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Kiama - 1874-5 (Roll: 1,170)
Nominations: Tuesday, 15 December 1874, Polling: Friday, 18 December 1874
Candidate Votes Votes %
Charles, Samuel (Elected) 405 53.15
Stewart, John (Defeated) 357 46.85
Formal Votes 762
Informal Votes 0 0.00
Total Votes / Turnout 762 65.13
Persons Voting / Turnout 776 66.32
Source: SMH 26 December 1874, p.7 col.5, includes booths, crediting results to Kiama Independent, who published the results 24 December. Discrepancy on votes and turnout may be due to unreported informal votes.