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Newtown - 1882 (Roll: 3,812) - 2 to be elected
Nominations: Thursday, 30 November 1882, Polling: Saturday, 2 December 1882
Candidate Votes Votes %
Gibbes, Frederick Jamieson (Elected 1) 1,209 29.41
Copeland, Henry (Re-elected 2) 976 23.74
Foster, William John (Defeated) 966 23.50
Mitchell, Joseph (Defeated) 960 23.35
Formal Votes 4,111
Informal Votes 20 0.48
Total Votes / Estimated Turnout 4,131 54.45
Persons Voting / Turnout 2,429 63.72
Notes: On the nomination hustings Henry Copeland stated he had moved from his seat of New England to take on Minister for Justice William Foster head-to-head. After his defeat in Newtown, Joseph Mitchell nominated for Canterbury where he was again defeated.
Source: Report of nominations, SMH 1 December 1882, p.5 col.2-4, results SMH 4 December, p.4 col.2-3, including booth results.