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The Hawkesbury - 1869-70 (Roll: 1,532) - 2 to be elected
Nominations: Wednesday, 15 December 1869, Polling: Saturday, 18 December 1869
Candidate Votes Votes %
Moses, Henry (Elected 1) 525 36.08
Piddington, William Richman (Re-elected 2) 445 30.58
Cunneen, James Augustine (Defeated) 406 27.90
Ascough, James 73 5.02
Wilshire, W P 6 0.41
Formal Votes 1,455
Informal Votes 0 0.00
Total Votes / Estimated Turnout 1,455 47.49
Persons Voting / Turnout 1,021 66.64
Source: Report of nominations 17 December 1869, pp.2-3, with results from SMH 22 December, p.3 col.4 including booth results. In SMH election summary, published 13 January 1870, Moses is reported with 522 votes and Piddington 446, but totals for other candidates are not included.