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Patrick's Plains - 1860 (Roll: 988)
Nominations: Tuesday, 11 December 1860, Polling: Thursday, 13 December 1860
Candidate Votes Votes %
Lesley, William Copland (Elected) 261 58.13
Rotton, Walter 11 2.45
Russell, William (Defeated) 177 39.42
Formal Votes 449
Informal Votes 0 0.00
Total Votes / Turnout 449 45.45
Persons Voting / Turnout 469 47.47
Notes: At the nominations, both Rotton and Walter Adamson Rodd proposed themselves, but Rodd withdrew in favour of Rotton when unable to make himself heard from the hustings.
Source: SMH, 17 December, p.4 col.5, including booth results. Report of poll declaration with results in Maitland Mercury, 15 December, p.2 col.3. Neither result matches the total votes reported in Statistical Register.