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East Macquarie - By-election (Roll: 1,322)
Nominations: Monday, 30 April 1860, Polling: Thursday, 10 May 1860
Candidate Votes Votes %
Dangar, Henry Carey 11 1.52
Deniehy, Daniel Henry (Elected) 496 68.70
McGuigan, John Bede 215 29.78
Formal Votes 722
Informal Votes 0 0.00
Total Votes / Turnout 722 54.61
Cause Category: Resignation - Other
Notes: TJ Hawkins resigned (10 Apr). (Reason not known)
Source: Empire, 15 May 1860, p 5, col 4, including booth breakdown. This detail makes it a more credible source than the SMH 14 May, p.6 col.5 which reported Dangar as receiving 119 votes.