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Morpeth - By-election (Roll: 809) Nominations: Tuesday, 31 July 1860, Polling: Tuesday, 7 August 1860 Candidate Votes Votes % Buchanan, David 210 40.23 Cohen, Samuel (Elected) 312 59.77 Formal Votes 522 Informal Votes 0 0.00 Total Votes / Turnout 522 64.52 Cause Category: Resignation - Other Notes: EC Close resigned (12 Jul). (Reason not known) Source: Maitland Mercury, report of nominations 2 August, results 9 August 1860, p.2 col.1 including booth results.