[2] Under the Additional Members Act 1864, the seats of Clermont, Kennedy, Maryborough, Mitchell, Rockhampton and Warrego were created.
[3][4] Sydney Davis was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly in Clermont on 18 March 1865.
On 18 August 1866, Sydney Davis resigned, believed to be linked to the difficult conditions caused by the drought on his pastoral holdings.
Roderick Travers won the resulting by-election on 11 September 1866; however, he declined to take the seat and resigned on 12 October.
[7] He was buried in the Church of England section of the South Rockhampton Cemetery on Saturday 28 June 1884.