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The Hume - 1864-5 (Roll: 1,140) Nominations: Saturday, 17 December 1864, Polling: Saturday, 24 December 1864 Candidate Votes Votes % Asher, Morris 234 43.17 Mate, Thomas Hodges (Re-elected) 243 44.83 Miller, Walter Moore 65 11.99 Formal Votes 542 Informal Votes 0 0.00 Total Votes / Turnout 542 47.54 Persons Voting / Turnout 542 47.54 Notes: Asher lodged a petition against the result alleging irregularities in the marking of ballot papers by officials. The Elections and Qualifications Committee upheld the original result. (LAVP 1865 Vol A1 p.519) Source: Report of nominations SMH 28 December 1864, p.2 col.3-4, with results SMH 31 December, p.7 col.1