West Moreton
New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
StateNew South Wales
CreatedJuly 1859
AbolishedDecember 1859

West Moreton was an electoral district for the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales created for the July 1859 election, partly replacing Stanley County in the Moreton Bay region around Brisbane.[1][2][3] It was abolished in December 1859 with the establishment of Queensland as a separate colony.

Members for West Moreton

Member Party Term
  Henry Mort None 1859–1859

Election results

1859

1859 New South Wales colonial election: West Moreton
Tuesday 21 June [4]
Candidate Votes %
Henry Mort (elected) 245 70.4
Henry Challinor 103 29.6
Total formal votes 245 100.0
Informal votes 348 0.0
Turnout 348 49.0

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. ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  4. ^ Green, Antony. "1859 West Moreton". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 May 2020.


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