Nominations: Saturday, 3 March 1883, Polling: Tuesday, 6 March 1883
Candidate
Votes
Votes %
Bowman, Alexander
173
12.67
Fitzgerald, Robert George Dundas
460
33.70
McElhone, John (Re-elected)
516
37.80
Wilshire, James Thompson
216
15.82
Formal Votes
1,365
Informal Votes
0
0.00
Total Votes / Turnout
1,365
51.16
Cause Category: Resignation - Other
Notes: McElhone won both Upper Hunter and East Sydney at the 1882 election. He resigned first from East Sydney, then later from Upper Hunter after a challenge from A G Taylor. McElhone contested and was defeated by Taylor in the Mudgee by-election conducted the same day. The Newcastle Herald reports 5 March 1883, p.3 col.2, that those nominating McElhone admitted to having 'no authority to nominate him', though this detail is absent from the Maitland Mercury's far longer report of the nominations. It has been assumed James T Wilshire is James Thompson Wilshire.
Source: Full report of nominations, Maitland Mercury 6 March 1883, page number unclear, with results in Mercury 8 March, same totals in SMH 8 March 1883, p.8 col.3, including booth results.