Nominations: Tuesday, 13 October 1885, Polling: Friday, 16 October 1885
Candidate
Votes
Votes %
Foster, William John (Elected 1)
1,906
23.58
Smith, James Francis (Elected 2)
1,899
23.49
Gibbes, Frederick Jamieson (Re-elected 3)
1,731
21.41
Bellemey, Richard Thomas
1,154
14.28
Hawken, Nicholas
726
8.98
Mitchell, Joseph (Defeated)
668
8.26
Formal Votes
8,084
Informal Votes
71
0.87
Total Votes / Estimated Turnout
8,155
51.16
Persons Voting / Turnout
3,515
65.02
Notes: Thrd seat added for the 1885 election.
Source: Report of nominations, SMH 14 October 1885, p.8 col.3-4, results 17 October, p.9 col.6. Note that a scrutineer wrote to the SMH 20 October p.5 col.7 correcting the published results, to which the Returning Officer responded re-confirming the original totals but correcting the table of booth results. Response published 21 October, p.5 col.4.