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East Macquarie - 1864-5 (Roll: 2,246) - 2 to be elected
Nominations: Wednesday, 21 December 1864, Polling: Saturday, 24 December 1864
Candidate Votes Votes %
Cummings, William (Re-elected 1) 955 38.96
Buchanan, David (Re-elected 2) 800 32.64
Lee, Thomas 623 25.42
McDonagh, Patrick 73 2.98
Formal Votes 2,451
Informal Votes 0 0.00
Total Votes / Estimated Turnout 2,451 54.56
Persons Voting / Turnout 1,491 66.38
Source: Report of nominations, SMH 27 December 1864, p.2 col.2-3, results from SMH 28 December, p.4 col.6. McDonagh was simply listed as 'Dr', his name worked out from the 1870 Medical Register.