Electoral district of Town of Parramatta explained

Upper:	yes
Town of Parramatta
State:	nsw
Created:	1843
Abolished:	1851
Namesake:	Parramatta
Coordinates:	-33.815°N 151.0011°W

The Electoral district of Town of Parramatta was an electorate of the partially elected New South Wales Legislative Council, created for the first elections for the Council in 1843,^[1] at the time the principal residence of the Governor Sir Charles FitzRoy.^[2] Polling took place at Parramatta.^[3] 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 Parramatta, the only electorate to have existed continuously since the first Legislative Assembly election in 1856.

Members

Member 1	Term
Hannibal Macarthur^[4]	Jun 1843 – Jun 1848
George Oakes^[5]	Jul 1848 – Feb 1856

George Oakes went on to be one of two representatives for Parramatta in the new Legislative Assembly in 1856.

Election results

1851

See also

• Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council, 1843–1851 and 1851-1856

Notes and References

1. An Act to provide for the division of the Colony of New South Wales into Electoral Districts and for the Election of Members to serve in the Legislative Council. . 23 February 1843 . 16 . 27 May 2019 . Australasian Legal Information Institute.
2. News: Lennon . Troy . Parramatta almost stole Sydney's thunder and became our colonial capital under Governor Arthur Phillip . 29 May 2019 . . 5 June 2014.
3. News: Polling places . . 14 July 1848 . 28 May 2019 . 2 . Trove.
4. Major D'Arcy Wentworth (1793-1861) . 248 . Yes . 29 May 2019.
5. 348 . Yes . 29 May 2019.