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Monaro - 1885 (Roll: 2,846) - 2 to be elected
Nominations: Friday, 23 October 1885, Polling: Friday, 30 October 1885
Candidate Votes Votes %
Dawson, Henry (Elected 1) 941 33.56
Stephen, Harold Wilberforce Hindmarsh (Elected 2) 658 23.47
O'Mara, Thomas Chrysostom (Defeated) 447 15.94
Joseph, H M 390 13.91
Merrett, Henry C 368 13.12
Formal Votes 2,804
Informal Votes 22 0.78
Total Votes / Estimated Turnout 2,826 50.04
Persons Voting / Turnout 1,681 59.07
Notes: Neither sitting MP Henry Septimus Badgery or David Ryrie contested the election. T C O'Mara was sitting MP for Tumut.
Source: Bombala Herald, 31 October 1885, p.3 col.2 including booth results. Results published SMH 2 November 1885 and re-printed 31 October are incomplete.