Nominations: Wednesday, 6 December 1882, Polling: Tuesday, 12 December 1882
Candidate
Votes
Votes %
Purves, John Mitchell (Re-elected)
689
70.02
Stevenson, Richard
295
29.98
Formal Votes
984
Informal Votes
11
1.11
Total Votes / Turnout
995
60.74
Persons Voting / Turnout
995
60.74
Notes: The Elections and Qualifications Committee found that Purves held a contract for the auctioning of toll-bars, defined by the committee as being a contract for or on account of the public service and falling within the disqualification provisions of the Constitution. However, the government and the parliament did not act on the committee's finding and Purves continued as MP for Clarence. (Twomey p.409 with references to Parliamentary Debates)