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The Lower Hunter - 1872 (Roll: 670) Nominations: Monday, 4 March 1872, Polling: Thursday, 7 March 1872 Candidate Votes Votes % Jacob, Archibald Hamilton (Elected) 258 50.89 Wisdom, Robert (Defeated) 249 49.11 Formal Votes 507 Informal Votes 0 0.00 Total Votes / Turnout 507 75.67 Persons Voting / Turnout 520 77.61 Source: Maitland Mercury, report of nominations 5 March 1872, pp.2-3, results 9 March, p.2 col.4 including booth results. SMH results, 8 March 1872, p.5 col.1.