East Sydney - 1889 (Roll: 10,889) - 4 to be elected
Elected - Free Trade (4)
Nominations: Thursday, 31 January 1889, Polling: Saturday, 2 February 1889
Candidate
Party
Votes
Votes %
Burdekin, Sydney (Re-elected 1)
Free Trade
3,894
20.06
Reid, George Houstoun (Re-elected 2)
Free Trade
3,631
18.70
McMillan, William (Re-elected 3)
Free Trade
3,604
18.57
Street, John Rendell (Re-elected 4)
Free Trade
3,402
17.53
Abbott, Joseph Palmer
Protectionist
2,503
12.89
O'Mara, Thomas Chrysostom (Defeated)
Protectionist
2,378
12.25
Formal Votes
19,412
Informal Votes
33
0.17
Total Votes / Estimated Turnout
19,445
44.87
Persons Voting / Turnout
6,647
61.04
Notes: JP Abbott was sitting MP for Wentworth and TC O'Mara for Monaro. Abbott is not shown as a defeated sitting MP in this contest as on the same day he was nominated for East Sydney, he was also nominated for Wentworth. As no other candidate nominated for Wentworth, he was declared elected on the close of nominations, before the poll was conducted in East Sydney.
Source: Report of nominations, SMH 1 February 1889, p.3 col.1-2, results from SMH 4 February, p.7 col.7.