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Monara - 1864-5 (Roll: 1,415)
Nominations: Saturday, 17 December 1864, Polling: Saturday, 24 December 1864
Candidate Votes Votes %
Brodribb, William Adams 96 14.63
Grahame, William 227 34.60
Martin, James (Elected) 333 50.76
Formal Votes 656
Informal Votes 0 0.00
Total Votes / Turnout 656 46.36
Persons Voting / Turnout 655 46.29
Notes: Sitting MP Thomas Garratt contested and won election for Shoalhaven. This was the fourth seat contested by James Martin at the 1864-5 election. He was nominated for a fifth seat in Lachlan which he won four days after Monaro. Martin resigned from Monaro to represent Lachlan.
Source: Report of nominations SMH 27 December 1864, p.2 col.1-2, results taken from SMH 5 January 1865, p.5 col.2. However, the SMH election summary of 20 January, pp. 2-3 says the final result is not yet available. The Goulburn Herald, 31 December, p. 3, col. 6 carries a report from a 'Cooma correspondent' with the slight different figures: Martin 332; Grahame 228; Brodribb 96.