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East Macquarie - By-election (Roll: 2,063)
Nominations: Monday, 28 January 1878, Polling: Friday, 1 February 1878
Candidate
Votes
Votes %
Webb, Edmund
(Elected)
556
60.96
Dalveen, Thomas Macdonald
356
39.04
Formal Votes
912
Informal Votes
21
2.25
Total Votes / Turnout
933
45.23
Cause Category
: Elected to two seats
Notes
: After being elected for two seats, Sir John Robertson chose to resign this seat and represent Mudgee.
Source
: SMH 6 February 1878, p.5 col.5, with informal votes taken from earlier report, 4 February, p.3 col.3