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Paddington - 1887 (Roll: 7,742) - 3 to be elected
Elected - Free Trade (3)
Nominations: Monday, 7 February 1887, Polling: Wednesday, 9 February 1887
Candidate Party Votes Votes %
Neild, John Cash (Re-elected 1) Free Trade 2,601 22.28
Allen, Alfred (Elected 2) Free Trade 2,271 19.45
Trickett, William Joseph (Re-elected 3) Free Trade 2,230 19.10
McLaughlin, John Free Trade 2,139 18.32
Shepherd, John (Defeated) Free Trade 1,630 13.96
Allen, William Johnston Protectionist 715 6.12
Bottrell, Edwin H T Independent 89 0.76
Formal Votes 11,675
Informal Votes 151 1.28
Total Votes / Estimated Turnout 11,826 52.22
Persons Voting / Turnout 5,159 66.64
Notes: Robert Butcher did not contest re-election. Shepherd was sitting MP for East Macquarie. Note SMH editorial 9 February, p.8 col.6, lamenting how the large number of Free Trade candidates could deliver a seat to the Protectionists. Note that Alfred and William Johnston Allen were brothers campiagning on opposite sides of the fiscal issue.
Source: Report of nominations, SMH 8 February, 8 February, p.3 col.1-4, results from SMH 10 February 1887, p.3 col.2, includes booth results, republished in election summary, 28 February, p.11 col. 4.