Nominations: Monday, 10 December 1860, Polling: Monday, 24 December 1860
Candidate
Votes
Votes %
Eames, John
2
0.26
Hart, James
1
0.13
Markham, George (Elected)
475
60.74
Rusden, Thomas George
304
38.87
Formal Votes
782
Informal Votes
12
1.51
Total Votes / Turnout
794
53.72
Notes: James Hart was the sitting MP for New England, but he had already contested and won election for Bathurst and withdrew from the contest. He has not been shown as a sitting MP.
Source: Illawarra Mercury, 4 January 1861, p.2 col.4 reporting declaration of poll. A confused report of the poll declaration appeared in the Maitland Mercury 1 January 1861, p.2 col.2, but the poor quality of the original makes it difficult to read the microfilm. Informal votes have been sourced from the Maitland Mercury report. There was no entry for persons voting in the Statistical Register.