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East Maitland - 1874-5 (Roll: 758)
Nominations: Tuesday, 15 December 1874, Polling: Wednesday, 16 December 1874
Candidate Votes Votes %
Cobcroft, Abel 3 0.63
Dodds, Alexander 221 46.43
Miles, William 0 0.00
Scholey, Stephen (Re-elected) 252 52.94
Formal Votes 476
Informal Votes 27 5.37
Total Votes / Turnout 503 66.36
Persons Voting / Turnout 503 66.36
Source: Maitland Mercury 17 December 1874, p.2 col.5, same totals published SMH 17 December 1874, p.7 col.3. The same issue of the Mercury included a report of the nominations, p.4 col.1-3, that stated Cobcroft had declined to stand at the nominations. Nominations also reported SMH 17 December, p.5 col.4-6.