Electoral district of Cook and Westmoreland
District of Cook and Westmoreland New South Wales—Legislative Assembly | |
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State | New South Wales |
Created | 1856 |
Abolished | 1859 |
Namesake | Cook & Westmoreland counties |
Coordinates | 33°32′S 150°7′E / 33.533°S 150.117°E |
Cook and Westmoreland was an
Blue Mountains, Lithgow and Oberon areas. It elected two members simultaneously, with voters casting two votes and the first two candidates being elected.[1][2] It was largely replaced by Hartley,[3] however both members moved to other electorates, James Martin became the member for East Sydney,[1] while Robert Jamison became the member for Nepean.[2]
Member for Cook and Westmoreland
Member | Party | Period | Member | Party | Period | ||
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James Martin [1] | None | 1856–1859 | Robert Jamison [2] | None | 1856–1859 |
Election results
There was only one contested election held in the district, in the 1856 New South Wales colonial election.[4] James Martin twice resigned in 1856 and 1857 as a result of accepting appointment as Attorney General, however on both occasions he was re-elected unopposed.[5][6]
1856
Candidate | Votes | % | |
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James Martin (elected 1) | 321 | 39.5 | |
Robert Jamison (elected 2) | 303 | 37.3 | |
John Arkins | 189 | 23.3 | |
Total formal votes | 813 | 100.0 | |
Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | |
Turnout | 487 | 54.4 |
1858
Candidate | Votes | % | |
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James Martin (re-elected) | unopposed | ||
Robert Jamison (re-elected) | unopposed |
References
- ^ a b c "Sir James Martin [1] (1820–1886)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
- ^ a b c "Mr Robert Thomas Jamison (1829-1878)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
- ^ An Act to amend the Electoral Law (PDF) (20). Australasian Legal Information Institute. 24 November 1858. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
- ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Cook and Westmoreland". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
- ^ "Representation of Cook and Westmoreland: return of Mr Martin". The Empire. 8 September 1856. p. 2. Retrieved 22 April 2019 – via Trove.
- ^ "Cook and Westmoreland election: re-election of Mr Martin". The Sydney Morning Herald. New South Wales, Australia. 22 September 1857. p. 4. Retrieved 22 April 2019 – via Trove.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1856 Cook and Westmoreland". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1858 Cook and Westmoreland". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 June 2019.