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East Sydney - 1859 (Roll: 7,568) - 4 to be elected
Nominations: Tuesday, 7 June 1859, Polling: Thursday, 9 June 1859
Candidate Votes Votes %
Cowper, Charles (Re-elected 1) 2,064 19.96
Black, John (Elected 2) 1,682 16.27
Parkes, Henry (Elected 3) 1,654 15.99
Martin, James (Re-elected 4) 1,349 13.05
Kemp, Charles 1,317 12.74
Driver, Richard Jnr 1,201 11.61
Allen, William Bell 569 5.50
Wentworth, William Charles 300 2.90
Benbow, William 205 1.98
Formal Votes 10,341
Informal Votes 0 0.00
Total Votes / Estimated Turnout 10,341 34.16
Persons Voting / Turnout 3,436 45.40
Notes: Charles Cowper was a sitting MP for Sydney City, James Martin for Cook and Westmoreland. Charles Kemp lodged a petition against the right of Parkes to be elected claiming he was insolvent. Elections and Qualifications Committee Report, LAVP 1859-60, Vol A1 p.981.
Source: Report of nominations SMH 8 June 1859, p.6-8, results from SMH 11 June 1859, p.5. col.4, including persons voting figure. Breakdown of turnout and other details published in a table SMH 1 July, p.5 col.2.
Corrections: NSW Statistical Register (1850-59) records 3,661 persons voting in both East Sydney and West Sydney. One of these entries is wrong, and as the SMH reported 3,436 voting in East Sydney, it is presumed the Statistical Register entry was for West Sydney.