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County of Camden New South Wales—Legislative Council
Location within modern New South Wales
State	New South Wales
Created	1843
Abolished	1856
Namesake	Camden County
Coordinates	34°30′S 150°30′E / 34.500°S 150.500°E / -34.500; 150.500

The Electoral district of County of Camden 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.

The 1851 Electoral Act increased the number of members in the Council from 36 to 54, 18 to be appointed and 36 elected. From this time the district was split into two divisions each returning one member; the Eastern division of the County of Camden and the Western division of the County of Camden. 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 electorates of Eastern Division of Camden and Western Division of Camden.

Members

• James Macarthur went on to represent Western Camden in the Legislative Assembly from 1856 while Henry Osborne represented Eastern Camden.

Election results

1843

1845 by-election

Roger Therry resigned in February 1845 as he had been appointed a judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales for the District of Port Phillip.

1848

1851

See also

• Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council, 1843–1851 and 1851-1856

References

1. ^ An Act to provide for the division of the Colony of New South Wales into Electoral Districts and for the Election of Members to serve in the Legislative Council (PDF) (16). 23 February 1843. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
2. ^ 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 (PDF) (48). Australasian Legal Information Institute. 2 May 1851. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
3. ^ "Sir Roger Therry (1800 - 1874)". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
4. "Mr John Benton Wild (1806 - 1857)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
5. ^ "Mr James Macarthur (1798-1867)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
6. "Mr Henry Osborne (1808 - 1859)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
7. "The Camden election". The Sydney Morning Herald. 26 June 1843. p. 2. Retrieved 23 May 2019 – via Trove.
8. "Camden election". New South Wales Government Gazette. 7 March 1845. p. 259. Retrieved 5 June 2019 – via Trove.
9. "Election for Camden". The Sydney Morning Herald. 28 July 1848. p. 4. Retrieved 23 May 2019 – via Trove.
10. "News from the interior". The Sydney Morning Herald. 27 September 1851. p. 5. Retrieved 29 May 2019 – via Trove.
11. "News from the interior: Picton". The Sydney Morning Herald. 30 September 1851. p. 3. Retrieved 29 May 2019 – via Trove.

• Former electoral districts of New South Wales Legislative Council
• 1843 establishments in Australia
• 1856 disestablishments in Australia