Nominations: Monday, 31 March 1856, Polling: Tuesday, 15 April 1856
Candidate
Votes
Votes %
Irving, Clark (Elected)
193
65.87
McKenzie, Colin John
100
34.13
Formal Votes
293
Informal Votes
0
0.00
Total Votes / Turnout
293
45.64
Persons Voting / Turnout
296
46.11
Notes: Result validated by Executive Order, 13 May 1856.
Source: Report of nominations, North Australian and Ipswich General Advertiser, 7 April 1856, pp.3-4, with results 20 May, p.3 col.3 including booths. Totals of 203 / 101 published in SMH 8 May 1856, p.5 col.2. The Maitland Mercury 5 May and The Empire 6 May publish the North Australian's totals, while the SMH election summary on 30 April, p.5 col.1, publishes clearly incomplete results. None of these results match the Blue Book entry of 296 votes recorded which suggests the official declaration of poll has not been found.