Electoral_district_of_Paterson

Electoral district of Paterson

Electoral district of Paterson

Former state electoral district of New South Wales, Australia

This article is about the former New South Wales state electorate. For the Australian federal electorate, see Division of Paterson. For the Tasmanian state electorate, see Electoral division of Paterson.

The Patterson was an electoral district for the Legislative Assembly in the Australian State of New South Wales from 1859 to 1880. It was named after the Paterson River, which was named after Colonel William Paterson. The river flows from Barrington Tops to the Hunter River at Morpeth. The district was created in 1858 replacing part of the 3 member district of Durham and comprised the midland and northern parts of the County of Durham.[1] In 1880 it was replaced by Durham.[2][3][4]

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Members for Patterson

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Election results

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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1877 New South Wales colonial election § The Paterson.[edit]

References

  1. [1]
    Electoral Act 1858 (NSW).
  2. [2]
    "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  3. [3]
    "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  4. [4]
    Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Paterson". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  5. [5]
    Green, Antony. "1877 Paterson". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 April 2020.


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