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Election results for Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett and Maranoa, New South Wales, Australia
The United pastoral districts of Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett and Maranoa and from 1857 Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett, Maranoa, Leichhardt and Port Curtis, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Colony of New South Wales was created in 1856 and abolished in 1858.[ 1] [ 2] [ 3]
The sitting member
Patrick Leslie did not contest the election. The returning officer stated that the lack of a mail service to northern parts of the district, being
Gladstone ,
Rannes and
Surat meant that no polling had occurred in those places. The Legislative Assembly directed him to return the writ.
[ 8] William Tooth was subsequently proclaimed to have been elected,
[ 9] and Tooth was sworn in on 22 June 1858.
[ 10]
^ Green, Antony . "Elections for the District of Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett and Maranoa" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 26 June 2021 .
^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF) . NSW Parliamentary Record . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 18 December 2019 .
^ "Former Members" . Members of Parliament . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 14 December 2019 .
^ "Mr Gordon Sandeman (1810-1897)" . Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 16 June 2019 .
^ "Mr Patrick Leslie (1815-1881)" . Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 16 June 2019 .
^ "Mr William Butler Tooth (1823-1876)" . Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 16 June 2019 .
^ Green, Antony . "1858 Moreton Wide Bay Burnett and Maranoa" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 12 June 2019 .
^ "Legislative Assembly" . The Sydney Morning Herald . 27 May 1858. p. 5. Retrieved 12 June 2019 – via Trove.
^ "Proclamation: validity of election" . New South Wales Government Gazette . 22 June 1858. p. 965. Retrieved 12 June 2019 – via Trove.
^ "New Member" . The Sydney Morning Herald . 23 June 1858. p. 4. Retrieved 12 June 2019 – via Trove.
^ "Election for the Burnett, Maranoa, Port Curtis and Leichhardt districts" . The Moreton Bay Courier . 21 November 1857. p. 2. Retrieved 20 June 2019 – via Trove.
^ a b Green, Antony . "Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett, Maranoa, Leichhardt and Port Curtis 1857" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 13 June 2019 .
^ Green, Antony . "1856 Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett and Maranoa" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 21 March 2015 .
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