VPRS 15862 Electoral Roll and Election Results - Barwon Ward (GRS 1691)

This water damaged book is a record of the Electoral District of the Town of Geelong Barwon Ward. It contains a list of electors who voted in the election of a Member to serve in the Legislative Council of Victoria to fill vacancies.Information recorded includes the names of the polling places and dates when the polling was conducted. It includes the names of the electors and for whom they voted. Total votes received for each candidate are recorded.Each elector is given a sequential number at each election. Their names are recorded, together with their vote, next to the number. It is probable that the numbers were issued in the order in which each elector voted.Elections recorded in this book were conducted betweeen 13 September 1851 and 22 June 1854.

本受水渍损毁的档案册为吉朗巴旺区（Geelong Barwon Ward）城镇选举选区的选举记录。该档案收录了为填补维多利亚州立法委员会（Legislative Council of Victoria）席位空缺而开展的议员选举中参与投票的选民名单。所记录的信息包括投票站名称与投票举行日期，同时涵盖选民姓名及其投票意向，还统计了每位候选人所获得的总票数。每位选民在每届选举中都会被分配一个连续编号，其姓名与投票信息即标注于该编号旁；据推测，编号的发放顺序与选民到场投票的先后次序一致。本档案册所记录的选举举办时间介于1851年9月13日至1854年6月22日之间。