Electoral district of Western Boroughs

State electorate of New South Wales

Western Boroughs was an electoral district for the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales from 1856 to 1859. It included the towns of Bathurst, Carcoar and Kelso, while the surrounding rural areas were in Bathurst (County) and Cook and Westmoreland. It was replaced by Bathurst and Carcoar.[1]

## Member for Western Boroughs

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Member  | Party  | Period

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| Arthur Holroyd [2] | None  | 1856–1857
| Henry Rotton [3] | None  | 1858–1859

## Election results

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### 1856

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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1856 New South Wales colonial election § Western Boroughs.[edit]

1856 New South Wales colonial election: Western Boroughs [4] Candidate  | Votes  | %

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Arthur Holroyd (elected)  | 283  | 66.0
James Byrnes | 146  | 34.0
Total formal votes  | 429  | 100.0
Informal votes  | 0  | 0.0
Turnout | 429  | 55.7
Polling was conducted on 29 March 1856. Holroyd had represented this district in the old Legislative Council.

### 1858

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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1858 New South Wales colonial election § Western Boroughs.[edit]

1858 New South Wales colonial election: Western Boroughs
28 January [5] Candidate  | Votes  | %

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Henry Rotton (re-elected)  | 230  | 50.7
Arthur Holroyd (defeated)  | 224  | 49.3
Total formal votes  | 454  | 100.0
Informal votes  | 0  | 0.0
Turnout | 454  | 48.3

## References

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1. ^ An Act to amend the Electoral Law (PDF) (20). Australasian Legal Information Institute. 24 November 1858. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
2. ^ "Mr Arthur Holroyd (1806–1887)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
3. ^ "Mr Henry Rotton (1814-1881)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
4. ^ Green, Antony. "1856 WesternBoroughs". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
5. ^ Green, Antony. "1858 WesternBoroughs". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 June 2019.

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