Electoral results for the district of Eastern Division of Camden

Eastern 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][6]}

Members

Election	Member		Party	Member		Party
1856		John Marks	None		Henry Osborne	None
1858					Robert Owen	None
1859 by					John Hargrave	None

Election results

Elections in the 1850s

1859 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1859 East Camden colonial by-election § Result.[edit]

Eastern Division of Camden by-election
Monday 21 March ^[7]

Candidate		Votes	%
John Hargrave (elected)		638	99.7
John Tighe		2	0.3
Total formal votes		640	100.0
Informal votes		0	0
Turnout		640	39.1 [a]

Robert Owen's seat was declared vacant on his acceptance of an appointment as a judge of the District Court, filling the position created by the resignation of John Hargrave.^[9]

1858

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1858 New South Wales colonial election § Eastern Division of Camden.[edit]

1858 New South Wales colonial election: Eastern Division of Camden
22 January ^[8]

Candidate		Votes	%
John Marks (re-elected 1)		789	35.4
Robert Owen (elected 2)		768	34.5
Henry Osborne (defeated)		632	28.4
George Alley		39	1.8
Total formal votes		2,228	100.0
Informal votes		0	0.0
Turnout		2,228	68.0

1856

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1856 New South Wales colonial election § Eastern Division of Camden.[edit]

1856 New South Wales colonial election: Eastern Division of Camden ^[10]

Candidate		Votes	%
Henry Osborne (elected 1)		657	33.5
John Marks (elected 2)		502	25.6
Charles Jenkins		398	20.3
George Pickering		176	9.0
David L. Waugh		136	7.0
James Shoobert		91	4.6
Total formal votes		1,960	100.0
Informal votes		0	0.0
Turnout		980	66.3

Polling was conducted on 31 March 1856. Osborne had represented this district in the old Legislative Council.

Notes

1. estimate based on an electoral roll of 1,638 at the January 1858 election.^[8]

References

1. Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of East Camden". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
2. "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
3. "Mr John Marks (1827-1885)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
4. "Mr Henry Osborne (1808 - 1859)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
5. "Mr Robert Owen (1799-1878)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
6. "Mr John Fletcher Hargrave, QC (1815-1885)". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
7. Green, Antony. "1859 East Camden by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
8. Green, Antony. "1858 Camden East". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
9. "Writ of election: Eastern Division of Camden". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 38. 8 March 1859. p. 542. Retrieved 19 June 2019 – via Trove.
10. Green, Antony. "1856 Eastern Division of Camden". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 March 2015.