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The Hawkesbury - 1880 (Roll: 1,971)
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'.