Nominations: Thursday, 16 June 1859, Polling: Monday, 20 June 1859
Candidate
Votes
Votes %
Cooper, Frederick Augustus (Re-elected)
223
67.17
Moriarty, Merion Marshall
47
14.16
Richardson, Stephen
25
7.53
Simpson, G B
37
11.14
Formal Votes
332
Informal Votes
20
5.68
Total Votes / Turnout
352
69.02
Persons Voting / Turnout
352
69.02
Source: Goulburn Herald, 25 June 1859, p.2 col.3-4, quoting The Dispatch, a local Braidwood paper of which copies no longer exist. Same figures published in SMH 25 June 1859, p. 5 col. 3-4. Same figures published in Empire, 25 June, p.4 col.6, but reporting 20 informal votes, which means the result match the total votes reported in the NSW Statistical Register (1850-59).