1843 Returning officers for the NSW Legislative Council election
Electorate |
ADB entry? |
Stood for election at some stage? | ADB mention RO position? | ADB words (excl bibl) | Notes | |
Camden |
Charles Throsby Esquire |
No | No | NA | NA | His uncle, with the same name, was very well-known, with ADB entry: “He was disappointed that he had no children and had sent for his nephew Charles Throsby junior to become his heir. Charles arrived in the Mangles in August 1820 and at Liverpool in 1824 married Betsey, daughter of William Broughton; their children carried on the family line.” Related to Charles Throsby Smith, 1851 RO for Eastern Camden |
Northumberland |
Edward C harles Close, Esquire |
Settler and churchman | Yes | No | 831 | Former Magistrate and LC member, from 1843-52 was warden of the Maitland district council . |
Durham |
Edward Johnstone, Esquire |
No | NA | NA | Nothing anywhere on the internet |
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Gloucester , Macquarie, and Stanley |
Phillip Parker King, Esquire |
Naval officer, hydrographer and company manager | No | No | 2145 | |
Roxburgh, Phillip, and Wellington |
James Thomas Morisset, Esquire |
Military commandant |
No | 864 | ... "near Bathurst... in May 1838 he was appointed police magistrate at a salary of £300, and in January 1841 commissioner of the Court of Requests. " |
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Cook and Westmoreland |
James Walker, Esquire |
No | No | No. |
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Argyle |
William Pitt Faithful, Esquire |
Pastoralist |
Yes | Yes | 526 | |
Murray, King, and Georgiana |
John Richard Hardy, Esquire |
Gold commissioner and pastoralist |
No | 444 |
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St Vincent and Auckland |
Thomas Braidwood Wilson, Esquire |
Medical practitioner and settler |
No | 555 | Died that year. |
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Port Phillip |
George Frederick Berkley St. John, Esquire |
No | NA | NA |
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Parramatta |
Gilbert Eliot, Esquire |
Public servant and politician |
Yes | No | 516 | With an extra ‘t’ at the end. |
Cumberland Boroughs |
Samuel North, Esquire |
No | No. |
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Northumberland Boroughs |
Edward Denny Day, Esquire |
Police Magistrate |
No | 458 |
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