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Yass Plains - By-election (Roll: 1,735) Nominations: Friday, 28 December 1877, Polling: Wednesday, 2 January 1878 Candidate Votes Votes % Fitzpatrick, Michael (Re-elected) 290 92.95 Remmington, Arthur Frederick 22 7.05 Formal Votes 312 Informal Votes 4 1.27 Total Votes / Turnout 316 18.21 Cause Category: Ministerial by-election Notes: By-election on the formation of the Farnell government. Source: Report of nominations SMH 31 December 1877, p.5 col.4-7. Results SMH 4 January 1878, p.5 col.6, informal votes from Goulburn Herald, 5 January, p.3. Yass Courier report 4 January 1878 p.2.