title: Electoral results for the district of Cumberland (South Riding)
text: # Electoral results for the district of Cumberland (South Riding)
  
  Cumberland South 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 | William Manning | None | Elias Weekes | None |
  | August 1856 by | William Manning | None | Ryan Brenan | None |
  | October 1856 by | William Manning | None | Ryan Brenan | None |
  | November 1856 by | William Manning | None | Stuart Donaldson | None |
  | 1857 by | James Byrnes | None | Stuart Donaldson | None |
  | 1858 | Edward Flood | None | Stuart Donaldson | None |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### Elections in the 1850s
  
  **1858**
  
  1858 New South Wales colonial election: Cumberland (South Riding) 30 January :
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Edward Flood (re-elected 1) | Edward Flood (re-elected 1) | 1,271 | 42.3 |
  | Stuart Donaldson (re-elected 2) | Stuart Donaldson (re-elected 2) | 955 | 31.8 |
  | Thomas Holt (defeated) | Thomas Holt (defeated) | 778 | 25.9 |
  | George Smith | George Smith | 0 | 0.0 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 3,004 | 100.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | 3,004 | 41.3 |
  
  **1857 by-election**
  
  1857 Cumberland (South Riding) by-election Friday 12 June :
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | James Byrnes (elected) | James Byrnes (elected) | 769 | 58.4 |
  | Ryan Brenan | Ryan Brenan | 548 | 41.6 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 1,317 | 100.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | 1,317 | 36.2 |
  
  **November 1856 by-election**
  
  1856 Cumberland (South Riding) by-election Tuesday 4 November :
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Stuart Donaldson (elected) | Stuart Donaldson (elected) | unopposed | |
  
  **October 1856 by-election**
  
  1856 Cumberland (South Riding) by-election Friday 17 October :
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | William Manning (elected) | William Manning (elected) | 893 | 80.6 |
  | William Redman | William Redman | 215 | 19.4 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 1,108 | 100.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | 0 | 0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | 1,108 | 40.3 |
  
  **August 1856 by-election**
  
  1856 Cumberland (South Riding) by-election Thursday 21 August :
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Ryan Brenan (elected) | Ryan Brenan (elected) | 435 | 42.7 |
  | Augustus Morris | Augustus Morris | 367 | 36.0 |
  | Thomas W Shepherd | Thomas W Shepherd | 110 | 10.8 |
  | William Sherwin | William Sherwin | 107 | 10.5 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 1,019 | 100.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | 0 | 0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | 1,019 | 37.1 |
  
  **1856**
  
  1856 New South Wales colonial election: Cumberland (South Riding) :
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | William Manning (elected 1) | William Manning (elected 1) | 833 | 38.7 |
  | Elias Weekes (elected 2) | Elias Weekes (elected 2) | 576 | 26.8 |
  | Ryan Brenan | Ryan Brenan | 521 | 24.2 |
  | William Russell | William Russell | 220 | 10.2 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 2,150 | 100.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | 1,242 | 45.2 |
  