Western Division of Camden was a former electoral district

New South Wales Legislative Assembly electoral districts

The New South Wales Legislative Assembly is elected from 93 single-member electorates called districts.- Current districts :This is a list of districts for the 2011 state election.* Albury* Auburn* Ballina...

 for the Legislative Assembly

New South Wales Legislative Assembly

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 in the Australia

Australia

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n state of New South Wales

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 from 1856 to 1857. Its name was changed to West Camden between 1858 and 1859, when it was replaced by the electoral district of Camden

Electoral district of Camden

Camden is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales in Sydney's south-west. It is currently represented by Chris Patterson of the Liberal Party of Australia.-History:...

. It elected two members simultaneously, with voters casting two votes and the first two candidates being elected. The electorate was based on western Camden County

Camden County, New South Wales

Camden County was one of the original Nineteen Counties in New South Wales and is now one of the 141 Cadastral divisions of New South Wales. It included the coastal area near Wollongong south to the Shoalhaven River, and also inland encompassing Berrima and Picton. Its western boundary was the...

, which adjoins the Cumberland County

Cumberland County, New South Wales

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 (Sydney Basin) to the south, including the Southern Highlands

Southern Highlands, New South Wales

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 and, to the east, the Illawarra

Illawarra

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Members for Western Division of Camden

Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	James Macarthur James Macarthur (Australian politician) James Macarthur was an Australian pastoralist and politician. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council on three occasions between 1839 and 1843, 1848 and 1856 and finally from 1866 until his death...	None	1856–1859		John Oxley John Norton Oxley John Norton Oxley was an Australian farmer and politician. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for one term between 1856 and 1857.-Early life:...	None	1856–1859
					William Wild	None	1858–1859