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Northumberland - 1880 (Roll: 3,765) - 2 to be elected
Nominations: Tuesday, 23 November 1880, Polling: Friday, 26 November 1880
Candidate Votes Votes %
Melville, Ninian Jnr (Re-elected 1) 1,978 37.49
Turner, William (Elected 2) 1,616 30.63
Hungerford, Thomas 1,191 22.57
Dalveen, Thomas Macdonald 491 9.31
Formal Votes 5,276
Informal Votes 20 0.38
Total Votes / Estimated Turnout 5,296 70.60
Persons Voting / Turnout 2,906 77.18
Notes: Allocated a second seat by the 1880 Electoral Act.
Source: SMH 27 November 1880, p.3 col.3 including booth results. SMH prints slightly different total with Melville on 1976 in its election summary, 8 December p.3 col.5. Full report of nominations in Newcastle Herald, 24 November 1880, pp.2-3, results 27 November, p.5 col.3 including booth results, though Turner is shown on 1615 votes.