The Electoral district of Counties of Murray, King and Georgiana and from 1851, Counties of King and Georgiana was an electorate of the partially elected
New South Wales Legislative Council, created for the first elections for the Council in 1843.[1] The electoral district included the south western counties of
Murray,
King and
Georgiana.[1] Polling took place at
Queanbeyan,
Yass and
Wheeo, which were within the counties and the nearby towns of
Braidwood,
Goulburn and
Bathurst.[2] The towns of Queanbeyan and Yass were removed from the district with the expansion of the Council in 1851 and combined with
Braidwood and
Goulburn to form the
Southern Boroughs. The rural area of the County of Murray became part of the
Counties of Murray and St Vincent and leaving the district to cover the remaining rural areas of the Counties of King and Gergiana.[3]
At all three elections, there was only one candidate who was therefore elected unopposed. In 1856 the
unicameral Legislative Council was abolished and replaced with an elected
Legislative Assembly and an appointed Legislative Council. The district was represented by the Legislative Assembly
electorate of King and Georgiana.