title: Electoral results for the district of Cumberland (North Riding)
text: # Electoral results for the district of Cumberland (North Riding)
  
  Cumberland North Riding, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1856 and abolished in 1859.
  
  | Election | Member | Party | Member | Party |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1856 | John Darvall | None | James Pye | None |
  | June 1856 by | John Darvall | None | James Pye | None |
  | October 1856 by | John Darvall | None | James Pye | None |
  | 1857 by | Thomas Smith | None | James Pye | None |
  | 1858 | Thomas Smith | None | Henry Parkes | None |
  | 1858 by | Thomas Smith | None | John Plunkett | None |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### 1858 by-election
  
  1858 Cumberland (North Riding) by-election Monday 13 September :
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | John Plunkett (elected) | John Plunkett (elected) | unopposed | |
  
  ### 1858
  
  1858 New South Wales colonial election: Cumberland (North Riding) 28 January :
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Thomas Smith (re-elected 1) | Thomas Smith (re-elected 1) | 716 | 36.6 |
  | Henry Parkes (elected 2) | Henry Parkes (elected 2) | 633 | 32.4 |
  | Richard Hill | Richard Hill | 606 | 31.0 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 1,955 | 100.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | 0 | 0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | 1,955 | 43.8 |
  
  ### 1857 by-election
  
  1857 Cumberland (North Riding) by-election Friday 11 December :
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Thomas Smith (elected) | Thomas Smith (elected) | 394 | 57.4 |
  | Henry Parkes | Henry Parkes | 292 | 42.6 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 686 | 100.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | 0 | 0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | 686 | 30.8 |
  
  ### October 1856 by-election
  
  1856 Cumberland (North Riding) by-election Thursday 16 October :
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | John Darvall (elected) | John Darvall (elected) | 560 | 68.0 |
  | James Byrnes | James Byrnes | 264 | 32.0 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 824 | 100.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | 0 | 0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | 824 | 42.9 |
  
  ### June 1856 by-election
  
  1856 Cumberland (North Riding) by-election Thursday 19 June :
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | John Darvall (elected) | John Darvall (elected) | 483 | 68.8 |
  | Patrick Hogan | Patrick Hogan | 219 | 31.2 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 702 | 100.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | 702 | 36.6 |
  
  ### 1856
  
  1856 New South Wales colonial election: Cumberland (North Riding) :
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | John Darvall (elected 1) | John Darvall (elected 1) | 442 | 28.7 |
  | James Pye (elected 2) | James Pye (elected 2) | 401 | 26.1 |
  | William Sherwin | William Sherwin | 376 | 24.4 |
  | Patrick Hogan | Patrick Hogan | 319 | 20.7 |
  | Robert Fitzgerald | Robert Fitzgerald | 1 | 0.06 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 1,539 | 100.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | 849 | 45.7 |
  