NSW Elections Links Site Links Home Page Elections Index Candidates Index Districts Index By-elections Feedback 1885 Election Links Home Totals Turnout Districts By-Elections Candidates Poll Sequence Prev/Next District << The Upper Hunter Inverell >> Prev/Next Contest << 1883 (by) 1887 >>

Illawarra - 1885 (Roll: 2,365) Nominations: Tuesday, 13 October 1885, Polling: Monday, 19 October 1885 Candidate Votes Votes % Lysaght, Andrew (Elected) 617 38.02 Wiley, William 444 27.36 Woodward, Francis 562 34.63 Formal Votes 1,623 Informal Votes 32 1.93 Total Votes / Turnout 1,655 69.98 Persons Voting / Turnout 1,655 69.98 Notes: Sitting MP Alexander Stuart did not re-contest having retired as Premier. Source: SMH 20 October 1885, p.5 col.2