Cumberland Boroughs was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales from 1856 to 1859, consisting of the Cumberland County towns of Richmond, Windsor, Liverpool and Campbelltown, but not the surrounding rural areas, which were in Cumberland (South Riding) and Cumberland (North Riding). The district was abolished in 1859, with Richmond and Windsor forming the new electorate of Windsor, Campbelltown was included in Narellan and Liverpool became part of Central Cumberland.[1][2][3][4]

Members for Cumberland Boroughs

Member Party Period
  William Bowman [5] None 1856–1857
  William Dalley [6] None 1858–1859

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Cumberland Boroughs
1858 New South Wales colonial election: Cumberland Boroughs
22 January [7]
Candidate Votes %
William Dalley (elected) 246 52.1
William Bowman (defeated) 168 35.6
William Redman 58 12.3
Total formal votes 472 100.0
Informal votes 0 0
Turnout 472 65.7
William Dalley had been defeated as a sitting member for Sydney City.

References

  1. ^ "An Act to amend the Electoral Law". Act No. 20 of 24 November 1858 (PDF). Retrieved 25 June 2019 – via Australasian Legal Information Institute.
  2. ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  4. ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Cumberland (North Riding)". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  5. ^ "Mr William Bowman (1800-1874)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  6. ^ "Mr William Bede Dalley (1831–1888)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  7. ^ Green, Antony. "1858 Cumberland Boroughs". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
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