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Canterbury - 1859 (Roll: 3,028) - 2 to be elected
Nominations: Thursday, 16 June 1859, Polling: Saturday, 18 June 1859
Candidate Votes Votes %
Flood, Edward (Re-elected 1) 619 25.30
Lyons, Samuel (Elected 2) 538 21.99
Lucas, John 497 20.31
Terry, Samuel Henry 352 14.38
Windeyer, William Charles 329 13.45
Reynolds, Maurice 112 4.58
Formal Votes 2,447
Informal Votes 0 0.00
Total Votes / Estimated Turnout 2,447 40.41
Persons Voting / Turnout 1,560 51.52
Notes: Flood was MP for Cumberland (South Riding).
Source: SMH reports nominations, 17 June 1859, p.4-5. Results in SMH 20 June, p.5 col.1 including booth results, confirmed by The Empire, 21 June 1859, p. 3.