Nominations: Tuesday, 14 December 1869, Polling: Friday, 17 December 1869
Candidate
Votes
Votes %
Jacob, Archibald Hamilton
266
48.63
Wisdom, Robert (Re-elected)
281
51.37
Formal Votes
547
Informal Votes
13
2.32
Total Votes / Turnout
560
78.32
Persons Voting / Turnout
560
78.32
Notes: SMH 17 December 1869, p.7 col.1 reports Wisdom as breaking both arms in a horse riding accident while campaigning. Wisdom was subsequntly elected as MP for Goldfields North, but resigned from that seat to continue representing Lower Hunter.
Source: Maitland Mercury, report of nominations, ?? December, p.4 col.3-5, results 18 December 1869, same figures used in SMH 21 December, p.3 col.4. Both the Empire and SMH on 18 December report Wisdom with 283 votes, but the 281 reported in the Mercury matches winning candidate and total vote figures published in Parliamentary Papers. The informal vote figure has been inferred from the difference between the total votes in the Parliamentary Papers and the Statistical Register.