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West Macquarie - 1859 (Roll: 522)
Nominations: Saturday, 11 June 1859, Polling: Tuesday, 14 June 1859
Candidate Votes Votes %
McPhillamy, John (Elected) 264 83.02
Hawkins, Thomas Jarman 54 16.98
Formal Votes 318
Informal Votes 0 0.00
Total Votes / Turnout 318 60.92
Source: Empire, 20 June 1859, p. 3, col. 2, also in SMH 20 June, p.5 col.2.
Corrections: Statistical Register (1850-59) lists this seat as uncontested, but this is most likely incorrectly referring to the by-election held in December.