New South Wales colonial election, 16 – 31 October 1885 [1] | ||||||
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Enrolled voters | ||||||
Votes cast | 129,888 | Turnout | 61.10 | +4.41 | ||
Informal votes | 2,669 | Informal | 2.01 | −0.09 | ||
Summary of votes by party | ||||||
Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | |
Total | 23,899 | 122 |
The 1885 New South Wales colonial election was for 122 members representing 72 electoral districts. The election was conducted on the basis of a simple majority or first-past-the-post voting system. In this election there were 35 multi-member districts returning 85 members and 37 single member districts giving a total of 122 members. In the multi-member districts each elector could vote for as many candidates as there were vacancies. 7 districts were uncontested. There was no recognisable party structure at this election.[1] The average number of enrolled voters per seat was 1,831, ranging from East Maitland (1,018) to Canterbury (2,630).[2]
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
George Day (re-elected) | 501 | 61.2 | |
Luke Gulson | 318 | 38.8 | |
Total formal votes | 819 | 96.9 | |
Informal votes | 26 | 3.1 | |
Turnout | 845 | 63.9 |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
William Holborow (re-elected 1) | 1,165 | 43.7 | |
Francis Tait (elected 2) | 784 | 29.4 | |
Edward Ball | 716 | 26.9 | |
Total formal votes | 2,665 | 99.8 | |
Informal votes | 6 | 0.2 | |
Turnout | 1,449 | 53.8 |
The sitting member Sir Henry Parkes successfully contested St Leonards.
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Jacob Garrard (re-elected 1) | 2,642 | 27.0 | |
Solomon Hyam (elected 2) | 2,323 | 23.7 | |
John Hawthorne (elected 3) | 1,606 | 16.4 | |
Samuel Davison | 1,178 | 12.0 | |
Maurice Fitzharding | 1,131 | 11.6 | |
Edward Buchanan | 908 | 9.3 | |
Total formal votes | 9,788 | 98.7 | |
Informal votes | 126 | 1.3 | |
Turnout | 4,112 | 60.9 | |
(1 new seat) |
The other sitting member William Hutchinson did not contest the election.
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Robert Wilkinson (re-elected 1) | 1,025 | 37.2 | |
John Cramsie (re-elected 2) | 941 | 34.1 | |
Allen Lakeman | 790 | 28.7 | |
Total formal votes | 2,756 | 100.0 | |
Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | |
Turnout | 2,756 | 36.5 |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Francis Suttor (re-elected) | 866 | 65.2 | |
John Meagher | 463 | 34.8 | |
Total formal votes | 1,329 | 98.4 | |
Informal votes | 21 | 1.6 | |
Turnout | 1,350 | 76.1 |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
George Cass (re-elected 1) | 1,347 | 35.6 | |
Sir Patrick Jennings (re-elected 2) | 1,271 | 33.6 | |
John Kelly | 1,168 | 30.9 | |
Total formal votes | 3,786 | 99.0 | |
Informal votes | 40 | 1.1 | |
Turnout | 2,318 | 50.6 |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Thomas Slattery (re-elected) | 446 | 75.0 | |
Argyle McCallum | 149 | 25.0 | |
Total formal votes | 595 | 97.2 | |
Informal votes | 17 | 2.8 | |
Turnout | 612 | 55.3 |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
William Sawers (elected 1) | 934 | 35.4 | |
Russell Barton (re-elected 2) | 750 | 28.4 | |
Richard Machattie (defeated) | 523 | 19.8 | |
Austin O'Grady | 435 | 16.5 | |
Total formal votes | 2,642 | 99.0 | |
Informal votes | 27 | 1.0 | |
Turnout | 1,703 | 43.8 |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Alexander Ryrie (re-elected) | 453 | 54.1 | |
Angus Cameron | 385 | 45.9 | |
Total formal votes | 838 | 97.2 | |
Informal votes | 24 | 2.8 | |
Turnout | 862 | 60.4 |
Angus Cameron was a sitting member for West Sydney however he had been defeated for that seat on Tuesday 13 October.
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
John Kidd (elected 1) | 1,610 | 37.9 | |
Thomas Garrett (re-elected 2) | 1,422 | 33.5 | |
Henry Badgery (defeated) | 1,217 | 28.6 | |
Total formal votes | 4,249 | 99.4 | |
Informal votes | 24 | 0.6 | |
Turnout | 2,649 | 59.6 |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Mark Hammond (re-elected 1) | 2,760 | 16.1 | |
William Henson (re-elected 2) | 2,479 | 14.5 | |
Septimus Stephen (re-elected 3) | 2,432 | 14.2 | |
William Judd (elected 4) | 2,311 | 13.5 | |
Alban Riley | 2,178 | 12.7 | |
Alexander Hutchison | 1,955 | 11.4 | |
Richard McCoy | 1,911 | 11.2 | |
Thomas Robertson | 1,104 | 6.4 | |
Total formal votes | 17,130 | 99.3 | |
Informal votes | 125 | 0.7 | |
Turnout | 6,042 | 57.4 | |
(1 new seat) |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Charles Garland (elected 1) | 1,034 | 39.5 | |
Ezekiel Baker (re-elected 2) | 932 | 35.6 | |
Francis Freehill | 655 | 25.0 | |
Total formal votes | 2,621 | 99.4 | |
Informal votes | 17 | 0.6 | |
Turnout | 1,725 | 55.7 |
The other sitting member George Campbell did not contest the election.
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
John Purves (re-elected) | 719 | 63.1 | |
Richard Stevenson | 254 | 22.3 | |
Allen Cameron | 167 | 14.7 | |
Total formal votes | 1,140 | 98.3 | |
Informal votes | 20 | 1.7 | |
Turnout | 1,160 | 63.3 |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Andrew McCulloch (re-elected 1) | 1,953 | 21.3 | |
Nathaniel Bull (elected 2) | 1,879 | 20.5 | |
Varney Parkes (re-elected 3) | 1,858 | 20.3 | |
Cyrus Fuller | 1,503 | 16.4 | |
Charles Scrivener | 973 | 10.6 | |
Frank Farnell | 808 | 8.8 | |
Henry Statham | 180 | 2.0 | |
Total formal votes | 9,154 | 98.6 | |
Informal votes | 128 | 1.4 | |
Turnout | 3,976 | 66.2 | |
(1 new seat) |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Herbert Brown (re-elected) | 737 | 72.6 | |
William Johnston | 278 | 27.4 | |
Total formal votes | 1,015 | 97.9 | |
Informal votes | 22 | 2.1 | |
Turnout | 1,037 | 72.4 |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Sydney Smith (re-elected 1) | 1,113 | 43.1 | |
John Shepherd (elected 2) | 587 | 22.7 | |
John Hughes | 528 | 20.4 | |
James Tonkin | 355 | 13.7 | |
Total formal votes | 2,583 | 99.2 | |
Informal votes | 21 | 0.8 | |
Turnout | 1,474 | 65.8 |
The other sitting member Edward Combes did not contest the election.
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
James Brunker (re-elected) | unopposed |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Edmund Barton (re-elected 1) | 3,903 | 22.0 | |
George Reid (elected 2) | 3,399 | 19.2 | |
Henry Copeland (re-elected 3) | 3,208 | 18.1 | |
Sydney Burdekin (re-elected 4) | 2,988 | 16.9 | |
George Griffiths (defeated) | 1,997 | 11.3 | |
Samuel Lees | 1,786 | 10.1 | |
George Brown | 435 | 2.5 | |
Total formal votes | 17,716 | 99.5 | |
Informal votes | 97 | 0.5 | |
Turnout | 6,917 | 67.6 |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
James Garvan (re-elected 1) | 1,385 | 40.5 | |
Henry Clarke (re-elected 2) | 1,253 | 36.6 | |
Henry Walker | 785 | 22.9 | |
Total formal votes | 3,423 | 99.2 | |
Informal votes | 29 | 0.8 | |
Turnout | 2,156 | 68.7 |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Alfred Stokes (re-elected 1) | 765 | 37.5 | |
Walter Coonan (re-elected 2) | 647 | 31.7 | |
Henry Cooke | 627 | 30.8 | |
Total formal votes | 2,039 | 99.4 | |
Informal votes | 13 | 0.6 | |
Turnout | 1,300 | 52.8 |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
William Wilkinson (elected 1) | 1,102 | 33.4 | |
John Meeks (elected 2) | 1,069 | 32.4 | |
Michael Chapman (defeated) | 815 | 24.7 | |
William Bailey | 312 | 9.5 | |
Total formal votes | 3,298 | 98.7 | |
Informal votes | 45 | 1.4 | |
Turnout | 1,956 | 60.1 | |
(1 new seat) |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
William Fergusson (re-elected) | 574 | 55.3 | |
Alexander Hutchison | 398 | 38.3 | |
W Pomeroy | 66 | 6.4 | |
Total formal votes | 1,038 | 97.7 | |
Informal votes | 25 | 2.4 | |
Turnout | 1,061 | 43.7 |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Robert White (re-elected) | unopposed |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
William Teece (re-elected) | unopposed |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
John See (re-elected) | unopposed |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Robert Vaughn (re-elected) | 387 | 59.3 | |
E Whelan | 266 | 40.7 | |
Total formal votes | 653 | 99.4 | |
Informal votes | 4 | 0.6 | |
Turnout | 714 | 49.0 |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Jack Want (elected) | 943 | 62.8 | |
Gerard Phillips | 559 | 37.2 | |
Total formal votes | 1,502 | 98.7 | |
Informal votes | 20 | 1.3 | |
Turnout | 1,522 | 64.1 |
The sitting member James Watson did not contest the election.
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Joseph Abbott (re-elected) | 706 | 59.7 | |
Ethelbert Clemesha | 476 | 40.3 | |
Total formal votes | 1,182 | 96.7 | |
Informal votes | 41 | 3.4 | |
Turnout | 1,223 | 62.6 |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
William Campbell (re-elected) | 376 | 54.3 | |
Thomas Dangar (defeated) | 317 | 45.7 | |
Total formal votes | 693 | 96.3 | |
Informal votes | 27 | 3.8 | |
Turnout | 720 | 36.7 |
Thomas Dangar was the sitting member for The Namoi.
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Walter Targett (re-elected) | 591 | 52.5 | |
Brisbane Doyle | 535 | 47.5 | |
Total formal votes | 1,126 | 98.1 | |
Informal votes | 22 | 1.9 | |
Turnout | 1,148 | 57.3 |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
James Young (re-elected 1) | 1,229 | 39.9 | |
Charles Roberts (re-elected 2) | 883 | 28.7 | |
Hugh McKinnon | 499 | 16.2 | |
G W Tait | 466 | 15.1 | |
Total formal votes | 3,077 | 99.5 | |
Informal votes | 16 | 0.5 | |
Turnout | 1,720 | 66.4 |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Alexander Bowman (elected) | 831 | 52.9 | |
Henry McQuade (defeated) | 741 | 47.1 | |
Total formal votes | 1,572 | 98.0 | |
Informal votes | 32 | 2.0 | |
Turnout | 1,604 | 76.3 |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
William Lyne (re-elected 1) | 1,080 | 42.2 | |
James Hayes (elected 2) | 720 | 28.2 | |
Edmund Bond | 451 | 17.6 | |
John Gale | 306 | 12.0 | |
Total formal votes | 2,557 | 99.2 | |
Informal votes | 20 | 0.8 | |
Turnout | 1,379 | 50.8 |
The other sitting member Leyser Levin did not contest the election.
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
John Burns (re-elected) | unopposed |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Andrew Lysaght Sr. (elected) | 617 | 38.0 | |
Francis Woodward | 562 | 34.6 | |
William Wiley | 444 | 27.4 | |
Total formal votes | 1,623 | 98.1 | |
Informal votes | 32 | 1.9 | |
Turnout | 1,655 | 70.0 |
The sitting member Alexander Stuart did not contest the election.
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Samuel Moore (elected) | 666 | 57.9 | |
Richard Murray (defeated) | 484 | 42.1 | |
Total formal votes | 1,150 | 96.9 | |
Informal votes | 37 | 3.1 | |
Turnout | 1,187 | 64.6 |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Harman Tarrant (re-elected) | 574 | 61.0 | |
Philip Holdsworth | 367 | 39.0 | |
Total formal votes | 941 | 97.7 | |
Informal votes | 22 | 2.3 | |
Turnout | 963 | 61.5 |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Robert Smith (re-elected) | 1,108 | 69.0 | |
Otho Dangar | 499 | 31.1 | |
Total formal votes | 1,607 | 97.5 | |
Informal votes | 41 | 2.5 | |
Turnout | 1,648 | 64.0 |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Andrew Ross (re-elected) | 695 | 54.8 | |
Fergus Smith | 573 | 45.2 | |
Total formal votes | 1,268 | 98.3 | |
Informal votes | 22 | 1.7 | |
Turnout | 1,290 | 69.1 |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Henry Dawson (elected 1) | 941 | 33.6 | |
Harold Stephen (elected 2) | 658 | 23.5 | |
Thomas O'Mara (defeated) | 447 | 15.9 | |
H M Joseph | 390 | 13.9 | |
Henry Merrett | 368 | 13.1 | |
Total formal votes | 2,804 | 99.2 | |
Informal votes | 22 | 0.8 | |
Turnout | 1,681 | 59.1 |
The sitting members Septimus Badgery and David Ryrie did not contest the election. Thomas O'Mara was the sitting member for Tumut.
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Robert Wisdom (re-elected) | 536 | 56.7 | |
Robert Pierce | 409 | 43.3 | |
Total formal votes | 945 | 99.8 | |
Informal votes | 2 | 0.2 | |
Turnout | 947 | 79.7 |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Sir John Robertson (re-elected 1) | 1,628 | 29.5 | |
Adolphus Taylor (re-elected 2) | 1,583 | 28.7 | |
Thomas Browne (elected 3) | 1,178 | 21.4 | |
John Hurley | 567 | 10.3 | |
Louis Beyers | 562 | 10.2 | |
Total formal votes | 5,518 | 99.6 | |
Informal votes | 22 | 0.4 | |
Turnout | 2,065 | 51.3 |
The other sitting member David Buchanan did not contest the election.
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
John Chanter (elected 1) | 851 | 38.3 | |
Robert Barbour (re-elected 2) | 741 | 33.4 | |
Alexander Wilson (defeated) | 630 | 28.4 | |
Total formal votes | 2,222 | 99.3 | |
Informal votes | 16 | 0.7 | |
Turnout | 1,517 | 55.8 |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
George Dibbs (elected 1) | 2,171 | 28.0 | |
James Gormly (elected 2) | 1,920 | 24.7 | |
Alexander Bolton (elected 3) | 1,585 | 20.4 | |
James Douglas | 1,394 | 18.0 | |
Frank Cowley | 696 | 9.0 | |
Total formal votes | 7,766 | 99.3 | |
Informal votes | 58 | 0.7 | |
Turnout | 3,518 | 50.5 | |
(1 new seat) |
The sitting members Auber Jones and George Loughnan did not contest the election. George Dibbs was the Premier and a member for St Leonards where he was successfully challenged by Sir Henry Parkes on Friday 16 October.
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Charles Collins (elected) | 743 | 72.1 | |
William Wright | 288 | 27.9 | |
Total formal votes | 1,031 | 99.2 | |
Informal votes | 8 | 0.8 | |
Turnout | 1,039 | 48.0 |
The sitting member Thomas Dangar unsuccessfully contested The Gwydir.
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Thomas Smith (re-elected) | 838 | 79.6 | |
Thomas Cross | 215 | 20.4 | |
Total formal votes | 1,053 | 98.0 | |
Informal votes | 21 | 2.0 | |
Turnout | 1,074 | 62.6 |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
James Fletcher (re-elected 1) | 2,483 | 42.2 | |
George Lloyd (elected 2) | 1,839 | 31.3 | |
Total formal votes | 1,557 | 100.0 | |
Informal votes | 5,879 | 0.0 | |
Turnout | 5,934 | 68.7 |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
James Inglis (elected 1) | 1,233 | 35.6 | |
William Proctor (re-elected 2) | 1,191 | 34.4 | |
William Drew | 580 | 16.7 | |
William Dowel | 285 | 8.2 | |
Charles Givney | 177 | 5.1 | |
Total formal votes | 3,466 | 98.8 | |
Informal votes | 41 | 1.2 | |
Turnout | 2,024 | 55.7 |
The sitting member James Farnell was appointed to the Legislative Council and did not contest the election.
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
William Foster (elected 1) | 1,906 | 23.6 | |
James Smith (elected 2) | 1,899 | 23.5 | |
Frederick Gibbes (re-elected 3) | 1,731 | 21.4 | |
Richard Bellemey | 1,154 | 14.3 | |
Nicholas Hawken | 726 | 9.0 | |
Joseph Mitchell (defeated) | 668 | 8.3 | |
Total formal votes | 8,084 | 99.1 | |
Informal votes | 71 | 0.9 | |
Turnout | 3,515 | 65.0 | |
(1 new seat) |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Joseph Creer (elected 1) | 1,662 | 27.1 | |
Ninian Melville (re-elected 2) | 1,539 | 25.1 | |
Thomas Walker | 1,287 | 21.0 | |
Joseph Gorrick (defeated) | 871 | 14.2 | |
George Perry | 598 | 9.8 | |
Richard Luscombe (defeated) | 176 | 2.9 | |
Total formal votes | 6,133 | 98.8 | |
Informal votes | 73 | 1.2 | |
Turnout | 6,206 | 63.6 |
Joseph Gorrick was the sitting member for Wollombi.
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
William Clarke (re-elected 1) | 1,049 | 40.9 | |
Thomas Dalton (re-elected 2) | 882 | 34.4 | |
Valentine Heaton | 631 | 24.6 | |
Total formal votes | 2,562 | 98.8 | |
Informal votes | 31 | 1.2 | |
Turnout | 2,593 | 48.8 |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
John Neild (elected 1) | 2,033 | 20.6 | |
William Trickett (re-elected 2) | 1,628 | 16.5 | |
Robert Butcher (re-elected 3) | 1,514 | 15.3 | |
John McLaughlin (defeated) | 1,487 | 15.0 | |
Alfred Allen | 1,451 | 14.7 | |
Charles Hellmrich | 1,363 | 13.8 | |
Charles Cansdell | 418 | 4.2 | |
Total formal votes | 9,894 | 98.3 | |
Informal votes | 176 | 1.8 | |
Turnout | 4,356 | 64.7 |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Hugh Taylor (re-elected) | 922 | 69.8 | |
William Ferris | 399 | 30.2 | |
Total formal votes | 1,321 | 97.0 | |
Informal votes | 41 | 3.0 | |
Turnout | 1,362 | 72.6 |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Albert Gould (re-elected) | 676 | 55.2 | |
William Browne | 548 | 44.8 | |
Total formal votes | 1,224 | 99.0 | |
Informal votes | 12 | 1.0 | |
Turnout | 1,236 | 78.6 |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Edward O'Sullivan (elected) | 304 | 32.5 | |
Percy Hodgkinson | 209 | 22.3 | |
William Affleck | 193 | 20.6 | |
John Wright | 164 | 17.5 | |
William O'Neill | 66 | 7.1 | |
Total formal votes | 936 | 98.0 | |
Informal votes | 19 | 2.0 | |
Turnout | 955 | 49.3 |
The sitting member George De Salis did not contest the election.
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
John Sutherland (re-elected 1) | 2,806 | 25.3 | |
Arthur Renwick (elected 2) | 2,137 | 19.3 | |
Thomas Williamson (elected 3) | 2,009 | 18.1 | |
William Stephens | 1,861 | 16.8 | |
Francis Wright (defeated) | 1,232 | 11.1 | |
John Martin | 1,042 | 9.4 | |
Total formal votes | 11,087 | 98.9 | |
Informal votes | 125 | 1.1 | |
Turnout | 5,325 | 69.4 |
The other sitting member Alfred Fremlin did not contest the election.
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Thomas Ewing (elected 1) | 1,922 | 40.9 | |
Patrick Hogan (elected 2) | 1,454 | 30.9 | |
Frederick Crouch | 1,280 | 27.2 | |
George Dibbs | 46 | 1.0 | |
Total formal votes | 4,702 | 99.2 | |
Informal votes | 40 | 0.8 | |
Turnout | 2,796 | 59.9 | |
(1 new seat) |
The sitting member Samuel Gray did not contest the election
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Frederick Humphery (re-elected) | 850 | 54.6 | |
William Martin | 706 | 45.4 | |
Total formal votes | 1,556 | 98.6 | |
Informal votes | 22 | 1.4 | |
Turnout | 1,578 | 78.0 |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
John Davies (elected 1) | 2,444 | 17.0 | |
James Toohey (elected 2) | 2,309 | 16.1 | |
Joseph Olliffe (re-elected 3) | 2,084 | 14.5 | |
Archibald Forsyth (elected 4) | 2,012 | 14.0 | |
George Withers (defeated) | 1,738 | 12.1 | |
Alfred Miller | 1,563 | 10.9 | |
Edward O'Sullivan | 1,130 | 7.9 | |
William Poole (defeated) | 710 | 4.9 | |
William Richardson | 378 | 2.6 | |
Total formal votes | 14,368 | 98.3 | |
Informal votes | 252 | 1.7 | |
Turnout | 6,268 | 71.9 |
The other sitting member John Harris did not contest the election.
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Sir Henry Parkes (re-elected 1) | 1,506 | 33.4 | |
Isaac Ives (re-elected 2) | 1,149 | 25.5 | |
George Dibbs (defeated) | 1,039 | 23.0 | |
Edward Clark | 819 | 18.2 | |
Total formal votes | 4,513 | 98.7 | |
Informal votes | 60 | 1.3 | |
Turnout | 3,008 | 70.5 |
Sir Henry Parkes was the member for Argyle who contested St Leonards to successfully challenge the Premier George Dibbs. Dibbs was returned to Parliament by successfully contesting The Murrumbidgee on Saturday 31 October.
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Robert Levien (re-elected 1) | 882 | 29.4 | |
Michael Burke (elected 2) | 772 | 25.8 | |
John Gill (defeated) | 707 | 23.6 | |
William Dowel | 402 | 13.4 | |
A Sampson | 235 | 7.8 | |
Total formal votes | 2,998 | 98.9 | |
Informal votes | 32 | 1.1 | |
Turnout | 1,676 | 58.4 |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Charles Lee (re-elected) | unopposed |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Travers Jones (elected) | 446 | 36.9 | |
Nathaniel Emanuel | 438 | 36.2 | |
James Hoskins | 326 | 26.9 | |
Total formal votes | 1,210 | 98.8 | |
Informal votes | 15 | 1.2 | |
Turnout | 1,233 | 66.9 |
The sitting member Thomas O'Mara unsuccessfully contested Monaro.
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Robert Fitzgerald (elected 1) | 910 | 37.3 | |
Thomas Hungerford (elected 2) | 776 | 31.8 | |
John McElhone (defeated) | 756 | 31.0 | |
Total formal votes | 2,442 | 99.5 | |
Informal votes | 12 | 0.5 | |
Turnout | 1,591 | 56.4 |
The other sitting member John McLaughlin did not contest the election.
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
David Ferguson (re-elected) | 458 | 58.9 | |
Paddy Crick | 258 | 33.2 | |
E Bennett | 61 | 7.9 | |
Total formal votes | 777 | 98.6 | |
Informal votes | 11 | 1.4 | |
Turnout | 787 | 59.8 |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Edward Quin (re-elected) | unopposed | ||
William MacGregor (elected) | unopposed | ||
(1 new seat) |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Lewis Lloyd (re-elected) | 355 | 56.3 | |
James Fitzpatrick | 276 | 43.7 | |
Total formal votes | 631 | 98.0 | |
Informal votes | 13 | 2.0 | |
Turnout | 644 | 59.5 |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Richard Thompson (elected) | 632 | 54.5 | |
Walter Edmunds | 527 | 45.5 | |
Total formal votes | 1,159 | 97.0 | |
Informal votes | 36 | 3.0 | |
Turnout | 1,195 | 72.6 |
The sitting member Henry Cohen did not contest the election.
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Alexander Kethel (elected 1) | 3,515 | 21.0 | |
Daniel O'Connor (re-elected 2) | 3,057 | 18.3 | |
Francis Abigail (re-elected 3) | 3,043 | 18.2 | |
John Young (elected 4) | 2,870 | 17.2 | |
Angus Cameron (defeated) | 2,388 | 14.3 | |
George Merriman (defeated) | 1,853 | 11.1 | |
Total formal votes | 16,726 | 99.2 | |
Informal votes | 140 | 0.8 | |
Turnout | 7,140 | 68.4 |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Lyall Scott (elected) | 592 | 62.8 | |
Walter Vivian | 257 | 27.3 | |
George Anderson | 69 | 7.3 | |
A S Jaques | 25 | 2.7 | |
Total formal votes | 943 | 99.0 | |
Informal votes | 10 | 1.1 | |
Turnout | 953 | 57.0 |
The sitting member Joseph Gorrick unsuccessfully contested Northumberland.
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Louis Heydon (re-elected) | 601 | 55.4 | |
Richard Colonna-Close | 483 | 44.6 | |
Total formal votes | 1,084 | 96.1 | |
Informal votes | 44 | 3.9 | |
Turnout | 1,128 | 61.4 |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Gerald Spring (re-elected 1) | 1,270 | 38.6 | |
William Watson (elected 2) | 1,011 | 30.7 | |
James Mackinnon (defeated) | 1,009 | 30.7 | |
Total formal votes | 3,290 | 100.0 | |
Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | |
Turnout | 3,290 | 47.0 |