Electoral district of East Moreton (New South Wales)

East Moreton was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales created for the July 1859 election, partly replacing Stanley County in the Moreton Bay region around Brisbane. It was abolished in December 1859, as a result of the Separation of Queensland.[1][2][3]

East Moreton
New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
StateNew South Wales
CreatedJuly 1859
AbolishedDecember 1859

Members for East Moreton
Member Party Period
  Robert Cribb None 1859–1859

Election results

1859
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1859 New South Wales colonial election § East Moreton[edit]
1859 New South Wales colonial election: East Moreton
Saturday 18 June [3]
Candidate Votes %
Robert Cribb (elected) 178 60.8
William Tooth 115 39.3
Total formal votes 115 100.0
Informal votes 293 0.0
Turnout 293 46.5

References
  1. "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  2. "Mr Robert Cribb". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  3. Green, Antony. "1859 East Moreton". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 May 2020.


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