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The Murrumbidgee - 1859 (Roll: 937)
Nominations: Friday, 10 June 1859, Polling: Friday, 17 June 1859 (No poll held)
Candidate Votes Votes %
Macleay, William Jnr (Re-elected) Elected unopposed
Notes: William Macleay Jnr was sitting MP for Lachlan and Lower Darling. The old Murrumbidgee had two sitting MPs. John Hay contested and won The Murray. George Macleay did not contest the 1859 election.
Source: Brief report in SMH, 11 June 1859, p. 6, col. 4, with fuller report abridged from the Wagga Wagga Express, 17 June, p.5 col.4-5.