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Gold Fields South - 1874-5 (Roll: 1,400)
Nominations: Tuesday, 22 December 1874, Polling: Monday, 11 January 1875
Candidate Votes Votes %
Baker, Ezekiel Alexander (Re-elected) 381 58.17
Copeland, Henry 274 41.83
Formal Votes 655
Informal Votes 0 0.00
Total Votes / Turnout 655 46.79
Persons Voting / Turnout 655 46.79
Source: Report of nominations, SMH 29 December 1874, p.3 col.2. Results from Gundagai Times, 16 January, p.2 col.5, had Baker on 370, Copeland 272, but mentioned that two small booths had not been received. No further reports were found. However, totals published at LAVP 1876-77, Vol.A1, pp869-71, lists 655 votes being recorded in this district and the winning candidate polling 381. These totals have been used to augment the Gundagai Times result.