Electoral district of Southern Boroughs (NSW Legislative Council) explained

Upper:	yes
Southern Boroughs
State:	nsw
Created:	1851
Abolished:	1856
Coordinates:	-34.75°N 192°W

The Electoral district of Southern Boroughs was an electorate of the New South Wales Legislative Council at a time when some of its members were elected and the balance were appointed by the Governor. It was a new electorate created in 1851 by the expansion of the Legislative Council to 54, 18 to be appointed and 36 elected.^[1] The district consisted of the towns of Goulburn, Braidwood, Yass and Queanbeyan, while the surrounding rural area were in the districts of Argyle, Counties of Murray and St Vincent and Counties of King and Georgiana.^[1]

In 1856 the unicameral Legislative Council was abolished and replaced with an elected Legislative Assembly and an appointed Legislative Council. The district was represented by the Legislative Assembly electorate of Southern Boroughs.

Members

Terence Murray went on to represent Southern Boroughs in the Legislative Assembly from 1856.

Election results

1851

Notes and References

1. An Act to provide for the division of the Colony of New South Wales after the separation of the District of Port Phillip therefrom into Electoral Districts and for the Election of Members to serve in the Legislative Council. . 2 May 1851 . 48 . 10 September 2014 . Australasian Legal Information Institute.
2. Sir Terence Aubrey Murray (1810–1873) . 354 . Yes . 11 May 2019.