Nominations: Monday, 22 November 1880, Polling: Friday, 26 November 1880
Candidate
Votes
Votes %
Bowman, Alexander (Re-elected)
866
54.06
McQuade, Henry Michael Hale (Defeated)
736
45.94
Formal Votes
1,602
Informal Votes
29
1.78
Total Votes / Turnout
1,631
82.75
Persons Voting / Turnout
1,631
82.75
Notes: Hawkesbury became a single member district under the 1880 Electoral Act. Henry McQuade had been elected at a by-election in July for Windsor but had not been sworn in before the election. Sitting Hawkesbury MP Henry Moses did not contest the 1980 election.
Source: Result with booth details published SMH 29 November 1880, p.3 col.3, with official declaration reported SMH 30 November, not re-printing totals but merely referring to toals 'as previously announced'.