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Cumberland (North Riding) - By-election (Roll: 1,920) Nominations: Monday, 16 June 1856, Polling: Thursday, 19 June 1856 Candidate Votes Votes % Darvall, John Bayley (Re-elected) 483 68.80 Hogan, Patrick 219 31.20 Formal Votes 702 Informal Votes 0 0.00 Total Votes / Turnout 702 36.56 Cause Category: Ministerial by-election Notes: By-election on the formation of the Donaldson ministry. Source: Nominations SMH 17 June, p.3 col.3-6, preliminary result with booths, 21 June p.4 col.5, with declaration of poll reported 23 June, p.2 col.1. Corrections: Parliamentary Record incorrectly gives the by-election date as 16 June.