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East Macquarie - By-election (Roll: 2,246)
Nominations: Monday, 3 October 1864, Polling: Thursday, 6 October 1864
Candidate Votes Votes %
Buchanan, David (Elected) 375 52.23
West, Joseph Jnr 343 47.77
Formal Votes 718
Informal Votes 0 0.00
Total Votes / Turnout 718 31.97
Cause Category: Resignation - Other
Notes: Caused by the resignation of WH Suttor. (Reason not known) Report of nominations mentions W.Forlonge contesting the seat as a 'feeler'.
Source: SMH, 11 October 1864, p. 5, col. 3 reported as 'final result' and including booth details.
Corrections: This by-election is missing from the list in the LC Consolidated Index.