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The Upper Hunter - 1882 (Roll: 2,668) - 2 to be elected
Nominations: Friday, 8 December 1882, Polling: Thursday, 14 December 1882
Candidate Votes Votes %
McElhone, John (Re-elected 1) 1,016 36.42
McLaughlin, John (Re-elected 2) 941 33.73
Wilshire, James Thompson 496 17.78
Hungerford, Thomas (Defeated) 337 12.08
Formal Votes 2,790
Informal Votes 15 0.53
Total Votes / Estimated Turnout 2,805 52.85
Persons Voting / Turnout 1,667 62.48
Notes: John McElhone had already been elected as an MP for East Sydney on 30 November. Thomas Hungerford was a sitting MP for Northumberland. It has been presumed the James T Wilshire is James Thompson Wilshire.
Source: Totals from SMH 20 December 1882, p.5 col.1, same totals in Daily Telegraph 20 December, p.3 col.3, including booth results. Used in preference to slightly higher totals published in the Australian Town and Country Journal, 23 December 1882, p.1237 col.1. The ATCJ then published the lower SMH totals in its election summary.