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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 30 1.51
Total Votes / Estimated Turnout 1,982 35.06
Persons Voting / Turnout 1,432 49.91
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, and Bathurst Times, 9 January 1875, p.2 col.5 including booth results. It has been assumed the 30 informal votes found in the Bathurst Times is additional to the reported number of persons voting.