Bathurst (County)
New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
Location in modern New South Wales
StateNew South Wales
Created1856
Abolished1859
NamesakeBathurst County
Coordinates33°30′S 149°30′E / 33.500°S 149.500°E / -33.500; 149.500
Bathurst county in the 1840s

Bathurst (County) was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, named after Bathurst County and including the rural part of the county. The electorate did not include the town of Bathurst which was included in Western Boroughs, until Bathurst was created in 1859. Bathurst (County) was replaced by Carcoar, East Macquarie and West Macquarie in 1859.[1][2][3][4]

John Plunkett was elected as the member for both Bathurst (County) and Argyle. Plunkett was sworn in as member for Argyle and Bathurst on 22 May 1856,[5] before submitting his resignation from Bathurst on 29 May, stating that the rules of the House would not allow him to send in his resignation earlier.[6]

Members for Bathurst (County)

Member Party Period
  John Plunkett [7] None Mar–May 1856
  William Suttor [8] None Jun 1856–1859

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Bathurst (County)
1858 New South Wales colonial election:
Bathurst (County) 25 January [9]
Candidate Votes %
William Suttor (re-elected) unopposed  

References

  1. ^ "An Act to amend the Electoral Law.". Act No. 20 of 24 November 1858 (PDF). Australasian Legal Information Institute. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  2. ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Bathurst County". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  4. ^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  5. ^ "Legislative Assembly 22 May 1856". The Sydney Morning Herald. 23 May 1856. p. 2. Retrieved 19 April 2019 – via Trove.
  6. ^ "Legislative Assembly 29 May 1856". The Empire. 30 May 1856. p. 2. Retrieved 19 April 2019 – via Trove.
  7. ^ "Mr John Hubert Plunkett, QC (1802-1869)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  8. ^ "Mr William Henry Suttor (Senior) (1805–1877)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  9. ^ Green, Antony. "1858 Bathurst County". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
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