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Cumberland Boroughs - 1856 (Roll: 695)
Nominations: Saturday, 5 April 1856, Polling: Tuesday, 8 April 1856
Candidate Votes Votes %
Bowman, William (Elected) 129 28.17
Redman, William 115 25.11
Robey, Ralph Meyer 124 27.07
Ross, Robert Scott 90 19.65
Formal Votes 458
Informal Votes 0 0.00
Total Votes / Turnout 458 65.90
Persons Voting / Turnout 458 65.90
Notes: William Bowman had represented this district in the old Legislative Council.
Source: Report of nominations, SMH 8 April 1856, pp.5-6. Results SMH 11 April 1856, p.5 col.2, including booth results. In its election summary 30 April, p.5 col.1, the SMH records Bowman with 128 votes, but the earlier figure is used at it matches the total of votes in the 1857 Blue Book.