Nominations: Wednesday, 8 June 1859, Polling: Thursday, 9 June 1859
Candidate
Votes
Votes %
Clements, John Findlater (Elected)
348
55.59
Rotton, Henry (Defeated)
278
44.41
Formal Votes
626
Informal Votes
0
0.00
Total Votes / Turnout
626
68.94
Persons Voting / Turnout
626
68.94
Notes: Sitting MP for Bathurst County WH Suttor contested East Macquarie. Rotton was sitting MP for Western Boroughs. After his defeat in Bathurst, he successfully contested Hartley on 25 June. Note that under the old electoral boundaries, the town of Bathurst had been in Western Boroughs, not Bathurst County.
Source: Bathurst Free Press, 11 June 1859, p. 2, cols 1-3 reports DOP, reported in SMH 16 June, p.6 col.2