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East Sydney - By-election (Roll: n.a.) Nominations: Saturday, 25 August 1877, Polling: Tuesday, 28 August 1877 Candidate Votes Votes % Davies, John (Re-elected) 3,137 79.88 Melville, Ninian Jnr 790 20.12 Formal Votes 3,927 Informal Votes 60 1.50 Total Votes / Turnout 3,987 0.00 Cause Category: Ministerial by-election Notes: By-election on the formation of the fourth Robertson ministry. Source: SMH report of nominations, 27 August 1877, p.3 col.3-7, results 29 August, p.2 col.6, same totals with informal votes Evening News, p.2 col.4.