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The Murray - 1859 (Roll: 540)
Nominations: Wednesday, 22 June 1859, Polling: Wednesday, 29 June 1859 (No poll held)
Candidate Votes Votes %
Hay, John (Re-elected) Elected unopposed
Notes: John Hay was sitting MP for Murrumbidgee, while Murray MP William Forster was elected unopposed as MP for Queanbeyan.
Source: Empire, 25 June 1859, p. 4, col. 6. SMH runs a full report of nominations 8 July, p.2 col.2-5, though the report gets the name of the electorate wrong.