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Eden - 1877 (Roll: 2,230)
Nominations: Friday, 26 October 1877, Polling: Tuesday, 30 October 1877
Candidate Votes Votes %
Clarke, Henry (Re-elected) 825 69.56
Parkes, Henry 361 30.44
Formal Votes 1,186
Informal Votes 0 0.00
Total Votes / Turnout 1,186 53.18
Persons Voting / Turnout 1,216 54.53
Notes: Henry Parkes is not shown as a sitting MP, having been defeated in East Sydney on 24 October, and elected for Canterbury on 29 November.
Source: SMH 1 November 1877, p.5 col.4, including booth results, but reported as one small return to come. Same totals in Australian Town and Country Journal, 3 November 1877, p.725. In the Sydney Mail election summary, 17 November, p.626, Clark was reported on 855 votes, but the result from other sources has been used here.