East Macquarie - 1877 (Roll: 2,063) - 2 to be elected
Nominations: Thursday, 1 November 1877, Polling: Monday, 5 November 1877
Candidate
Votes
Votes %
Robertson, John (Elected 1)
781
38.51
Suttor, William Henry Jnr (Re-elected 2)
627
30.92
Cummings, William
515
25.39
Stephen, George Milner
105
5.18
Formal Votes
2,028
Informal Votes
21
1.02
Total Votes / Estimated Turnout
2,049
50.17
Persons Voting / Turnout
1,307
63.35
Notes: Sitting MP John Booth contested The Williams. John Robertson had been defeated on 25 October in his old seat of West Sydney. He was elected MP for Mudgee on the same day as elected for East Macquarie, leading to the subsequent by-election in this seat as he chose to represent Mudgee.