Electoral district of Sydney Hamlets (NSW Legislative Council)

Sydney Hamlets New South Wales—Legislative Council
State	New South Wales
Created	1851
Abolished	1856
Coordinates	33°55′S 151°10′E / 33.917°S 151.167°ECoordinates: 33°55′S 151°10′E / 33.917°S 151.167°E

The Electoral district of Sydney Hamlets was an electorate of the partially elected New South Wales Legislative Council, created in the expansion of the Council in 1851.^[1] The original unicameral Council was abolished in 1856.

The electoral district included what were then outer suburbs of Sydney and are now the inner suburbs of Glebe, Camperdown, O'Connell Town (north Newtown), Chippendale, Redfern, Surry Hills, Paddington, St Leonards and Balmain.^[1]

Thomas Smart won the first election, declared winner on 22 September 1851.^[2]

Members

Member	Term
Thomas Smart	Sep 1851 – Feb 1855 [3]
Stuart Donaldson	Apr 1855 – Feb 1856 [4]

References

1. An Act to provide for the division of the Colony of New South Wales after the separation of the District of Port Phillip therefrom into Electoral Districts and for the Election of Members to serve in the Legislative Council., Act No. 48 of 2 May 1851. Retrieved on 10 September 2014.
2. "Sydney Hamlets Election.". The Sydney Morning Herald (N.S.W.: National Library of Australia). 23 September 1851. p. 2. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
3. "Mr Thomas Ware SMART (1810 - 1881)". Former Members. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
4. "Sir Stuart Alexander DONALDSON (1812 - 1867)". Former Members. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 September 2014.