Sydney Hamlets - 1856 (Roll: 3,027) - 2 to be elected
Nominations: Monday, 10 March 1856, Polling: Tuesday, 11 March 1856
Candidate
Votes
Votes %
Cooper, Daniel (Elected 1)
867
40.90
Donaldson, Stuart Alexander (Elected 2)
688
32.45
Driver, Richard Jnr
415
19.58
Moriarty, Merion Marshall
150
7.08
Formal Votes
2,120
Informal Votes
0
0.00
Total Votes / Estimated Turnout
2,120
35.02
Persons Voting / Turnout
1,204
39.78
Notes: Both Donaldson and Cooper served in the old Legislative Council, Donaldson representing Sydney Hamlets and Cooper Murray and St Vincent.
Source: Report of nominations, SMH 11 March 1856, pp.3-4, results SMH 14 March 1856, p.4 col.4. Note that as the ballot was not secret, the SMH was able to published a set of timed result, indicating who was ahead by hour of the day.