Nominations: Wednesday, 16 December 1874, Polling: Thursday, 17 December 1874
Candidate
Votes
Votes %
Bellamy, William
0
0.00
McRae, Myles
50
9.49
O'Keeffe, Pierce
177
33.59
Wisdom, Robert (Elected)
300
56.93
Formal Votes
527
Informal Votes
24
4.36
Total Votes / Turnout
551
71.65
Persons Voting / Turnout
551
71.65
Notes: Sitting MP James Campbell did not re-contest, see Maitland Mercury 5 December, p.1 col.4.
Source: Maitland Mercury, nominations 17 December 1874, p.2 col.3-5, results 19 December 1874, p.2 col.7. Similar results with O'Keeffe on 175 votes published SMH 18 December 1874, p.7 col.2. Statistical Register reported 551 persons voting, which probably included the reported informal votes.