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The Hawkesbury - 1860 (Roll: 1,594) - 2 to be elected
Nominations: Monday, 17 December 1860, Polling: Friday, 21 December 1860 (No poll held)
Candidate Votes Votes %
Piddington, William Richman (Re-elected 2) Elected unopposed
Cunneen, James Augustine (Elected 1) Elected unopposed
Notes: Sitting MP J B Darvall did not re-contest. According to his ADB entry, 'For opposition to free selection before survey he was received with hostility in the 1860 election and, taunted with inattention to 'roads and bridges', [Darvall] retired from the contest in disgust.'
Source: Report of nominations and election, SMH 18 December 1860, p.5 col.2-6.