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Glen Innes - 1889 (Roll: 2,301) - 2 to be elected
Elected - Protectionist (2)
Nominations: Monday, 11 February 1889, Polling: Saturday, 16 February 1889
Candidate Party Votes Votes %
Vivian, Walter Hussey Free Trade 423 19.67
Wright, Francis Augustus (Elected 1) Protectionist 671 31.21
Hutchison, Alexander (Elected 2) Protectionist 578 26.88
Fergusson, William John Protectionist 478 22.23
Formal Votes 2,150
Informal Votes 19 0.88
Total Votes / Estimated Turnout 2,169 47.54
Persons Voting / Turnout 1,375 59.76
Notes: Second seat added for 1889 election. Sitting MP GM Matheson did not re-contest.
Source: Maitland Mercury, 19 February 1889, same totals re-published with full booth details at time of 1991 election in the Glen Innes Examiner, 30 June 1889, p.2 col.4. SMH 19 February had different totals with Wright 636, Hutchison 565, Fergusson 479 and Vivian 453. Same totals were published in the Year Book of Australia (1890).