Electoral district of Ipswich (New South Wales)

Ipswich was an electoral district for the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales created for the July 1859 election, partly replacing Stanley Boroughs and including Ipswich. It was abolished in December 1859 as a result of the separation of Queensland.[1][2][3]

Ipswich
New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
StateNew South Wales
CreatedJuly 1859
AbolishedDecember 1959
NamesakeIpswich, Queensland

Members for Ipswich
Member Party Period
  Arthur Macalister None 1859–1859

Election results

1859
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1859 New South Wales colonial election § Ipswich[edit]
1859 New South Wales colonial election: Ipswich
Tuesday 14 June [1]
Candidate Votes %
Arthur Macalister (elected) 236 51.1
Benjamin Cribb (defeated) 226 48.9
Total formal votes 462 98.7
Informal votes 6 1.3
Turnout 468 55.7

Benjamin Cribb was the member for Stanley Boroughs.

References
  1. Green, Antony. "1859 Ipswich". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  2. "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  3. "Mr Arthur Macalister (1818-1883)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 June 2020.


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