Electoral district of Cumberland (South Riding)

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Cumberland (South Riding) was a former electoral district for the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales from 1856 to 1859, in the rural part of Cumberland County, which includes Sydney. It included all of the county south of Parramatta Road and the Great Western Highway, except for the urban electorates of Sydney (City), Sydney Hamlets, Parramatta and Cumberland Boroughs, which included Liverpool and Campbelltown. It elected two members simultaneously, with voters casting two votes and the first two candidates being elected.[1]

[edit] Members for Cumberland (South Riding)

Member Party affiliation Period
William Montagu Manning None 1856–18 May 1857
James Byrnes None 16 June 1857-19 December 1858
Edward Flood None 1858-1859
Elias Weekes None 9 April 1856–5 August 1856
John Ryan Brenan None 21 August 1856–28 October 1856
Stuart Donaldson None 4 November 1856–1859

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Clune, David; Antony Green and Michael Hogan (eds) (2007). The Electoral Atlas of New South Wales. New South Wales Department of Lands. ISBN 0975235427. 
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