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Liverpool Plains and Gwydir - 1858 (Roll: 606) - 2 to be elected
Nominations: Wednesday, 27 January 1858, Polling: Wednesday, 10 February 1858
Candidate Votes Votes %
Lloyd, Edward Henry (Elected 1) 242 47.92
Jenkins, Richard Lewis (Elected 2) 228 45.15
Pennington, W G 35 6.93
Formal Votes 505
Informal Votes 0 0.00
Total Votes / Estimated Turnout 505 41.67
Notes: Neither sitting MP GS Lang of FT Rusden contested the election. Reports of the nominations indicate Rusden was nominated but he is not mentioned in results, suggesting he withdrew from the contest.
Source: Report of nominations, SMH 3 February 1858, p.3 col.5-6, also maitland Mercury 2 February, p.2 col.2-3, results from Maitland Mercury, 2 March, p.2 col.5.