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Bathurst - 1891 (Roll: 2,025)
Won by Protectionist
Nominations: Monday, 15 June 1891, Polling: Wednesday, 17 June 1891
Candidate Party Votes Votes %
Paul, William Henry (Defeated) Free Trade 733 48.16
Suttor, Francis Bathurst (Elected) Protectionist 789 51.84
Formal Votes 1,522
Informal Votes 14 0.91
Total Votes / Turnout 1,536 75.85
Persons Voting / Turnout 1,536 75.85
Source: Totals from Bathurst Free Press, 18 June 1891, pp.2-3, used as result matches totals published in the Statistical Register. Totals in SMH 18 June 1891, p.6 col.7 reported Suttor on 798, a figure repeated in the Year-Book of Australia (1892) and also used in Hughes and Graham (1975).
Corrections: SMH 18 June 1891, p.5 col.5.