4th General Election: December 1842
Party composition unknown. Total membership of the Consolidated Legislature 15 elected and 10 appointed members.
The experiment was tried of combining the Assembly and Council in a unicameral legislature. The British Parliament twice extended the term of this legislature. By 1847 the whole system broke down. A bicameral legislature was restored, which continued until 1932.
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