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West Macquarie - 1874-5 (Roll: 1,283) Nominations: Thursday, 31 December 1874, Polling: Monday, 4 January 1875 Candidate Votes Votes % Pilcher, Charles Edward (Elected) 425 58.70 Rotton, Henry 299 41.30 Formal Votes 724 Informal Votes 16 2.16 Total Votes / Turnout 740 57.68 Persons Voting / Turnout 740 57.68 Notes: Sitting MP Edmund Webb contested Bathurst. Total Votes from Statistical regisater clearly included informal votes. Source: Report of nominations, SMH 2 January 1875, p.4 col.4-6, results from SMH 6 January, p.5 col.3