Electoral district of Bathurst (County)

Bathurst (County) was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, named after Bathurst County and including the rural part of the county. The electorate did not include the town of Bathurst which was included in Western Boroughs, until Bathurst was created in 1859. Bathurst (County) was replaced by Carcoar, East Macquarie and West Macquarie in 1859.[1]

Bathurst (County)
New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
Location in modern New South Wales
StateNew South Wales
Created1856
Abolished1859
NamesakeBathurst County
Coordinates33°30′S 149°30′E
Bathurst county in the 1840s

John Plunkett was elected as the member for both Bathurst (County) and Argyle Plunkett was sworn in as member for Argyle and Bathurst on 22 May 1856,[2] before submitting his resignation from Bathurst on 29 May, stating that the rules of the House would not allow him to send in his resignation earlier.[3]

Members for Bathurst (County)
Member Party Period
  John Plunkett [4] None Mar-May 1856
  William Suttor [5] None Jun 1856–1859

Election results

1856
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1856 New South Wales colonial election § Bathurst (County)[edit]
1856 New South Wales colonial election: Bathurst (County) [6]
Candidate Votes %
John Plunkett (elected) 210 54.0
James Bligh 179 46.0
Total formal votes 389 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 389 54.6
Polling was conducted on 31 March 1856. Both Bligh and Plunkett had served in the old Legislative Council, Bligh representing County of Bathurst and Plunkett as an appointed member. After failed attempts to win election for Sydney City and North Eastern Boroughs, Plunkett was elected to represent Argyle on the same day as winning Bathurst (County). After signing the attendance book at the first sitting as a representative of both seats, and even attempting to vote twice in the ballot for Speaker, he chose to represent Argyle and resigned as member for Bathurst (County).

1856 by-election

Having been elected to two seats, John Plunkett chose to resign from Bathurst County in May 1856.[4]

Bathurst(County) by-election
19 June 1856 [7]
Candidate Votes %
William Suttor 230 56.79
Thomas Mort 175 43.21
Informal votes 0 0
Turnout 405 100%
Voter turnout 56.88%

1858
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1858 New South Wales colonial election § Bathurst (County)[edit]
1858 New South Wales colonial election:
Bathurst (County) 25 January [8]
Candidate Votes %
William Suttor (re-elected) unopposed  

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. "Legislative Assembly 22 May 1856". The Sydney Morning Herald. 23 May 1856. p. 2. Retrieved 19 April 2019 – via Trove.
  3. "Legislative Assembly 29 May 1856". The Empire. 30 May 1856. p. 2. Retrieved 19 April 2019 – via Trove.
  4. "Mr John Hubert Plunkett, QC (1802-1869)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  5. "Mr William Henry (Senior) Suttor (1805–1877)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  6. Green, Antony. "1856 Bathurst (County)". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  7. Green, Antony. "Bathurst County by-election 1856". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
  8. Green, Antony. "1858 Bathurst County". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
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