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Cook and Westmoreland - 1856 (Roll: 895) - 2 to be elected Nominations: Thursday, 27 March 1856, Polling: Friday, 4 April 1856 Candidate Votes Votes % Martin, James (Elected 1) 321 39.48 Jamison, Robert Thomas (Elected 2) 303 37.27 Arkins, John 189 23.25 Formal Votes 813 Informal Votes 0 0.00 Total Votes / Estimated Turnout 813 45.42 Persons Voting / Turnout 487 54.41 Notes: James Martin represented this seat in the old Legislative Council. Source: Report of nominations SMH 31 March 1856, pp.2-3, results SMH election summary 30 April 1856, p.4 col.1.