The

1860 New South Wales colonial election The 1860 New South Wales colonial election was held between 6 December and 24 December 1860. This election was for all of the 72 seats in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly and it was conducted in 52 single-member constituencies, six 2-mem ...

was for 72 members representing 60

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. The election was conducted on the basis of a simple majority or

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system. In this election there were 8 multi-member districts returning 20 members and 52 single member districts. In the multi-member districts each elector could vote for as many candidates as there were vacancies. 15 districts were uncontested. There were three districts that did not have a residential or property qualification, Goldfields North (650), Goldfields South (3,720) and Goldfields West (8,400). The average number of enrolled voters per seat in the other districts was 1,394 ranging from The Paterson (536) to The Lachlan (3,592). The electoral boundaries were established under the ''Electoral Act'' 1858 (NSW)..

Election results

Argyle

Balranald

Bathurst

The Bogan

Braidwood

Camden

Canterbury

William Roberts was the sitting member for

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Carcoar

Central Cumberland

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was the member for St Leonards and had already unsuccessfully contested Goldfields West.

The Clarence

East Macquarie

East Maitland

East Sydney

Eden

The Glebe

Goldfields North

Goldfields South

Goldfields West

was the member for St Leonards and also unsuccessfully contested Central Cumberland.

Goulburn

The sitting member was William Roberts who unsuccessfully contested

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The Gwydir

Hartley

The Hastings

The Hawkesbury

The Hume

The Hunter

Illawarra

Kiama

The Lachlan

Liverpool Plains

The Lower Hunter

Monara

Morpeth

Mudgee

The Murray

The Murrumbidgee

Narellan

The Nepean

New England

Newcastle

Newtown

Northumberland

Orange

Paddington

Parramatta

The Paterson

Patrick's Plains

Queanbeyan

Shoalhaven

St Leonards

The sitting member

unsuccessfully contested Goldfields West and then Central Cumberland.

Tenterfield

The Tumut

The Upper Hunter

Wellington

West Macquarie

West Maitland

West Sydney

The Williams

Windsor

Wollombi

Yass Plains

Notes

References

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