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Glen Innes - 1887 (Roll: 2,832)
Won by Free Trade
Nominations: Monday, 14 February 1887, Polling: Saturday, 19 February 1887
Candidate Party Votes Votes %
Hutchison, Alexander Protectionist 567 48.42
Matheson, George McLeod (Elected) Free Trade 604 51.58
Formal Votes 1,171
Informal Votes 20 1.68
Total Votes / Turnout 1,191 42.06
Persons Voting / Turnout 1,191 42.06
Notes: Sitting MP W J Fergusson contested Wentworth.
Source: Year-Book of Australia (1888). SMH 28 February 1887, p.12 col.2 gives Matheson 603 votes, but the Year-Book figure has been used as it results in a formal vote matching the totals in the Statistical Register.