title: Electoral results for the district of Cumberland Boroughs
text: # Electoral results for the district of Cumberland Boroughs
  
  Cumberland Boroughs, 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 | Member | Party |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1856 | | William Bowman | None |
  | 1858 | | William Dalley | None |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### 1858
  
  1858 New South Wales colonial election: Cumberland Boroughs 22 January :
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | William Dalley (elected) | William Dalley (elected) | 246 | 52.1 |
  | William Bowman (defeated) | William Bowman (defeated) | 168 | 35.6 |
  | William Redman | William Redman | 58 | 12.3 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 472 | 100.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | 0 | 0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | 472 | 65.7 |
  
  ### 1856
  
  1856 New South Wales colonial election: Cumberland Boroughs :
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | William Bowman (elected) | William Bowman (elected) | 129 | 28.2 |
  | Ralph Robey | Ralph Robey | 124 | 27.1 |
  | William Redman | William Redman | 115 | 25.1 |
  | Robert Ross | Robert Ross | 90 | 19.7 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 458 | 100.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | 458 | 65.9 |
  