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Parramatta - 1858 (Roll: 804) - 2 to be elected
Nominations: Monday, 18 January 1858, Polling: Tuesday, 19 January 1858
Candidate Votes Votes %
Oakes, George (Re-elected 1) 333 37.97
Byrnes, James (Re-elected 2) 326 37.17
Pye, James (Defeated) 218 24.86
Formal Votes 877
Informal Votes 0 0.00
Total Votes / Estimated Turnout 877 54.54
Notes: Sitting MP and former Premier Henry Watson Parker did not re-contest. According to his ADB entry, in 1858 he was knighted and returned to England. James Byrnes was a sitting MP for Cumberland (South Riding) and James Pye a sitting MP for Cumberland (North Riding). Pye lodged a petition against the election of Oakes claiming supporters had been intimidated against voting. The petition was dismissed as unproved, Elections and Qualifications Committee report, LAVP 1858, Vol A1 p.839.
Source: SMH 22 January 1858, p.4 col.6