 |page=3 |via=Trove}}
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{{Election box winning candidate no party no change
|candidate = George Macleay
|votes = unopposed
|percentage =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=New England and Macleay=
{{Election box begin no party no change AU
|title=1851 New South Wales colonial election, 20 September:
Pastoral Districts of New England and Macleay{{hairsp}}{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article680202 |title=Election for New England and the Macleay |newspaper=The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser |date=17 September 1851 |access-date=30 May 2019 |page=2 |via=Trove}}
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{{Election box winning candidate no party no change
|candidate = Matthew Henry Marsh
|votes = unopposed
|percentage =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=North Eastern Boroughs=
{{Election box begin no party no change AU
|title=1851 New South Wales colonial election, 20 September:
North Eastern Boroughs{{hairsp}}{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article679676 |title=The elections: The North Eastern Boroughs |newspaper=The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser |date=27 September 1851 |access-date=30 May 2019 |page=2 |via=Trove}}
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{{Election box winning candidate no party no change
|candidate = Edward Flood
|votes = 47
|percentage = 55.95
}}
{{Election box candidate no party no change
|candidate = Charles Kemp
|votes = 37
|percentage = 44.05
}}
{{Election box total no party no change|
|votes = 84
|percentage = 100.00
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Northumberland and Hunter=
{{Election box begin no party no change AU
|title=1851 New South Wales colonial election, 23 September:
Counties of Northumberland and Hunter{{hairsp}}{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article679372 |title=The elections: Northumberland and Hunter |newspaper=The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser |date=1 October 1851 |access-date=30 May 2019 |page=2 |via=Trove}}
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{{Election box winning candidate no party no change
|candidate = Henry Douglass
|votes = 258
|percentage = 37.23
}}
{{Election box winning candidate no party no change
|candidate = George Bowman
|votes = 235
|percentage = 33.91
}}
{{Election box candidate no party no change
|candidate = Daniel Egan
|votes = 200
|percentage = 28.86
}}
{{Election box total no party no change|
|votes = 693
|percentage = 100.00
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Northumberland Boroughs=
{{Election box begin no party no change AU
|title=1851 New South Wales colonial election, 17 September:
Northumberland Boroughs{{hairsp}}{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article680196 |title=Election for the Northumberland Boroughs |newspaper=The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser |date=17 September 1851 |access-date=30 May 2019 |page=2 |via=Trove}}
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{{Election box winning candidate no party no change
|candidate = Bob Nichols
|votes = unopposed
|percentage =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Parramatta=
{{Election box begin no party no change AU
|title=1851 New South Wales colonial election, 20 September:
Town of Parramatta{{hairsp}}{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12930545 |title=Borough of Parramatta |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=22 September 1851 |access-date=30 May 2019 |page=2 |via=Trove}}
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{{Election box winning candidate no party no change
|candidate = George Oakes
|votes = 120
|percentage = 72.31
}}
{{Election box candidate no party no change
|candidate = Alfred Kennerley
|votes = 10
|percentage = 7.69
}}
{{Election box total no party no change|
|votes = 130
|percentage = 100.00
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Phillip, Brisbane and Bligh=
{{Election box begin no party no change AU
|title=1851 New South Wales colonial election, 23 September:
Counties of Phillip, Brisbane and Bligh{{hairsp}}{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article679076 |title=Election for Brisbane, Bligh and Phillip |newspaper=The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser |date=8 October 1851 |access-date=30 May 2019 |page=3 |via=Trove}}
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{{Election box winning candidate no party no change
|candidate = William Dumaresq
|votes = 41
|percentage = 52.56
}}
{{Election box candidate no party no change
|candidate = Robert Campbell
|votes = 37
|percentage = 47.44
}}
{{Election box total no party no change|
|votes = 78
|percentage = 100
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Roxburgh and Wellington=
{{Election box begin no party no change AU
|title=1851 New South Wales colonial election, 24 September:
Counties of Roxburgh and Wellington{{hsp}}{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12930531 |title=Counties of Roxburgh and Wellington |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=20 September 1851 |access-date=29 May 2019 |page=3 |via=Trove}}
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{{Election box winning candidate no party no change
|candidate = William Suttor Sr.
|votes = unopposed
|percentage =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Southern Boroughs=
{{Election box begin no party no change AU
|title=1851 New South Wales colonial election, 22 September:
Southern Boroughs{{hairsp}}{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12930577 |title=Progress of the elections: the Southern Boroughs |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=22 September 1851 |access-date=30 May 2019 |page=2 |via=Trove}}
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{{Election box winning candidate no party no change
|candidate = Terence Murray
|votes = unopposed
|percentage =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Stanley Boroughs=
{{Election box begin no party no change AU
|title=1851 New South Wales colonial election, 12 September:
Stanley Boroughs{{hairsp}}{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3708205 |title=Noimnations for the county of Stanley and the Stanley Boroughs |newspaper=The Moreton Bay Courier |date=13 September 1851 |access-date=30 May 2019 |page=3 |via=Trove}}
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{{Election box winning candidate no party no change
|candidate = Richard Jones
|votes = 114
|percentage = 52.78
}}
{{Election box candidate no party no change
|candidate = Henry Hughes
|votes = 102
|percentage = 47.22
}}
{{Election box total no party no change|
|votes = 216
|percentage = 100.00
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Stanley=
{{Election box begin no party no change AU
|title=1851 New South Wales colonial election, 13 September:
County of Stanley{{hairsp}}{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3714372 |title=County of Stanley election|newspaper=The Moreton Bay Courier |date=20 September 1851 |access-date=30 May 2019 |page=3 |via=Trove}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate no party no change
|candidate = John Richardson
|votes = 57
|percentage = 65.52
}}
{{Election box candidate no party no change
|candidate = William Wilson
|votes = 30
|percentage = 34.48
}}
{{Election box total no party no change|
|votes = 87
|percentage = 100.00
}}
{{Election box end}}
=City of Sydney=
{{Election box begin no party no change AU
|title=1851 New South Wales colonial election, 16 September:
City of Sydney{{hairsp}}{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60123544 |title=City election |newspaper=The Empire |date=17 September 1851 |access-date=30 May 2019 |page=3 |via=Trove}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate no party no change
|candidate = John Lang
|votes = 1,197
|percentage = 24.13
}}
{{Election box winning candidate no party no change
|candidate = William Wentworth
|votes = 1,004
|percentage = 20.24
}}
{{Election box winning candidate no party no change
|candidate = John Lamb
|votes = 998
|percentage = 20.12
}}
{{Election box candidate no party no change
|candidate = Alexander Longmore
|votes = 888
|percentage = 17.90
}}
{{Election box candidate no party no change
|candidate = Charles Cowper
|votes = 873
|percentage = 17.60
}}
{{Election box total no party no change|
|votes = 4,960
|percentage = 100.00
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Sydney Hamlets=
{{Election box begin no party no change AU
|title=1851 New South Wales colonial election, 20 September:
Sydney Hamlets{{hairsp}}{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60123656 |title=Election for the Hamlets |newspaper=The Empire |date=22 September 1851 |access-date=30 May 2019 |page=3 |via=Trove}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate no party no change
|candidate = Thomas Smart
|votes = 255
|percentage = 52.04
}}
{{Election box candidate no party no change
|candidate = William Thurlow
|votes = 144
|percentage = 29.39
}}
{{Election box candidate no party no change
|candidate = Joshua Josephson
|votes = 91
|percentage = 18.57
}}
{{Election box total no party no change|
|votes = 490
|percentage = 100
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Wellington and Bligh=
{{Election box begin no party no change AU
|title=1851 New South Wales colonial election, 25 September:
Pastoral Districts of Wellington and Bligh{{hairsp}}{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12930670 |title=Wellington and Bligh |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=25 September 1851 |access-date=29 May 2019 |page=3 |via=Trove}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate no party no change
|candidate = James Bettington
|votes = unopposed
|percentage =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Western Boroughs=
{{Election box begin no party no change AU
|title=1851 New South Wales colonial election, 22 September:
Western Boroughs{{hairsp}}{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12930598 |title=The Western Boroughs |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=23 September 1851 |access-date=29 May 2019 |page=3 |via=Trove}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate no party no change
|candidate = Arthur Holroyd
|votes = unopposed
|percentage =
}}
{{Election box end}}
References
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{{Results of New South Wales state elections|state=expanded}}
{{New South Wales elections}}
{{Former electoral districts of New South Wales Legislative Council}}