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East Macquarie - By-election (Roll: 2,070)
Nominations: Friday, 13 January 1882, Polling: Thursday, 19 January 1882
Candidate Votes Votes %
Pechey, Alfred John (Elected) 423 35.10
Smith, Sydney 375 31.12
Roberts, Charles James 357 29.63
Dalveen, Thomas Macdonald 50 4.15
Formal Votes 1,205
Informal Votes 40 3.21
Total Votes / Turnout 1,245 60.14
Cause Category: Resignation - Government Job
Notes: Edmund Webb was appointed to the Legislative Council.
Source: Report of nominations, Bathurst Free Press, 14 January 1880, p.2 col.3-5, results 21 January, p.2 col.5-6. Bathurst Times 20 January p.2 col.3 included booths but reported Dalveen on 40 votes. These differences propagated through to the Sydney papers, SMH 23 January 1882, p.6 col.2 including booth results reported as corrected and with Dalveen on 50. Daily Telegraph reported 40 votes on 21 January.