Electoral results for the district of Western Division of Camden

Western Division of Camden, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1856 and abolished in 1859.[1][2][3][4][5]

Members

Election	Member		Party	Member		Party
1856		James Macarthur	None		John Oxley	None
1856 by
1858					William Wild	None

Election results

1858

1858 New South Wales colonial election: Western Division of Camden
21 January [6]

Candidate		Votes	%
James Macarthur (re-elected 1)		366	40.1
William Wild (elected 2)		358	39.3
John Oxley (defeated)		188	20.6
Total formal votes		912	100.0
Informal votes		0	0.0
Turnout		912	53.5

1856 by-election

1856 Western Division of Camden by-election
Monday, 16 June [7]

Candidate		Votes	%
James Macarthur (re-elected)		unopposed

James Macarthur was concerned about the constitutionality of the transition to responsible government and resigned.[8]

1856

1856 New South Wales colonial election: Western Division of Camden [9]

Candidate		Votes	%
John Oxley (elected)		unopposed
James Macarthur (elected)		unopposed

Polling was scheduled to be conducted on 31 March 1856. Macarthur had represented this district in the old Legislative Council.

References

1. Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of West Camden". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
2. "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
3. "Mr James Macarthur (1798-1867)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
4. "Mr John Norton Oxley (1824-1891)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
5. "Mr William Vandermuelen Wild (1834-1861)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
6. Green, Antony. "1858 Camden West". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
7. Green, Antony. "West Camden by-election 1856". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
8. "West Camden election. Return of Mr James Macarthur". The Sydney Morning Herald. 18 June 1856. p. 4. Retrieved 18 April 2019 – via Trove.
9. Green, Antony. "1856 Western Division of Camden". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 March 2015.