Agency:
Electoral Returning Officers
Agency Number:
Start Date:
01 Jan 1851
End Date:
31 Dec 1906
Description:
Appointed for each electoral district to assist with the election process - including publishing lists of voters; declaring the poll and seeing that elections were properly conducted. Had responsibilities to the Court of Quarter Sessions; the district Police Magistrate and the Clerk of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly.
Information Sources:
CSD1/21 file 1227
Legislation Administered:
Electoral Acts 1856, 1858, 1867, 1885, 1890, 1898, 1902
Legislation Creating:
Legislative Council Act, 1851 (15 Vict No.1) Electoral Act 1856 (19 Vict No.24)
Functions Performed:
Government administration and governance
Controlling Agencies:
| Colonial Secretary's Office (1) (TA151) | 01 Jan 1825 | 31 Dec 1856 |
| Colonial Secretary's Office (2) (TA152) | 01 Jan 1857 | 31 Dec 1882 |
| Chief Secretary's Office/Department (TA153) | 01 Jan 1882 | 31 Dec 1946 |
Subsequent Agencies:
| Electoral Department (TA64) | 01 Jan 1903 | 31 Dec 1989 |
Series Created By Agency:
| ELD2 Miscellaneous Correspondence of the Electoral Returning Officer. | 01 Jan 1851 | 31 Dec 1866 |
| AB331 Evandale (Morven) - Record of a Public Meeting to Nominate Council Representative for 21 Oct 1851 Election. | 21 Oct 1851 | 21 Oct 1851 |
| AB330 Evandale (Morven) - Receipt for Voting Papers. | 08 Nov 1851 | 08 Nov 1851 |
| AG78 Westbury (Horton) - List of Eligible Voters | 01 Jan 1852 | 31 Dec 1852 |
| AB333 Municipal Elector's Declarations, Evandale.~Evandale (Morven) - Municipal Elector's Declarations (Signed by Elector). | 01 Jan 1855 | 31 Dec 1855 |
| AB332 Evandale (Morven) - Electoral Rolls (Mss - Annotated). | 01 Jan 1856 | 31 Dec 1858 |
| AB328 Evandale (Morven) - Municipal Elector's Declaration. | 01 Jan 1858 | 31 Dec 1860 |
| AB324 Evandale (Morven) - "Notice of Claim" re Electors Qualifications. | 01 Apr 1858 | 31 Dec 1866 |
| AB329 Evandale (Morven) - List of Eligible Voters (Mss). | 04 May 1858 | 04 May 1858 |
| AB325 Evandale (Morven) - Polling Lists (Mss) and Abstracts of Electors Who Voted and Candidates Papers. | 01 Jan 1882 | 31 Dec 1885 |
| AB327 Evandale (Morven) - Scrutineer's Declaration. | 01 Jan 1883 | 31 Dec 1883 |
| AB326 Evandale (Morven) - Returning Officers Declarations for David Collins and Robert Saunders. | 01 Dec 1883 | 31 Dec 1883 |