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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.