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Sydney Hamlets - 1856 (Roll: 3,027) - 2 to be elected
Nominations: Monday, 10 March 1856, Polling: Tuesday, 11 March 1856
Candidate Votes Votes %
Cooper, Daniel (Elected 1) 867 40.90
Donaldson, Stuart Alexander (Elected 2) 688 32.45
Driver, Richard Jnr 415 19.58
Moriarty, Merion Marshall 150 7.08
Formal Votes 2,120
Informal Votes 0 0.00
Total Votes / Estimated Turnout 2,120 35.02
Persons Voting / Turnout 1,204 39.78
Notes: Both Donaldson and Cooper served in the old Legislative Council, Donaldson representing Sydney Hamlets and Cooper Murray and St Vincent.
Source: Report of nominations, SMH 11 March 1856, pp.3-4, results SMH 14 March 1856, p.4 col.4. Note that as the ballot was not secret, the SMH was able to published a set of timed result, indicating who was ahead by hour of the day.