Electoral district of Cook and Westmoreland

District of Cook and Westmoreland
New South WalesLegislative Assembly
Cook county in the 1840s
StateNew South Wales
Created1856
Abolished1859
NamesakeCook & Westmoreland counties
Coordinates33°32′S 150°7′E / 33.533°S 150.117°E / -33.533; 150.117
Westmoreland county in the 1840s

Cook and Westmoreland was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales in the first and second Parliaments (1856–1859), named after Cook and Westmoreland counties in the Blue Mountains, Lithgow and Oberon areas. It elected two members simultaneously, with voters casting two votes and the first two candidates being elected.[1][2] It was largely replaced by Hartley,[3] however both members moved to other electorates, James Martin became the member for East Sydney,[1] while Robert Jamison became the member for Nepean.[2]

  1. ^ a b "Sir James Martin [1] (1820–1886)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Mr Robert Thomas Jamison (1829-1878)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  3. ^ An Act to amend the Electoral Law (PDF) (20). Australasian Legal Information Institute. 24 November 1858. Retrieved 25 June 2019.