✨ Electoral Polling Place Appointments
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DIEU SOIT OUI MALY PENSE DROIT
The New Zealand Gazette.
Published by Authority.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1859.
By His Excellency Colonel THOMAS
GORE BROWNE, Companion of the
Most Honorable Order of the
Bath, Governor and Commander-
in-Chief in and over Her Majesty's
Colony of New Zealand, and Vice-
Admiral of the same, &c., &c., &c.
To all to whom these presents shall come,
Greeting:-
WHEREAS by an Act of the General
Assembly, intituled "The Regulation
of Elections Act, 1858," it is enacted that it
shall be lawful for the Governor, by warrant
under his hand, from time to time, to appoint
Polling Places for each Electoral District,
within or without the limits thereof; and to
appoint any one of such places to be the
principal Polling Place for the District, and all
or any of such Polling Places at any time to
abolish, and to appoint other Polling Places in
lieu thereof.
Now know ye, that I, Thomas Gore Browne,
the Governor of the said Colony, in pursuance
of the power and authority in me vested by the
said Act, do hereby appoint the following place
to be a Polling Piace for the District of the
Wellington Country District, in the Province
of Wellington, for the Election of Members of
the House of Representatives, namely,
At Manawatu, the Residence of T. Robinson,
Esquire.
Given under my hand, at Govern-
ment House, at Auckland,
this seventh day of No-
vember, in the year of Our
Lord, One thousand eight
hundred and fifty-nine.
(Signed) T. GORE BROWNE.
By His Excellency's command,
HENRY JOHN TANCRED.
By His Excellency Colonel THOMAS
GORE BROWNE, Companion of
the Most Honorable Order of
the Bath, Governor and Com-
mander-in-Chief in and over
Her Majesty's Colony of New
Zealand, and Vice-Admiral of
the same, &c., &c., &c.
To all to whom these presents shall come,
Greeting:-
WHEREAS by an Act of the General
Assembly, intituled "The Regulation
of Elections Act, 1858," it is enacted that it
shall be lawful for the Governor by Warrant
under his hand, from time to time, to appoint
Polling Places for each Electoral District
within or without the limits thereof, and to
appoint any one of such places to be the
principal Polling Place for the District, and all
or any of such Polling Places at any time to
abolish, and to appoint other Polling Places in
lieu thereof. And whereas by another Act of
the General Assembly, intituled "The Pro-
vincial Elections Act, 1858," it is enacted that,
subject to certain provisions therein contained,
every Election of the Superintendent or of a
Member of the Provincial Council of a Province
shall be conducted in the manner prescribed by
"The Regulation of Elections Act, 1858,"
aforesaid, and all the provisions of the said last
mentioned Act shall apply to the Elections of
Superintendents and Members of Provincial
Councils,
Now know ye, that I, Thomas Gore Browne,
the Governor of the said Colony, in pursuance
of the power and authority in me vested by the
said Acts, do hereby appoint the following
place to be a Polling Place for the District of
the Wellington Country District, for the Elec-
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NZ Gazette 1859, No 35
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🏘️ Appointment of Polling Place for Wellington Country District (House of Representatives)
🏘️ Provincial & Local Government7 November 1859
Polling Place, Wellington Country District, House of Representatives, Manawatu, Election Act 1858
- T. Robinson (Esquire), Residence designated as Polling Place
- Colonel Thomas Gore Browne, Governor and Commander-in-Chief
- T. GORE BROWNE
- HENRY JOHN TANCRED
🏘️ Appointment of Polling Place for Wellington Country District (Provincial Election)
🏘️ Provincial & Local GovernmentPolling Place, Wellington Country District, Provincial Council Election, Election Acts
- Colonel Thomas Gore Browne, Governor and Commander-in-Chief