Electoral district of Southern Boroughs

Southern Boroughs was an electoral district for the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales created in 1856. It included the towns of Goulburn, Braidwood, Yass and Queanbeyan, while the surrounding rural area were in the electoral districts of Argyle, United Counties of Murray and St Vincent and King and Georgiana. It was replaced by Goulburn, Braidwood, Queanbeyan and Yass in 1859.[1]

Members
Member Party Period
  Terence Murray [2] None 1856–1859

Election results

1856
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1856 New South Wales colonial election § Southern Boroughs[edit]
1856 New South Wales colonial election: Southern Boroughs [3]
Candidate Votes %
Terence Murray (elected) unopposed  
Polling was scheduled to be conducted on 4 April 1856. Murray had represented this district in the old Legislative Council.

1858
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1858 New South Wales colonial election § Southern Boroughs[edit]
1858 New South Wales colonial election: Southern Boroughs
28 January [4]
Candidate Votes %
Terrence Murray (re-elected) 204 56.2
John Hardy 159 43.8
Total formal votes 363 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 363 62.37

References
  1. Clune, David (2007). Green, Antony; Michael Hogan (eds.). The Electoral Atlas of New South Wales. New South Wales Department of Lands. ISBN 0-9752354-2-7.
  2. "Sir Terence Aubrey Murray (1810-1873)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  3. Green, Antony. "1856 Southern Boroughs". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  4. Green, Antony. "1858 Southern Boroughs". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
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