Electoral district of Patrick's Plains
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Patrick's Plains was an electoral district
of the Legislative Assembly
in the Australia
n state of New South Wales
created in 1859 and named after an old name for the Singleton
area. In 1894, it was replaced by Singleton
.
New South Wales Legislative Assembly electoral districts
The New South Wales Legislative Assembly is elected from 93 single-member electorates called districts.- Current districts :This is a list of districts for the 2011 state election.* Albury* Auburn* Ballina...
of the Legislative Assembly
New South Wales Legislative Assembly
The Legislative Assembly, or lower house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of New South Wales, an Australian state. The other chamber is the Legislative Council. Both the Assembly and Council sit at Parliament House in the state capital, Sydney...
in the Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n state of New South Wales
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
created in 1859 and named after an old name for the Singleton
Singleton, New South Wales
-Industry & Commerce:Major industries near Singleton include coal mining, energy generation, light industry, vineyards, horse breeding and cattle production. Dairying was once a mainstay in the area, but has declined....
area. In 1894, it was replaced by Singleton
Electoral district of Singleton
Singleton was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales created in 1894, replacing Patrick's Plains and named after Singleton. In 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation, it was absorbed into the multi-member Maitland.-Members...
.
Members for Patrick's Plains
| Member | Party | Period | |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Russell | None | 1859—1860 | |
| William Lesley | None | 1860—1861 | |
| Joseph Harpur | None | 1861—1864 | |
| John Wilson | None | 1864—1869 | |
| James Hoskins | None | 1869—1872 | |
| William Browne | None | 1872—1880 | |
| John Brown | None | 1880—1882 | |
| Albert Gould Albert Gould Sir Albert John Gould was an Australian politician and solicitor who served as the second President of the Australian Senate.... |
None | 1882—1887 | |
| Free Trade Free Trade Party The Free Trade Party which was officially known as the Australian Free Trade and Liberal Association, also referred to as the Revenue Tariff Party in some states and renamed the Anti-Socialist Party in 1906, was an Australian political party, formally organised between 1889 and 1909... |
1887—1894 | ||