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East Macquarie - 1874-5 (Roll: 2,869) - 2 to be elected
Nominations: Thursday, 31 December 1874, Polling: Tuesday, 5 January 1875
Candidate Votes Votes %
Suttor, William Henry Jnr (Elected 1) 750 38.42
Booth, John (Elected 2) 607 31.10
Cummings, William (Defeated) 546 27.97
Daley, James 49 2.51
Formal Votes 1,952
Informal Votes 0 0.00
Total Votes / Estimated Turnout 1,952 34.02
Persons Voting / Turnout 1,402 48.87
Notes: Sitting MP Walter Hampson Cooper did not re-contest, being defeated in contests for both West Sydney and Lower Hunter. John Booth was a sitting MP for West Sydney in the previous parliament, but is not shown as a sitting MP as he had already been defeated contesting Glebe.
Source: Report of nominations, SMH 2 January 1875, p.4 col.1-4, results from SMH 8 January, p.5 col.4