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Balmain - 1889 (Roll: 9,128) - 4 to be elected Elected - Free Trade (4) Nominations: Thursday, 31 January 1889, Polling: Saturday, 2 February 1889 Candidate Party Votes Votes % Garrard, Jacob (Re-elected 1) Free Trade 3,177 14.98 Smith, Frank James (Re-elected 2) Free Trade 3,125 14.74 Clubb, George (Elected 3) Free Trade 3,101 14.62 Hawthorne, John Stuart (Re-elected 4) Free Trade 3,083 14.54 Hyam, Solomon Herbert Protectionist 2,291 10.80 Inglis, William Protectionist 2,178 10.27 Buchanan, David (Defeated) Protectionist 2,130 10.04 Hutchinson, William Alston Protectionist 2,120 10.00 Formal Votes 21,205 Informal Votes 87 0.41 Total Votes / Estimated Turnout 21,292 59.03 Persons Voting / Turnout 5,566 60.98 Notes: Allocated a fourth seat for the 1889 election. David Buchanan was a sitting MP for Central Cumberland. Source: Report of nominations, SMH 1 February 1889, p.4 col.3-4, results from SMH 8 February, p.8 col.3, including booth results.