Nominations: Friday, 1 March 1872, Polling: Monday, 4 March 1872
Candidate
Votes
Votes %
Hurley, John (Elected)
261
52.62
Leary, Joseph (Defeated)
231
46.57
Walker, William
4
0.81
Formal Votes
496
Informal Votes
0
0.00
Total Votes / Turnout
496
73.59
Persons Voting / Turnout
497
73.74
Notes: Richard Dransfield, John Shea and Andrew McLellan were nominated. Dransfield spoke but then withdrew. The other two candidates were shouted down on the hustings and did not appear in any published results.
Source: Report of nominations, SMH 2 March 1872, pp.5-6, with results from SMH 5 March, p.7 col.1