Nominations: Tuesday, 13 October 1885, Polling: Friday, 16 October 1885
Candidate
Votes
Votes %
Doyle, Brisbane
535
47.51
Targett, Walter Scott (Re-elected)
591
52.49
Formal Votes
1,126
Informal Votes
22
1.92
Total Votes / Turnout
1,148
57.31
Persons Voting / Turnout
1,148
57.31
Source: A complete result has had to be derived. SMH 17 October 1885, p.10 col.3, reports Targett 591 and Doyle 512, figures also used by the Year-Book of Australia (1886). On 19 October, p.4 col.1, the SMH reported the result as final with a majority of 53, but no candidate totals were published. The SMH published 591 as the total for Targett in all subsequent summaries, and repeated the total in 1887. As we know the total votes in this seat, it has been assumed Targett's total is correct with Doyle allocated the residual.