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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.

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

Bathurst

Eastern Camden

Western Camden

Clarence and Darling Downs

Cook and Westmoreland

Cumberland

Two members to be elected

Cumberland Boroughs

Durham

Two members to be elected

Gloucester and Macquarie

King and Georgiana

Lachlan and Lower Darling

Liverpool Plains and Gwydir

Maneroo

Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett, and Maranoa

Murray and St Vincent

Murrumbidgee

New England and Macleay

North Eastern Boroughs

Northumberland and Hunter

Two members to be elected

Northumberland Boroughs

Parramatta

Phillip, Brisbane and Bligh

Roxburgh and Wellington

Southern Boroughs

Stanley Boroughs

Stanley

City of Sydney

Three members to be elected

Sydney Hamlets

Wellington and Bligh

Western Boroughs

References

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2. "Election for the County of Argyle". The Empire. 19 September 1851. p. 3. Retrieved 29 May 2019 – via Trove.
3. "The County of Bathurst". The Sydney Morning Herald. 24 September 1851. p. 2. Retrieved 29 May 2019 – via Trove.
4. "News from the interior". The Sydney Morning Herald. 27 September 1851. p. 5. Retrieved 29 May 2019 – via Trove.
5. "News from the interior: Picton". The Sydney Morning Herald. 30 September 1851. p. 3. Retrieved 29 May 2019 – via Trove.
6. "Drayton: The election for the Pastoral Districts of Clarence and Darling Downs". Empire. 2 October 1851. p. 3. Retrieved 30 May 2019 – via Trove.
7. "Cook and Westmoreland election". The Empire. 19 September 1851. p. 3. Retrieved 22 April 2019 – via Trove.
8. "Cook and Westmoreland". The Empire. 26 September 1851. p. 3. Retrieved 22 April 2019 – via Trove.
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10. "Cumberland Boroughs: result of the poll". The Sydney Morning Herald. 23 September 1851. p. 3. Retrieved 23 April 2019 – via Trove.
    "Progress of the elections: Cumberland Boroughs". The Sydney Morning Herald. 27 September 1851. p. 4. Retrieved 23 April 2019 – via Trove.
11. "The elections: Durham". The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser. 1 October 1851. p. 2. Retrieved 30 May 2019 – via Trove.
12. "Gloucester and Macquarie". The Sydney Morning Herald. 2 October 1851. p. 2. Retrieved 29 May 2019 – via Trove.
13. "Yass: Election for the Counties of King and Georgiana". The Sydney Morning Herald. 17 September 1851. p. 2. Retrieved 30 May 2019 – via Trove.
14. "The Lachlan and Lower Darling". The Sydney Morning Herald. 18 September 1851. p. 3. Retrieved 30 May 2019 – via Trove.
15. "United Pastoral Districts of Liverpool Plains and Gwydir". The Sydney Morning Herald. 18 September 1851. p. 3. Retrieved 30 May 2019 – via Trove.
16. "Electoral district of Pastoral District of Maneroo". The Sydney Morning Herald. 19 September 1851. p. 3. Retrieved 30 May 2019 – via Trove.
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21. "The elections: The North Eastern Boroughs". The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser. 27 September 1851. p. 2. Retrieved 30 May 2019 – via Trove.
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23. "Election for the Northumberland Boroughs". The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser. 17 September 1851. p. 2. Retrieved 30 May 2019 – via Trove.
24. "Borough of Parramatta". The Sydney Morning Herald. 22 September 1851. p. 2. Retrieved 30 May 2019 – via Trove.
25. "Election for Brisbane, Bligh and Phillip". The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser. 8 October 1851. p. 3. Retrieved 30 May 2019 – via Trove.
26. "Counties of Roxburgh and Wellington". The Sydney Morning Herald. 20 September 1851. p. 3. Retrieved 29 May 2019 – via Trove.
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33. "The Western Boroughs". The Sydney Morning Herald. 23 September 1851. p. 3. Retrieved 29 May 2019 – via Trove.

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